Sanjay Dutt, actor and gangster, mischievous and converted

New Delhi, July 31, 2007. - Sanjay Dutt, 48, sentenced today to six years imprisonment for illegal possession of weapons within the process for the attacks in Bombay in 1993, is one of the most popular actors of the Bollywood industry . And has one of the most turbulent past.
Born, like many other Indian stars today, within a dynasty dedicated to the film industry, Dutt was an early victim of his addiction to alcohol and drugs, which worsened with the death of his mother, Nargis Dutt, a victim of cancer.
Nargis died a few weeks before the premiere of the movie "Rocky," which marked the debut of Sanjay Dutt on the big screen with his father, Sunil.
The death of his mother fell to the actor in a spiral of drugs and dementia, but her father reacted by sending him to Texas to be rehabilitated.
In the U.S., the actor fell victim to a lung ailment, but thanks to this nurse met Richa Sharma, whom he married months later.
With Sharma had a daughter, Trishala, but happiness was short lived. The family was devastated by the news that the mother had a brain tumor that caused his death.
Despite the personal pain at the loss of his wife and the custody of his daughter's family litigated Sharma for the care of small-, Sanjay worked hard to relaunch his career and achieved the ultimate success with the movies " Saajan "(1992) and" Khalnayak "(1993), which was a villain.
And when his career seemed back on the path to success, occurred in March 1993, the terrible attacks in Mumbai, thirteen explosions at strategic points in the city that killed 257 people and wounding 1,000.
In another sign of Bollywood connections with the mafia, Dutt was arrested and jailed in connection with those attacks. Police learned that the gangsters had visited the home of actor and had given several AK-56 rifles, hand grenades and cartridges. Sanjay kept a rifle and other weapons returned.
The actor spent 18 months in jail, where he received massive support from industry and, on leaving, he married Rhea Pillai but the marriage was a failure and ended in divorce.
Despite the ups and downs of his personal life and its connection with the Bombay mafia, Sanjay's career was not only intact, but has grown over the years with several successes, based on his image of "male" (" Mission Kashmir "," LoC ") and then as a comedian.
The burly Dutt has greatly benefited in recent years with the series "Munna Bhai", in which the actor plays a Bombay gangster who has a heart of gold.
In the first of two films ("Munnabhai MBBS"), Munna, accompanied on screen by his father Sunil (who died shortly after) does take off his medical degree based copy and try to improve the world by giving hugs.
In the second ("Lage Raho Munnabhai"), voted in the most important forums of the Internet as one of the best comedies in world history, Munna-Dut thinks he sees the ghost of Gandhi, and guided by their advice, launches a Quixote to combat corruption and problems of modern India.
Dutt, who was acquitted in 2006 of the terrorism charges but convicted of trafficking in arms, tried to cultivate this image of "enfant terrible" converted during the trials for the Mumbai attacks, going to the temples before each session.
"Considering elements of this confession and taking into account what was said by another witness, Sanjay accepted the statement according to which acquired and maintained these weapons for their own defense," said the judge at the hearing.
The good-natured gangster image with its parallels in real life-has made ​​Sanjay Dutt an icon not only the public but also their colleagues.
But the best definition of Dutt is provided by a sticker of his years in college and now has in his car, which says: "Never give up."

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