Dutt upset over unauthorised bio
The actor said his ‘authentic’ biography will be out soon
Sanjay Dutt is planning legal action against the writer and publisher of his “unauthorised” biography, The Crazy Untold Story of Bollywood’s Bad Boy .In response, the publisher has decided not to put out any “extracts” from the book in short-form media.
The actor also said his “authentic” autobiography will be out soon.
Dutt issued a statement via social media about the book written by Yasser Usman and published by Juggernaut.
“I have not authorised either Juggernaut Publications or Yasser Usman to write/publish my biography. Our lawyers had sent them a legal notice, in response to which Juggernaut Publications said that contents of the proposed book are based on information available in public domain from authentic sources.
“However, from the excerpts that are appearing in the newspaper are partly based on my old interviews, but rest all seemed to be based on hearsay, 1990s’ tabloids and gossip magazines, most of which are figments of imagination and not true. I have consulted with my legal team on the next course of action,” the actor wrote.
In an accompanying post, Dutt said: “I hope better sense will prevail and there will be no further excerpts that will hurt me or my family.”
Juggernaut, in its statement, said the team is “sorry” to know that Dutt is upset by the book. However, in their defence, they have said the book has been “painstakingly footnoted, and the sources the book has relied upon have clearly been mentioned”.