Begin Your Journey With Sanjay Dutt: The Crazy Untold Story Of Bollywood’s Bad Boy Crafted By Yasser Usman In Electronic Format

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When the book arrived, it reminded me of my school/college days when I used to read film magazines with great interest.
I'm not that interested now, however, while reading this book, I realized that Indian cinema still interests me, Even though Sanjay Dutt is not my favourite hero, I liked this book, He was indeed a crazy man!

It's a fast paced, easy and engaging read, Full of interesting sometimes, lesser known twists, Full review on my blog soon, This selfproclaimed 'biography' by Yasser Usman on Sanjay Dutt has been completely rubbished off by Dutt himself, to the extent of serving the writer, a legal notice.
However factual or sensational the material within, is left to the reader and it's best judgment,

The book covers Dutt's notoriety, from a drug addict to a convict in possession of AKgun, under The Arms Act of India.
And in between of course, his philandering personality that gave him the entitlement of the 'Bad Boy' of Bollywood,

Sanjay Dutt is the quintessential indecorous mafiosi, who appeals to a larger section of the stray youth, that confine being 'cool' and 'macho' to smoking, drugs, alcohol, sleaze and guns.
Unfortunately for a nation of ours of over a billion human living, we haven't yet figured out who needs to be glorified and who, ignored.
A pretty shallow book but yet unputdownable! The Crazy Untold Story Of Bollywoods Bad Boy SANJAY DUTT juggernautbooks ,
After RAJESH KHANNA amp REKHA The Trilogy By YasserUsman Is Completed With This Latest Unauthorised Biography On SANJAY DUTTThe Crazy Untold Story Of Bollywoods Bad Boy.
What Takes This Biography To The Next Level Is That Unlike His Previous Subjects This Time Around The Author Actually Got To Interact With SANJU Baba And Get Some Meaningful Insights Into His Chequered Life Which Was Sadly Missing In His Previous Two Biographies.

While His Biography On RAJESH KHANNA Was Penned Only After The Phenomenon Stars Death Getting REKHA To Talk About Her Life amp Times In Bollywood Was A Foregone Conclusion So The Author Just Could Not Get Across To Madam RE.
But This Time Around He Proved Lucky To Interact With SUNJU Though To Be Fair SANJAY DUTT Seemed Unaware What Those Interviews Were For.

The Unauthorised Biography Of SANJAY DUTT Makes Compelling Reading Even Though Most Of It Has Been Reproduced Earlier In Film Glossies And Indepth Interviews But Put Together In A Book Makes It Stand Out.
. The Fact That SANJAY DUTT Is Hopping Mad At The Author amp Publisher Is Not So Much Due To The Content But The Timing That Has Stolen The Thunder From “SANJU” The Film Thats To Release Next Week.
. The Timing Is At Crossroads And That Is What Has The Khalnayak Fuming As He Has Absolutely No Control Over The Book As He Had Over His Biopic And That Has Him Hopping Mad As A Wet Hen.

That Having Been Said One Must Hand It To YASSER USMAN That He Has Managed To Do What The Makers Of The Biopic Were Forced To Edit OutThe MADHURI DIXIT Factor.
. But In This Book The Author Minces No Words As He Explores MADHURI Alliance With SANJU WId The Same Brush As He Does His Relationships With Say TINA MUNIM, RATI AGNIHOTRI, REKHA amp KIMI KATKAR.

All Said amp Done This Unauthorised Biography Is Like A Verbal Trailer To The Biopic amp What You May Not Find In The Movie Can Be Found Indepth In This Unauthorised Biography.
. . So Either Before Or After Viewing The Much Anticipated Movie This Book Is Definitely A Must Read!! Sanjay Dutt's private life has been a public spectacle.
This book lays bare the man's personal demons, his many flaws and his redeeming qualities, While reading I felt there were two writers the writing style was analytical, phrases and language were almost poetic and flowed smoothly up until the chapters that described his drug problems.
I felt the writer was sharply critical, almost unsympathetic of his subject's

weakness amp shortcomings as a person unable to resist the temptation of drugs time and time again.


Cut to the chapters on Mr, Dutt's troubles with the law, the writing style suddenly changes as does the writer's attitude to his subject, The narration, adopting a factual tone, answers all questions except the 'why' why did Mr, Dutt do what he did The writer of this part of the book treats his subject in accordance with the popular opinion a naive man, caught in the wrong place at the wrong time.


The rest of the book is devoted to his many dalliances and it seemed to me that suddenly the writer was in a hurry to finish his book.


I quite enjoyed the first half, where the writer demystified the individual that is Sanjay Dutt and rationalized his actions.
But the second half was comparatively a let down which is why I rate this book,Sanjay Dutt: The Crazy Untold Story of Bollywoods Bad Boy by Yasser Usman is a detailed, blow by blow account of the life of Sanjay Dutt right from his childhood.
The author, being a award winning TV journalist, has done a fantastic job of describing the challenging and difficult life the Bollywood star has led so far.


As mentioned earlier, the book begins with Sanjay Dutt s childhood, with a short background of each of his parents.
The writing is absorbing but the events and tragedies that take place one after the other in the actors life is what keeps the reader engaged, albeit with melancholy.


I signed up for the review as soon as I knew about the book because I have always been curious about the actors life.
And since I used to not follow his case much earlier, I thought this was the perfect chance to get to know about it all.


I thoroughly enjoyed reading the book which is poignant at times, and at times, unbelievable, Sanjay Dutt has always carried a bad boy image with him, The book, however, isnt one sided, being very forthright with its narration, Sanjay Dutt is what he is and it is left to the readers to form an opinion,

As for me, now I have a renowned respect for the actor, especially because of the way he emerged after the tragedies he faced.
He kept trying to please people and be likable, It is sad but it only goes to show how strong each one of us are, unknown to ourselves,

In short, a fascinating and totally absorbing read that one must read if interested in Bollywood happenings,


This book was sent to me by the publisher in exchange for an honest review, This is the third book of Yasser Usman after "Rajesh Khanna: The Untold Story of India's First Superstar" and "Rekha: The Untold Story'.
This book starts from Sanjay getting arrested because of his connection with Mumbai'sbomb blast connection, Then from Chapter, the author starts talking about his childhood, The author tells how Sanjay started doing drugs before releasing his first film "Rocky", When Sanjay washe used to smoke used cigarette butt thrown by his father Sunil Dutt in the garden, when Sunil found this, he sent Sanjay to Lawrence boarding school at Sanawar by the recommendation of by the then prime minister Indira Gandhi who was a close family friend of Dutt family.
I found it very interesting that Sanjay's name was suggested by a person who took participation in Shama'sthen famous popular film and culture Urdu magazine name suggesting contest.
The name suggested was Sunjay Kumar, Later it changed to Sanjay, The author tells how Sanjay got into the habit of taking drugs and how his relationship with Tina Munim, Rati Agnihotri, Madhuri Dixit, Richa Sharma, Rhea Pillai, and Manyata was
In one incident in Jail Sanjay was so used to mosquitos that he would difference between dengue and malaria mosquitos.
The author also tells how he did he meet Dawood and Anis Ibrahim All and all its a book which tells about Sanjay from his childhood to being released from his Jail.

I liked the book, got to know few technical LAW terms, Thanks to the upcoming movie 'Sanju', my interest was piqued on reading more about the life of Sanjay Dutt, I did like quite a few of his movies, but am not necessary his die hard fan, Admiration for Sanjay was just a part of the boy's club in our younger days, for his muscled body, nothing else,

There was a lot of criticism from Sanjay Dutt himself about this particular book, Only if he had read it, he would have realised that this book is not passing any judgements on his character or life.
This is the best part of this book, It does not judge Sanjay Dutt but just puts the story in front of you,

One of the very well written and balanced biographies I have read in the recent past, If you a Bollywood fan, you must read this one Sanju baba, . . Call him irresponsible, immature, foolish, attracted to everything that was wrong, a womaniser, selfish, . . He is all this BUT he IS NOT A TERRORIST,



This biographical book by Yasser Usmaan reads like a Bollywood movie, . . There is this naive young boy who has almost a death wish, he gets involved in drugs, alcohol, womanising, dabbles with the underworld and does some foolish things that almost destroy him and his family.
He has a father who stands by him through thick and thin, who till he died supported him, but could never vocally express his immense love for his first born.
So many twists and turns in his life, that someone who doesn't know the backstory might even think this was just a work of fiction.
But sadly, it isn't.
Such is the life of Sanju baba, . . Full of crazy, untold events and acts, that were reckless and dangerous and almost finished him, . . But like a phoenix that rises out of its own ashes, today we have Sanju baba, . . calmer, trying to act responsibly, father to two beautiful kids and husband to a loving wife,



What makes this book an absolute pleasure to read is the way it's written, Yasser Usmaan highlights the little nitty gritties of Sanjay's life and his improbable actions, . . Laying bare everything that is there to see, Not even in one single place is the author condemning or judgemental or defending Baba's actions or thoughts or feelings, He writes all that happened and how and why, . . And while you do feel sad for the unfortunate circumstances in Sanjay's life, some due to his own actions, there are instances where you really feel like going up there and shaking this grown ass man and asking him to grow up!



Anyways all's well that ends well.
Today Sanjay is finally home and free of the cases against him that ran foryears too long :,
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Hopefully this time, he will steer clear of any foolish misadventures that will jeopardise his and his family's future,
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bookstagram bookishlove bookreviews sanjaydutt yasserusman biopic lifeisstrangerthanfiction reelvsreallife sanjubaba sanjubabaisback Entertaining fun read, recommended if you are a Bollywood fan.
This one seems to be published to cash on the buzz of upcoming film Dutt A biopic on Sanjay Dutt This one looks at Dutt life, from a macro point and each chapter seems to move fast from one aspect of his life to other.
I would recommend you to buy this book only if you are not clued to Bollywood otherwise, most of which has been written in the book is well known, barring a few anecdotes.


This is a quick and easy read, I finished reading this book in less thanminutes, .