Sanjay Dutt gets bail

The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted Sanjay Dutt bail in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case. A Bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan gave reprieve to Dutt and 17 others convicted in the case on the plea that there was no chance of him fleeing the country and also because he was a first-time offender.

Sanjay Dutt has been lodged behind bars in a Pune jail for over a month since receiving a copy of his judgment from TADA court that had in August sentenced the actor to six years of imprisonment for taking guns from gangsters involved in the Mumbai bombings in which 257 people were killed.

Expressing relief over the court’s order, the actor’s sister and Congress MP Priya Dutt told reporters in Mumbai: “We are happy that he would come here soon. We hope for a better tomorrow and want to thank all who have supported us to overcome the situation.”

Dutt’s next release will be his own production ‘Dus Kahaniyaan’. Bollywood has staked on him Rs. 80 to 100 crores with projects like ‘Kidnap’ directed by Sanjay Gadhvi , ‘Alibaug ‘ directed by Sanjay Gupta, ‘Mr Fraud ‘ directed by Abbas Mastan.

Now filmmakers are waiting to hear from the actor who has to give them time to complete all his incomplete and announced projects.

Dia Mirza goes dark for Sia

Bolloywood’s fair maiden Dia Mirza is all set to shock her fans by turning several shades darker for Sanjay Gupta’s ‘Dus Kahaniyan’. For her role as Sia in the short story ‘Zahir’ opposite Manoj Bajpai, Dia’s skin tone has been made 15 shades darker than her normal peaches and cream complexion.

When Dia was told about the requirement, the lady naturally asked that a duskier actress could be taken for the role, but Sanjay Gupta was adamant on casting Dia for the role as ‘she has the eyes that say it all’.

So, now the actress takes almost three to three-and-a-half hours of grueling make-up sessions, trying to get the right skin tone, instead of a normal 45 minutes makeup session including hair and other stuff.