Devil's Advocate: Sanjay Dutt

ACCUSED 117: Sanjay Dutt, a 1993 Mumbai blasts accused, says he is praying that he gets his freedom.

      

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Karan Thapar: Hello and welcome to Devil’s Advocate. With just days to go before the court verdict in his case (in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case), how is accused number 117 preparing himself for a judgement that could change his entire life. That’s the key issue that I should raise today in an exclusive interview with Sanjay Dutt.

Sanjay, as I said there are days to go before the verdict is announced in your case, are you nervous?

Sanjay Dutt: Yes, Karan. I am a human being and as every human being would be, I am nervous. I am apprehensive. I wish and pray that everything goes well and I just get my freedom.

Karan Thapar: At this moment in time, when you are simply waiting at this, there is actually nothing you can do. How easy is it to lead a normal life?

Sanjay Dutt: No, it is not easy to lead a normal life at this stage. I have not worked for the last three months. And this is the most important situation of my life as of today. You cannot concentrate in your work and you have to be focused on this. You have to be thinking and have to be prepared for a lot of things in both ways.

Karan Thapar: Tell me how can you be prepared for something like this? How do you get your mind used to the idea as in both ways? How are you approaching this?

Sanjay Dutt: See, I have full faith in the judiciary of our country. I have faith in God and I have faith in the people of my country. My people love me. And I just go with that. I just take one day at a time and that is the only way you can go.

Karan Thapar: But are there days and are there moments, when suddenly you have doubts?

Sanjay Dutt: As I said, I am a human being and everybody goes through these phases of ups and downs in any field of work or anything. Yes, I sometimes do think. But it’s good to be positive.

Karan Thapar: So you have to fight those moments?

Sanjay Dutt: You have to fight those moments. You have to have full faith in God, have faith in yourself, in your family and the people of the country.

Karan Thapar: Has this process made you religious?

Sanjay Dutt: I have always been religious. It is not that this process has made me religious. I have a small, lovely mandir in my house and I pray in the morning. I do believe in Mata a lot and I am also a Shiv bhakt. So it is not because of this, but I have always been religious.

Karan Thapar: You visited a lot of temples recently. You have been photographed at them. Does that give you a sense of peace and a sense of calm?

Sanjay Dutt: Absolutely. There is nothing above God. He is the ultimate power who decides what he wants to do with His children. You get a lot of peace and security when you go and pray.

Karan Thapar: You feel very close to God just now.

Sanjay Dutt: I do. I am always close to God, but yes, I do feel very close.

Karan Thapar: And you need Him?

Sanjay Dutt: Of course, I do need Him.

Karan Thapar: At this moment in time, do your thoughts also go to your parents? (Sunil Dutt and Nargis)