Sanjay Dutt is an Indian actor. He was born on 29th July 1959 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. He works in Hindi films. He is the recipient of several awards, including two Filmfare Awards and three Screen Awards.

Dutt acted in 187 films, ranging from romance to comedy genres, but is usually typecast in action genres, and established himself as one of the most popular Hindi film actors of the later 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s.

Dutt made his acting debut in Rocky (1981), which was directed by his father. The crime thriller Naam (1985) proved to be a turning point in his career, which was followed by a series of commercially successful films in that decade, including Jeete Hain Shaan Se (1988), Mardon Wali Baat (1988), Ilaaka (1989), Hum Bhi Insaan Hain (1989) and Kanoon Apna Apna (1989). He earned nominations for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor for Saajan (1991) and Khalnayak (1993).

Dutt earned his first Best Actor at the ceremony for playing a common man-turned-gangster in Vaastav: The Reality (1999). Along with Vaastav: The Reality, he also won accolades for playing an army officer in Mission Kashmir (2001), a soft-hearted goofy gangster in Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. (2003) and its sequel Lage Raho Munna Bhai

Dutt is currently working as the main antagonist on K.G.F: Chapter 2, the sequel to the blockbuster Kannada film, K.G.F: Chapter 1, marking his debut in Kannada cinema. Sanjay Dutt will now appear in films like Shamshera, RRR, and Prithviraj.

Sanjay Dutt Age

He was born on 29th July 1959 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. His age is 62 years old.

Education

Dutt studied at the Lawrence School in Sanawar. This school is situated near Kasauli in Himachal Pradesh.

Sanjay Dutt Family and Wife

His parents were noted cinema actors Sunil Dutt (born Balraj Dutt) and Nargis Dutt (born Fatima Rashid). His father Sunil Dutt was a Punjabi Hindu Mohyal Brahmin from Nakka Khurd, Jhelum District, Punjab, British India (now in Punjab, Pakistan) and his mother Nargis Dutt was a Punjabi Muslim from Calcutta, Bengal Presidency (now Kolkata, West Bengal), born as Fatima Rashid.

Dutt has two sisters, Priya Dutt and Namrata Dutt. Sanjay’s name was chosen by crowdsourcing via the Urdu language film magazine Shama.

His mother died in 1981, shortly before his debut film’s premiere; her death is cited as the instigator of his drug abuse. As a child actor, Dutt appeared briefly as a qawwali singer in the 1972 film Reshma Aur Shera, which starred his father.

In the early 1980s, Dutt had a relationship with his co-star from his first film, Tina Munim. After this relationship ended, Dutt married actress Richa Sharma in 1987. She died of a brain tumor in 1996. The couple has a daughter, Trishala Dutt, born in 1988, who lives in the United States with her maternal grandparents.

Dutt’s second marriage was to air-hostess-turned-model Rhea Pillai in February 1998. The divorce was finalized in 2008.
Dutt married Manyata (born Dilnawaz Sheikh) first registered in Goa in 2008 and then, in a Hindu ceremony in Mumbai, after two years of dating. On 21 October 2010, he became a father to twins, a boy, and a girl.

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Net Worth

His estimated net worth is USD $10 Million.

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