His breakthrough role came in Subhash Ghai's Khalnayak (1993), for which he received a Filmfare Awards nomination.
Despite his ups and down in reel and real life, he managed to retain his star position with his films like Naam, Sadak, Saajan, Khalnayak, Haseena maan Jayegi, Daag The Fire, Dushman, Vastav
Dutt's most successful role has been that of comic goonda Munna Bhai, appearing in the films Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. and Lage Raho Munna Bhai.
Sanjay Dutt was born on July 29,1959 as the son of the late actors Nargis and Sunil Dutt. He has two sisters, Priya Dutt and Namrata Dutt (Anju). He was educated at the Lawrence School, Sanawar. Dutt struggled with drug addiction while in high school and after the death of his mother.
He even underwent treatment for the same at a drug rehab program in Jackson, Mississippi in the United States which helped him considerably in kicking his drug habit. He married Richa Sharma in 1987. She died of cancer in 1996. They had a daughter, Trishala Dutt, who lives in the United States. His second wife was Rhea Pillai. Following their divorce, she married tennis player Leander Paes. Dutt is currently married to his third wife Dilnawaz Shaikh, also known as Manyata.
2007, Sanjay Dutt was sentenced to a jail term of 6 years for illegal possession of firearms acquired from terrorist acquaintances, who were responsible for the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts. He was, however, "cleared of terrorism conspiracy charges in the blasts."Dutt was granted bail by the Supreme Court of India on November 27, 2007 and is currently appealing for an acquittal.
In January 2009, Dutt announced that he would contest the 2009 Lok Sabha elections on the Samajwadi Party ticket, which however, has not materialized.
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