Right from the beginning of his career, the graph of Sanjay Dutt’s career has been a legendary stuff. Style check, muscular body check, macho personality check, Sanjay Dutt ticked all the boxes that helped him become the fashion icon of the industry at that time. Besides his looks and style, the one thing that made him a celebrated public personality is his acting performance in movies like Munna Bhai MBBS, Khalnaayak, Vastav, and many more. There is not even a single genre of cinema in which Sanjay Dutt hasn’t tried his hands and aced it. Today we take a look at the top 10 marvelous movies of Sanjay Dutt that made him a popular icon:
1. Khalnaayak: Khalnaayak is that movie that brought the career of Sanjay Dutt into the limelight. The movie was about the fight between the two personalities of Sanjay Dutt, one who was the anti-hero and the one who kidnapped his brother’s lover. Besides Sanjay Dutt, the movie captured Jackie Shroff and Madhuri Dixit in pivotal roles.
2. Munna Bhai M.B.B.S: This movie helmed by Raju Hirani came into the life of Sanjay Dutt when nothing was going right in his life. In the movie, he played his typical role of a gangster but with a twist. His role was of Munna Bhai who decides to become a doctor to take revenge on a doctor who insulted his father.
3. Vaastav: Vaastav is one of the most raved cult classics of Sanjay Dutt’s career which made him the sex icon of the era. Sanjay Dutt played the role of Raghu who takes up the road of the underworld to make living for him and his friends in the city of dreams Mumbai. Filled with excitement, his life ends up getting encountered by the police.
4. Agneepath: As we said, Sanjay Dutt tried his hand in every genre and his role in Agneepath is testimony to that. In the movie, he played the role of Kancha opposite Hrithik Roshan. The body language of the actor and the way he slipped in the clothes of the character is just a delight to watch.
5. Rocky: Making a mark with debut movie is a tough task but Dutt managed to do it with Rocky. With his very first film, Sanjay established his name in the industry, and thus the film went down as a huge hit by a debutant the fans still revisit the movie solely for the fact that it's an evergreen movie and even countless rewatches wouldn't be enough.
6. Lage Raho Munna Bhai: The sequel part of his movie Munna Bhai M.B.B.S., it is the story of Munna the gangster who is diagnosed with a split personality and spots Mahatma Gandhi near him. He uses his power to help others by turning into a radio jockey for the sake of his lady love.
7. Sadak: Sadak is the box-office wonder of that time. The movie is about the life of a taxi driver played by Sanjay Dutt who falls in love with a prostitute played by pooja Bhatt. He fights not just her pimps but the whole system to win her and rescue her from the darkness of her profession.
8. Haseena Maan Jayegi: Haseena Maan Jayegi is the story of two brothers who prank their father every now and then but ends up falling in love when they were sent to Gao by their father for work. In the movie, Sanjay Dutt garnered appreciation for his work as sonu the younger brother.
9. Saajan: In a departure from tough-guy roles, the actor played a soft-hearted poet who lets go of the girl he loves for the sake of friendship. Surprisingly, the masses loved the macho star in this mellow avatar and Saajan turned out to be one of the highest-grossing films of the time.
10. Naam: The film addressed the plight of the immigrant workers living in the Gulf and hence still has a relevance of sorts today. It was a musical hit and the Chithi aayi hai from the film still makes your eyes wet. The film made people take notice of Paresh Rawal and also turned Sanjay Dutt a star. Janki (Nutan) has two sons Ravi (Kumar Gaurav) and Vicky (Sanjay Dutt). They are from a lower-middle-class family.
