Sanjay Dutt remembers father Sunil on his birth anniversary

On the late actor-politician Sunil Dutt’s 93rd birthday, his son Sanjay remembered the veteran with the only time they shared screen space with Munna Bhai MBBS (2003). The senior artiste was born on 6 June 1929.

Sanjay had a special cameo in his father's Reshma Aur Shera (1971) as a young boy, and while the elder Dutt directed Sanjay in Rocky (1981), they never had any scenes together. They even missed out on starring together in JP Dutta's Kshatriya (1993) which also featured Dharmendra, Vinod Khanna, Sunny Deol and Rakhee.

Book excerpt: How Sunil and Sanjay Dutt came together for Munna Bhai MBBS

Rajkumar Hirani’s 2003 cult classic featured the two as a father and son. Sanjay shared their emotional scenes from Munna Bhai MBBS where they finally reconcile. He wrote: Your belief and love helped make me who I am today. You were, are, and will always be my hero. Happy birthday, Dad.

The actor, who was diagnosed with stage 3 lung cancer in August 2020, acted as the antagonist Adheera in the box-office hit KGF: Chapter 2 (2022) and can currently be seen as Kaka Kanha in the recent release Samrat Prithviraj (2022), starring Akshay Kumar. He also has the film Shamshera (2022) with Ranbir Kapoor lined up for release this year.