With Sanjay Dutt having to undergo a jail term of three-and-a-half-years following a Supreme Court order today, Bollywood trade analysts estimate that around Rs.250 crores are at stake involving his big budget film projects.
The apex court today upheld Dutt's conviction for illegal possession of arms in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case.
"As per the back-of-the-envelope calculations, around Rs.250 crore are riding on Sanjay, involved in various projects. These projects include big ticket upcoming movies Peekay, Policegiri, Zanjeer, Ungli among others," sources said.
Among the upcoming projects involving the 53-year-old actor isUngli, produced by Karan Johar's Dharma Productions, also starring Emraan Hashmi and Neha Dhupia.
When contacted, a top source at Dharma Productions said, "Bollywood is distraught over the SC judgement today.
Sanjay Dutt, Aamir Khan, Rajkumar Hirani on the set of P.K.
The shooting of Ungli concerning Sanjay Dutt's part is complete and only some portion of it is remaining to be completed."
He, however, refused to share the amount of money at stake on Sanjay in the project.
Among other projects having Sanjay on board is "Zanjeer, directed by Apoorva Lakhia. Sanjay is reprising the role of Sher Khan, epitomised by veteran actor Pran in the original movie.
According to sources, aroundRs.50-60 crore are at stake inZanjeer, while Rs.25 crore onPolicegiri, which is the remake of a South movie. Sanjay is starring opposite Prachi Desai in the film.
"We have completed shooting forZanjeer. The verdict is shocking and I feel shattered. I am not worried about his (Sanjay's) presence for post-production and other formalities... My concern is that he fights back," Producer Amit Mehra told PTI.
Another big-ticket movie is Rajkumar Hirani's P.K. starring Aamir Khan and Anushka Sharma.
The shooting for the film began last week.
Producer of Policegiri, P P Agrawal said, "maximum of the shoot is over. For the remaining portion, we will see if we can shoot with Sanjay. Even if not it's okay...We may consider approaching court to allow him to shoot".
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