Sanjay Dutt

Sanjay Dutt was born to actors Nargis and Sunil Dutt. He has two sisters, Priya Dutt and Namrata Dutt (Anju). He was educated at the Lawrence School, Sanawar, near Kasauli in Himachal Pradesh state. At the age of 12 he made his first film appearance in his father's film Reshma Aur Shera where he had a small role as a qawwali singer. Nargis Dutt died a few weeks before Sanjay Dutt's first film, Rocky, was to be released. A heartbroken Dutt took to doing drugs. He sought the help from his father, and was sent to a rehab center in Texas. After attending a rehabilitation program in the United States, a sober Dutt started working in films again.

Sanjay Dutt joins the list of distinguished IIMSAM Goodwill Ambassadors from across the world such as eminent footballer Diego Maradona, philanthropist Dr.Sulaiman Al-Fahim, fashion designer Carolina Herrera and actress Angélica María who have committed themselves selflessly towards the mandate of the organisation. Sanjay Dutt's priority area would be to help the malnutrition initiatives of IIMSAM where Spirulina would be utelised to save innumerable lives lost to malnutrition and to counter various deprivations associated with it.