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Sanjay Dutt's Unbreakable Spirit: How He Faced Jail Officials' Taunts with a Fitting Reply
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News18•03-10-2026, 10:54
Sanjay Dutt's Unbreakable Spirit: How He Faced Jail Officials' Taunts with a Fitting Reply
- •Sanjay Dutt recalled his old days in jail on Shekhar Suman's popular chat show 'Shekhar Tonight'.
- •The actor shared that the most emotional moment was when police first handcuffed him in front of his father, Sunil Dutt.
- •Jail officials tried to break his spirit by taunting him about not getting cigarettes, to which Dutt replied, 'If not cigarettes, I'll get beedis here, right?'
- •Sanjay Dutt attributed his grounded nature to his parents and education at Lawrence School, Sanawar.
- •He was arrested on April 19, 1993, in connection with an arms case related to the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts.
Key Questions Answered
When a police officer taunted him by asking how he would cope without cigarettes, Sanjay Dutt calmly smiled and replied that if he could not get cigarettes, he would get beedis there instead.
Sanjay Dutt was arrested on April 19, 1993, under TADA and the Arms Act. A special TADA court convicted him in 2007 for illegal possession of weapons, sentencing him to six years in prison, which the Supreme Court later reduced to five years in 2013.
Sanjay Dutt recalled that seeing his father Sunil Dutt go into shock and cry with tears in his eyes was his most emotional moment. He hugged his father tightly and urged him not to be sad, telling him the handcuffs were just part of a legal process.
