Sanjay Dutt – Essays / Publications
Sanjay Dutt. Photo by Gautam Rajadhyaksha
Essays
Super Film Monthly, January 1979
Make Way For Sanju
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Ciné-Blitz, June 1981
Sunil Dutt: “God has been very cruel” (Nargis’s death)
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Filmfare, November 1983
Sanjay Dutt/Kumar Gaurav: Success still eludes them
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Videostyle, February 1984
Sanjay Dutt: A Controversial Star
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Stardust, November 1984
“I want to live!” (Sanjay Dutt about his drug rehabilitation)
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Ciné-Blitz, November 1984
Confessions of an ex-addict!
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Showtime, March 1985
Sanjay Dutt: A born again star!
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Star & Style, May 1986
“I’m having great fun right now and that’s enough!”
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Filmfare, September 1-15, 1986
The Dark Horse
Filmfare, September 16-30, 1986
Dramatic Comeback: “I had to prove a point to myself”
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Showtime, January 1987
Isn’t Sanjay Dutt the real angry young man?
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Star & Style, April 10-23, 1987
Dutt on Dutt: “I’m really scared for him but I feel proud that he’s my dad”
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Stardust, October 1987
The Dutt defies all!
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Stardust, November 1987
Exclusive from New York: The Sanjay-Richa wedding!
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Star & Style, June 3-16, 1988
“I am a one-woman man now!”
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Stardust, June 1989
How a family of four survived the shattering ordeal!
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Movie, May 1990
Rivals beware! Sanju’s fist of fury
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Tinsel Town, August 1990
The Adorable Sanjay Dutt
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Stardust, February 1991
Mental Abuse / Drugs / A scarred psyche
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Showtime, May 1991
Sanjay Dutt speaks out in anguish!
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Movie, November 1991
Hotline to the Deadly Dutt
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Stardust, January 1992
Back to booze and brawls! Has Sanjay Dutt gone berserk?!
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Ciné-Blitz, February 1992
Sanjay Dutt furious about…
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Filmfare, May 1992
Sanjay Dutt: The new idol (Mahesh Bhatt about Sanjay)
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Ciné-Blitz, June 1992
33 secrets that make Sanjay sweat…
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Tinsel Town, July 1992
Sanjay Dutt: A survivor and his staying power
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Tinsel Town, July 1993
Sanjay Dutt – to hell and back
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Stardust, October 1993
Fighting fire with fire / The Sanjay Dutt explosion
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Stardust, May 1994
Possessed – Sanju’s new obesession!
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Stardust Classic, May 1994
Fenced out
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Stardust, March 1995
Out of sight, out of mind – has the industry forgotten Sanjay Dutt?
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Showtime, April 1995
Crucified! How the martyrdom of Sanjay Dutt made him a mega-star!
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Showtime, May 1995
Scarred for life – The agony and the ecstasy of being Sanjay Dutt
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Ciné-Blitz, July 1995
I love Ciné-Blitz – we love him too!
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Filmfare, December 1995
Sanjay Dutt: I’ll be back – slowly but surely
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Stardust, December 1995
The Lion King returns!
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Screenweekly, March 15, 1996
Sanjay Dutt: For a while I was scared
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Tinsel Town, April 1996
Sanjay Dutt: The trials and tribulations
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Showtime, May 1996
Future Tense!
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Ciné-Blitz, May 1996
“I love Rhea – I won’t divorce Richa – I cannot run away…”
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Stardust, June 1996
Man, Megastar or Monster? Why is everyone afraid of Sanjay Dutt?
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Filmfare, July 1996
Sanjay Dutt: Before and After
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Ciné-Blitz, October 1996
Richa’s final moments – Sanjay shattered
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Showtime, October 1996
Haunted! The demons that stalk Sanjay!
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Filmfare, November 1996
Tender mercies
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Screenweekly, May 16, 1997
Sanjay Dutt: Phase Five
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Filmfare, July 1997
Right on! Dutt jr. unwinds
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Star & Style, July 1997
The demons that haunt Sanjay
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Showtime, August 1997
No Way Out!
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Stardust Annual 1997
The Modern Messiah
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Filmfare, February 1998
A hard day’s night: Sanjay Dutt against all odds
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Ciné-Blitz, April 1998
“I’m not a failure!”
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Screen, May 1998
“I’ve learnt to live for the moment… for today”
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g, June 1998
“There is sorrow in Sanju’s eyes” – has trauma transformed Sanjay Dutt?!
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Filmfare July 1998
How dare they! Sanjay Dutt talks back in anger
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Ciné-Blitz, July 1998
Sunil Dutt about Sanjay
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Ciné-Blitz, August 1998
“I’m going to fight!” Sanjay’s custody battle for his daughter
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Stardust, December 1998
Deadly days are here again! Sanju’s bridge over troubled waters!
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Filmfare, January 1999
The Crunch – Sanjay Dutt on livin’ and lovin’ dangerously
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Ciné-Blitz, January 1999
“In my time it was better…” The prodigal son speaks!
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Zee Premiere Extra, February 1999
The Dashing Dutt
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Stardust, April 1999
Dutts re-united! Sharmas settle out-of-court with Sanjay
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Ciné-Blitz, July 1999
Sanjay’s Ordeal!
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Filmfare, October 1999
“I’d love to become a father again”
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Screenindia, 1999
Rock-Steady at Forty!
Showtime, April 2000
A Star and a Gentleman
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Filmfare, September 2000
That’s the spirit: Steaming ahead with Sanjay Dutt
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Ciné-Blitz, September 2000
“Flamboyant women scare me…” Sanjay’s candid confession
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Indiacar.com, September 2000
Me and my cars
Ciné-Blitz, December 2000
“I’m designed for controversy” – Sanjay’s fight!
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The Hindu, December 8, 2000
Like a phoenix he rises again
Filmfare, January 2001
Switched on – Sanjay Dutt comes out of the shadows
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Filmfare, March 2001
The Glimmer Man: Cut to Sanjay Dutt
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Stardust, April 2001
Is Sanjay Dutt’s life in danger?
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Filmfare, July 2001
Are you lonesome tonight? The very private side of Sanjay Dutt
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Stardust, July 2001
Hangin’ tough – What makes Sanjay Dutt a true survivor!
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Showtime, July 2001
Victims of circumstances – Sanjay-Rhea break up
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Filmfare, October 2001
“I’m not divorcing Rhea”
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The Times of India, July 29, 2002
Prince of Darkness?
Stardust, September 2002
The Thornbird
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Stardust, January 2003
Hair-Raiser
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Filmfare, March 2003
“Please, I’m no terrorist”
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Stardust, March 2003
Fiero unfettered
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Filmfare, July 2003
SOS – Sanjay On Sanjay
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Filmfare, July 2004
In high spirits
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g, October 2004
Dutt Supremacy!
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Filmfare, December 2004
“If you have it give it”
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Filmfare, March 2005
“Century Maar Liya”
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Ciné-Blitz, March 2005
Sanjay Dutt – The charisma that is
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Filmfare, January 2006
“I know God will look after me”
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Tehelka, August 2006
Mahesh Bhatt: “I can only hope his life now imitates Munnabhai”
The Telegraph, September 2, 2006
Post Script
Cybernoon, September 2006
A Few Stray Thoughts
Hindustantimes, December 2006
Why India prayed for Sanjay
India eNews, January 2007
2006, a watershed year for Sanjay Dutt
India Gazette, January 2007
Marriage yes, but not right now
Mumbai Mirror, May 2007
“I need all the laughter I can get”
The Times of India, May 2007
Sanju’s candid confession
Mid-Day, August 2007
“Is it wrong to trust a friend?”
The Times of India, August 2007
Jadoo Ki Jhappi
CNN-IBN, November 2007
When I met Sanjay Dutt
Filmfare, February 2008
“I want my freedom”
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The Economic Times, March 14, 2008
Sanjay Dutt enters the big league
The Economic Times, May 31, 2008
Finding the Mahatma within
The Times of India, July 13, 2008
Sanjay: The baap of all bhais
Stardust, July 2008
Dutt’s the way
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People, July 18, 2008
“I love you, beta” – Sanjay and Trishala in the Bahamas
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The Times of India, September 29, 2008
“Dear Sanju Sir” – Shree Ashtavinayak’s open letter to Sanjay Dutt
Bollyspice, October 1, 2008
Focus on Sanjay Dutt
Screenindia, October 3, 2008
Munnabhai MP
IANS, October 20, 2008
Sanjay Dutt joins A-list, ups his fee to Rs.150 mn
Hindustan Times, November 23, 2008
Sanjay Dutt speaks at the HT Leadership Summit 2008 in New Delhi
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Stardust, March 2009
Maanayata and Sanjay Dutt: The complete love story
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Screenindia, October 2, 2009
The Ripe Hero
Ciné-Blitz, November 2009
A Man Apart
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Ciné-Blitz, July 2010
He’s like Dutt only!
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Filmfare, July 21, 2010
Double the fun
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Hindustan Times, October 6, 2010
“Maanya will have her hands full!”
IANS, October 12, 2010
I have become a family man: Sanjay Dutt
The Times of India, July 27, 2011
Film industry has become a dirty game: Sanjay Dutt
Hindustan Times, October 12, 2011
Kancha Cheena’s new look has worked for me: Sanjay Dutt
IANS, January 16, 2012
Sanjay Dutt revives Bollywood’s larger-than-life villain
Emirates, January 20, 2012
Gabbar Singh had a heart, Kaancha Cheena doesn’t: Sanjay
Hindi Cinema Blog, February 5, 2012
Loving Sanjay Dutt = Loving Kancha?
(My own little tribute to Sanju and Kancha…)
Publications
TJS George: The Life and Time of Nargis (1994)
Suketu Mehta: Maximum City – Bombay Lost And Found (2004)
Namrata Dutt Kumar and Priya Dutt: Mr and Mrs Dutt – Memories of our Parents (2007)
(with contributions by Sanjay Dutt)
Priya, Sanjay and Namrata Dutt at the release
function in the residence of Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh on September 28, 2007
Reports from the book release in Delhi (with excerpts of Priya’s speech)
Reports and pictures from the book release in Mumbai
India Today, October 8, 2007: Grit and Glamour
Kishwar Desai: Darlingji: The True Love Story of Nargis and Sunil Dutt (2007)
Vinod Chopra Films: Lage Raho Munna Bhai – The Original Screenplay (2009)
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