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MUMBAI: He's the most loved man in the industry today. Everybody
feels very protective about him and rightfully so because he has
had an exceptionally turbulent life! What's wonderful about him
is that he has always emerged and has always combated every obstacle
and that too with a smile! Karan's first guest is Sanju Baba to
the film fraternity and 'Munnabhai' to the whole world- the resilient
Sanjay Dutt.
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second guest is a member of Sanjay's family. She is a young, successful
politician and has been a tremendous support to Sanju all these
years- Priya Dutt! Meet the down to earth brother-sister duo in
a heartwarming episode, this Sunday, March 25th at 9 p.m. on Star
One and Star World only on Koffee with Karan!
Sanjay opens his heart out on the show, talking about his chaotic
life and how he coped with personal crisis like losing his parents,
quitting drugs and his days in prison. He talks about how he has
humbled down after spending eighteen months in prison and has realized
the importance of freedom. Chatting about his daughter Trishala
he says that he is proud of her as she is studying Forensic Sciences
and jokingly adds that she worries him with her compulsive shopping
habits. He rubbishes all rumours about his alleged marriage and
stresses that he is very much single!
Moving away from his personal life, he also talks about the national
phenomenon called "Munnabhai MBBS" and how the film has
defined his career! Priya adds that though she is Sanju's younger
sister, there are times she has lost her cool with him! She says
that she and the entire family have always stood by Sanju through
all his crisis and turbulence and have come out of it pretty strong!
As for being with him through his personal problems, she admits
on the show that even though she is always there for him, she never
invades his private space!
After the touching question-answer session, the show takes another
turn with the rapid fire round! Sanju and Priya answer Karan's tricky
questions wittily and candidly making it difficult for him to choose
the winner! What Gandhigiri advice would Sanju give to George Bush
and to Osama Bin Laden? Which one film would he like to erase from
public memory? How many women has he been with? Which Indian politician
would Priya send 'Get Well Soon' flowers to? Who does she think
is the sexiest hunk on Indian television? What advice would she
give Sanju if he wanted to enter politics? Who is her favorite Actor-MP?
Who is the winner of the most desired possession on the show - the
coffee hamper! Find out on this Sunday's episode of Koffee with
Karan…
Excerpts from the interview:
Karan: The kind of life you've had.. I think books are written
on such lives. What do you have to say about what you've been through?
Sanjay: Karan, I don't regret anything! All I can say is that losing
my parents, quitting drugs, going to prison, if I sit and sulk about
it I wont be moving on in life. So you should keep it at the back
and you should learn from it.
Karan: All the years you spent in jail, the very thought is scary.
Even spending one day in jail personally scares the living daylights
out of me. How many months were you in jail?
Sanjay: Eighteen months
Karan: When you look back at that eighteen-month phase, what is
the one thing you learnt out of that experience which you can share
with us?
Sanjay: Karan its just to be humble. It humbles you down and makes
you realize how important freedom can be which all of us take for
granted. You know freedom is taken for granted. When it's taken
away you realize how important it can be. I think God had a plan
to send me there and to just humble me down, cool me off and that's
what's happened exactly.
Karan: Did you need that cooling off?
Sanjay: At that time it didn't feel like I did but now when I look
back it has made me a humble person.
Karan: Did you feel answerable to people? Did you feel you were
being judged on certain occasions?
Sanjay: Absolutely I felt that I'm being judged. And I have to answer
and I have to clear my name and the name of the family.
Karan: Is there a love? Is there "one love" of Sanjay
Dutt's life he's never gotten over?
Sanjay: One love of Sanjay Dutt's life! (Laughs) I've had a turbulent
past with the loves in my life.
Karan: When you look back you just savor every relationship but
you don't feel that you fell in love that one time and maybe nothing
came out of it.
Sanjay: The problem with me is that I fall in love all the time.
Karan: You fall in love far too often?
Sanjay: Far too often!
Karan: Are you in love today?
Sanjay: No!
Karan: No? So all these rumors about your alleged marriage are
all..
Sanjay: All rubbish! I came on TV and denied it also. There's no
marriage. We're just friends.
Karan: When you look back at all these thirteen years, fourteen
years what has your reflection been to all this?
Priya: I think we've come out of it pretty strong! My father always
used to tell us it will pass. What we're going through will pass.
There's always light at the end of the tunnel. You have to fight.
You have to face whatever you have to. I think that's what our resilience
is. There are times when we feel everything is going so well in
the family, what's going to happen next. You know there's a calm
before the storm. We've got so used to that!
Karan: Though you're his younger sister, there are times that you
must have wanted to plonk him on his head and ask what are you doing?
There are times you want to beat him up?
Priya: Yeah! There are times! I think there are times I lose my
cool and you know. I think now that whole age difference doesn't
exist. I think all of us have always been very protective about
him.
Karan: That's the vibe he generates in the industry as well. That's
why he is called Sanju Baba!
Priya: Yeah! I guess so! Everyone who knows him is protective about
him.
So, don't forget to tune in as Karan catches up with the Dutt siblings
on Koffee with Karan this Sunday, March 25th on Star One and Star
World, at 9 p.m.
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