Sanjay Dutt's upcoming films that will be impacted by the SC verdict

After the critical and commercial failures that were Ram Gopal Varma’s Department and Vinod Bachchan’s Zilla Ghaziabad, Sanjay Dutt’s redemption at the Box Office will have to wait because of Thursday’s Supreme Court verdict which sentenced him the five years in prison for his alleged role in the 1993 blasts.

The actor, who made his debut as a hero in 1981’s semi-hit Rocky, had quite a few potential blockbuster films in the pipeline.  

Here are some of them:

Unglee
There’s the Karan Johar-produced  Unglee, directed by Rensil d'Silva, which is slated to come out this year.  The film, which is still being scripted, marks Emraan Hashmi’s first collaboration with Johar and has a social message.

Peekay
Trading action for political satire, Dutt was to unite with Aamir Khan for the first time ever to play a “vital” supporting role (as a Rajasthani villager, if the rumour mill is to be believed) in this film which comes out next year..

 Zanjeer
Dutt was to essay the vital role of former gambling den owner Sher Jhan in Apoorva Lakhia’s big budget remake of Amitabh Bachchan’s 1973 classic cop film.This movie, for which Priyanka Chopra has pocketed Rs9 crore might see a replacement for the embattled actor.

Policegiri
Just 12 to 15 days of shooting is left, said Producer TP Aggarwal of this remake of the Tamil film Saamy. Chances are, this one will get wrapped up with Dutt, of course, playing the lawman.

Munnabhai Chale Delhi
Subhash Kapoor's (or is it Rajkumar Hirani; we don't know yet) might just have to wait longer to add a new installment to the much-loved Munnabhai  duology.

 "I can't imagine Munna Bhai series without Sanjay Dutt. But unfortunately, things are not in our hands," Kapoor told IANS on Thursday.