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Sanjay Dutt watched Madhuri Dixit’s close-ups, says Saajan director
Saajan director Lawrence D'Souza has said the cast and crew were so absorbed in filming that they barely noticed rumours of a romance between Sanjay Dutt and Madhuri Dixit. In a recent…
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Saajan director Lawrence D'Souza has said the cast and crew were so absorbed in filming that they barely noticed rumours of a romance between Sanjay Dutt and Madhuri Dixit. In a recent interview, D'Souza recalled Sanjay sometimes looking through the camera while Madhuri's close-ups were being shot, but insisted he never gave it serious thought. The director said he learned about the pair's reported split after Sanjay's 1993 arrest only from news reports and had no knowledge of Madhuri's family allegedly opposing the relationship.
Sanjay Dutt addressed the rumours in a 1993 interview with Movie Magazine. He said he apologised to Madhuri after the story broke because she faced public scrutiny "for no fault of hers." When asked if they had dated, Dutt replied, "I wish I had a scene going on with Madhuri, but I don't." The two actors worked together in Thanedaar, Saajan, Khalnayak and later in 2019's Kalank.
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Tabloid gossip about star romances drives clicks but rarely survives a fact-check. The 90s Sanjay-Madhuri rumour mill heated up so much that Sanjay felt compelled to apologise to her. Yet the only concrete evidence the 30-year-old stories offer is a director recalling an actor peeping through a camera. Nobody from the set claims they saw anything more than professional friendship. A simple question remains unanswered: if Madhuri denied it in 1993, why do media outlets keep repackaging the same unverified speculation as fresh news?
Sources (2): timesofindia.indiatimes.com, ndtv.com
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