Mumbai: Sanjay Dutt, who has been serving the remainder of his five year term in Yerwada jail, Pune will finally walk out as a free man on February 25th. Contrary to media reports that have been doing the rounds stating various dates of his release, it is confirmed that the actor will be released in the early hours of 25th February. The actor has served for more than 50 months out of the 60 months sentence that was announced by the government.
A regular remission was granted to Sanjay Dutt by the authorities on account of good conduct. Ever since reports of Sanjay Dutt’s early release emerged, there have been speculations of what his next move would be. While spending time with his family is obviously the actor’s priority, during his imprisonment Sanjay had been in touch with leading filmmakers including Raju Hirani, Rohit Shetty and Vidhu Vinod Chopra (who are also close friends).
Sanjay had also made it a point to keep abreast of news regarding the latest films in his letters to filmmaker friends, during his stint at Yerwada. And wife Manyata too had ensured the network with directors stayed, along with script narrations. She even hired an agency’s services to keep an eye on endorsement deals and movie projects that would suit Sanjay, on his release. Several scripts have been short listed for the actor by this agency.
Many subjects have been given the go-ahead, although Sanjay needs to take a final call on these. Among them, is a script called ‘Marco Bhau’, by Vidhu Vinod Chopra. There are also talks about Sanjay stepping into Munna Bhai’s shoes again, for Raju Hirani. However, Raju will first start work on his Sanjay Dutt biopic, which stars Ranbir Kapoor. Umesh Shukla has also met Manyata regarding a short-listed script, for which a signing amount has already been paid to the actor.
Incidentally, Sanjay Gupta had also announced that after Dutt walks out of jail, he would be the first to direct the actor in a movie. However, after the failure of Gupta’s last film (Jazbaa), it is unlikely that Dutt will chart his comeback in one of his films. Meanwhile: After news of Sanjay’s impending release, Manyata Dutt’s phone hasn’t stopped ringing with congratulatory calls and messages. Manyata has confirmed that Sanjay will return home immediately after his release, and preparations are on in the Dutt family to extend the warmest possible welcome to the actor.
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