Actor Sanjay Dutt has been sentenced to five years in jail by the Supreme Court for his role in the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts.
Mumbai:
With a few days left for actorSanjay Dutt to surrender in the 1993 Mumbai serial blastscase, trade sources said that though the actor has finishedworking on some movies, he still has a few projects pending.
The makers of Policegiri, in which he plays the roleof a police officer, confirmed that Sanjay has completed workon the project.
"The shoot for Policegiri is over. We are releasingthe film on July 5. We would begin with the promotions in sometime. We have made a good film and are hopeful people willlike it," producer T P Agarwal told PTI.
"For us he (Sanjay Dutt) is important. We are not muchthinking about promotions and all. It is shocking that hisplea has not be considered. It is sad news," Agarwal said.
The Supreme Court had on March 21 upheld theconviction of Sanjay Dutt under the Arms Act (for illegallypossessing arms) in the terror attack and sentenced him tofive years in prison. He has spent 18 months and will haveanother three-and-half years in jail.
But he moved an application in apex court asking fortime to surrender as he wanted to complete shooting of sevenof his movies - worth Rs 278 crore, including big-budgetprojects such as filmmaker Raju Hirani's Peekay, KaranJohar's Unglee, Apoorva Lakhia's Zanjeer.
The apex court granted him four weeks' time tosurrender before jail authorities.
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed Sanjay Dutt'splea seeking review of its March 21 judgement upholding hisconviction under the Arms Act and sentencing him to five yearsin jail in 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case.
Now he will have to surrender later this week.According to sources close to the actor, Dutt hasmanaged to finish shooting for Policegiri, Zanjeer andPeekay.
"We are not sure about Unglee whether it iscompleted or not, while a song is left to be shot for Sher,"sources said.
His work in Takrar is also remaining. The film is inpre-production stage and for Agarwal's other film Vasooli,Dutt had only shot for four days.
"He is disturbed as he had not expected this thing.His film projects like Unglee, Sher, Takrar andVasooli are still pending. We have learnt that his role inPeekay has been chopped a bit," trade sources said.
In Apoorva Lakhia's remake version of Zanjeer, Duttplays the role of Sher Khan, played by veteran actor Pran inthe original version. While, in Peekay, he will play aRajasthani villager.
Dutt was supposed to make a special appearance inVidya Balan-Emraan Hashmi starrer Ghanchakkar, but directorRaj Kumar Gupta decided to drop the scene because he felt theycan't shoot it now, sources said.
The third instalment of Munnabhai series - MunnabhaiChale Delhi - will be shot only after Sanjay Dutt returns from jail,a press release had earlier stated.
The makers of Policegiri, in which he plays the roleof a police officer, confirmed that Sanjay has completed workon the project.
"The shoot for Policegiri is over. We are releasingthe film on July 5. We would begin with the promotions in sometime. We have made a good film and are hopeful people willlike it," producer T P Agarwal told PTI.
"For us he (Sanjay Dutt) is important. We are not muchthinking about promotions and all. It is shocking that hisplea has not be considered. It is sad news," Agarwal said.
The Supreme Court had on March 21 upheld theconviction of Sanjay Dutt under the Arms Act (for illegallypossessing arms) in the terror attack and sentenced him tofive years in prison. He has spent 18 months and will haveanother three-and-half years in jail.
But he moved an application in apex court asking fortime to surrender as he wanted to complete shooting of sevenof his movies - worth Rs 278 crore, including big-budgetprojects such as filmmaker Raju Hirani's Peekay, KaranJohar's Unglee, Apoorva Lakhia's Zanjeer.
The apex court granted him four weeks' time tosurrender before jail authorities.
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed Sanjay Dutt'splea seeking review of its March 21 judgement upholding hisconviction under the Arms Act and sentencing him to five yearsin jail in 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case.
Now he will have to surrender later this week.According to sources close to the actor, Dutt hasmanaged to finish shooting for Policegiri, Zanjeer andPeekay.
"We are not sure about Unglee whether it iscompleted or not, while a song is left to be shot for Sher,"sources said.
His work in Takrar is also remaining. The film is inpre-production stage and for Agarwal's other film Vasooli,Dutt had only shot for four days.
"He is disturbed as he had not expected this thing.His film projects like Unglee, Sher, Takrar andVasooli are still pending. We have learnt that his role inPeekay has been chopped a bit," trade sources said.
In Apoorva Lakhia's remake version of Zanjeer, Duttplays the role of Sher Khan, played by veteran actor Pran inthe original version. While, in Peekay, he will play aRajasthani villager.
Dutt was supposed to make a special appearance inVidya Balan-Emraan Hashmi starrer Ghanchakkar, but directorRaj Kumar Gupta decided to drop the scene because he felt theycan't shoot it now, sources said.
The third instalment of Munnabhai series - MunnabhaiChale Delhi - will be shot only after Sanjay Dutt returns from jail,a press release had earlier stated.
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