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Destiny's child? Dutt's the way to deal with life
Published on Tue, Jul 31, 2007 at 02:25, Updated at Tue, Jul 31, 2007 in Nation section
Tags: 1993 Mumbai Blasts, Sanjay Dutt , New Delhi
WALKING THE LINE: Sanjay Dutt retains popular support and sympathy from fans and film industry.
SANJAY DUTT OVER THE YEARS! | |
 | April 19, 1993: Sanjay Dutt picked up by Mumbai Crime Branch from airport after his arrival from Mauritius. He is arrested on the same day on charges of possessing an AK-56 rifle, a 9mm pistol and some ammunition and later destroying them. |
 | April 28, 1993: He makes confession before police. |
 | May 5, 1993: Dutt is granted interim bail by Bombay High Court subject to confirmation by the trial court. |
 | Nov 4, 1993: Chargesheet filed against him. |
 | July 4, 1994: Trial court cancels his bail and he is arrested again. |
 | Nov 20, 1994: Sanjay Dutt retracts his confession. |
 | July 22, 1995: He is permitted by the court to meet his model friend Rhea Pillai whom he later married. Sanjay visits Rhea in a flat where she is recuperating from an illness. |
 | Sep 11, 1995: Trial court rejects Sanjay Dutt's bail. |
 | Oct 16, 1995: Supreme Court grants him bail on hearing a letter written by him to the Chief Justice from jail. The letter was converted into a petition. |
 | Oct 18, 1995: Sanjay Dutt released from central prison after 15 months. |
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New Delhi: Destiny’s child, deadly Dutt, comeback king and recently Munnabhai – Sanjay Dutt’s sobriquets over two decades perhaps indicate the phases his life has seen.
Born to one of Indian cinema’s most enigmatic couples, Dutt spent most of his life fighting the odds – death of his mother, drugs, the passing of his wife, a flagging career in cinema and finally the charges in 1993 Mumbai blasts case.
However, one of the most enduring aspects of Dutt’s life has been his fans who stood by him through the troubled and the well-publicised phases.
Dutt’s troubles started early in life when he took to drugs in high school. The addiction worsened when his mother – legendary actor Nargis - died shortly before the release of his first film, Naam, in 1981.
He was sent to rehab in US where is met his future wife, Richa Sharma. The couple married and had a child, but Dutt's happiness remained short-lived as Sharma died of a brain tumour shortly after.
Another unfortunate phase in his life started when he lost custody of his daughter after a bitter legal wrangle with his in-laws.
And just when he seemed to be putting it all behind him and came up with box office hit Khalnayak, his links with the 1993 bombings surfaced and he was jailed during investigations.
A year in jail later, Dutt married socialite Rhea Pillai. But the couple divorced in 2005 and the same year his father, actor-turned-politician Sunil Dutt, died of a heart attack.
In 2001, he was investigated for alleged money-laundering deals between the Mumbai underworld and Bollywood. He was also alleged to have been caught in a taped conversation with gangsters accused of kidnapping, extortion and murder.
Pedigree and clout apart, the actor – known as "Deadly Dutt" for his macho image and on-screen portrayal – has arguably been controversy's favourite child.
But uncannily, he has retained popular support and sympathy from Bollywood as most see him as a sober, good-hearted man whose troublesome youth refuses to leave him.
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It is indeed surprising that Sanjay escaped TADA charges. He claimed to have bought the AK-56 assault rifles for %22Self
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