Sanjay Dutt remembers working with dad Sunil in debut film Rocky
Bollywood superstar Sanjay Dutt made his acting debut in 1981 with the film Rocky, directed by his father Sunil Dutt. During his recent appearance in the reality show Super Dancer 4, the actor revealed that his father was a tough taskmaster. Dutt also recalled that he was scolded by his father for eating on the sets as he never had a lunch break.
Sharing the anecdote, Sanjay Dutt recalled, “Working on Rocky was a tough job, especially because my father was a director. We didn’t have lunch breaks. Once, his assistant, Farooq Bhai, came and told me that We don’t have lunch break, but you go and eat something. While I was having dinner, Dad was ready with a shot and asked where I was. Went for lunch and my dad got annoyed and asked him to call me immediately. He started yelling at me and asked who asked you to have lunch, did I say it’s a break and all He said you are not Sunil Dutt’s son.”
He further said, “I used to call him sir on the sets so I told him that it was Farooq sir who told me and then when he asked Farooq bhai he refused. He started saying, nowadays kids think of asking. For permission, just want to go with your own stuff. He started saying you should have asked Sunil sir before eating, who told you to eat without permission, and in my mind I It was like you asked me to eat.”
Sanjay Dutt also talked about his experience facing the camera for the first time on the sets of Rocky. He said, “I was nervous. I was a newcomer, think what kind of pressure was on me. The shooting was in Kashmir and my first shot was screaming and jumping while shouting ‘help’. Mr. Suresh Bhatt (choreographer) was there and He didn’t think I could do stunts in one go.”
Sanjay continued: “I assured him I could, ‘Yes Suresh Uncle’ and he replied not to refer to him here as ‘Uncle’, here he was ‘Master Suresh’. I told my father And they said to me ‘Look at him and hear what he’s saying. There were about 50 to 60 people there and I was so nervous.”
On the professional front, Sanjay’s upcoming slate includes ‘Toolsidas Junior’, ‘Shamshera’ and ‘KGF Chapter 2’.
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