Actor Sanjay Dutt has slammed author Yasser Usman and publishers Juggernaut for an unofficial biography on him, saying the book is based on “tabloids and gossip magazines” and hurts his family.
The actor, whose life story is already being adapted for the big screen by director Rajkumar Hirani, said he is working on his official autobiography and it will be out soon.“I have not authorised either Juggernaut Publications or Yasser Usman to write/publish my biography. Our lawyers had sent them a legal notice,” he said. In response to this, Juggernaut Publications said that contents of the proposed book are based on information available in public domain from authentic sources. Usman details the actor’s troubled early years, his battle with drugs and his brush with law that landed him in jail. The excerpts of the book have already appeared in the news but Dutt (58) said he hopes the publishers stop sharing more stories from the book.
Dutt was born to Hindi cinema actors Sunil Dutt and Nargis. He is a devout Shaiva Hindu who has read holy scriptures and theological works. His mother died in 1981, shortly before his debut film’s premiere; her death has been cited as the cause of his drug addictions. As a child actor, Dutt appeared in the 1972 film Reshma Aur Shera, which starred his father; he appears briefly as a qawali singer.
Sanjay Dutt made his Bollywood movie debut with the box office hit Rocky in 1981. He went on to star in Vidhaata, the highest grossing Hindi film of 1982 along with the super hit Main Awara Hoon (1983). In 1985 he shot for his first film in three years, Jaan ki Baazi (1985).
His successes continued in the 1990s, with films that include Tejaa, Khatarnaak, Zahreelay, Thanedaar, Khoon Ka Karz, Yalgaar, Gumrah, Sahibaan, and Aatish: Feel the Fire. He went on to star in some of the most era-defining Indian films of the early 1990s such as Sadak, Saajan (for which he was nominated for the Filmfare Best Actor Award) and Khal Nayak, for which he earned his second Filmfare Best Actor Award nomination, reports Times of India.
