Flashback: The day Sanjay Dutt went to beat up Rishi Kapoor

In one of the chapters of his book, Khullam Khulla, Rishi Kapoor talks about a fist-fight that almost took place between him and Sanjay Dutt over an affair. And, it included Gulshan Grover., Gulshan recalls, “It’s true, Sanju (Sanjay Dutt) was having an affair with Tina Munim (Ambani) at that time and thought that Chintu (who was unmarried then) was having one with her, too.

Sanjay and I were like brothers so one day he told me, ‘We have to go to Chintu’s house to beat him up. We went to do that but his fiancée Neetuji managed to convince us that Chintu was not having an affair so we left.” While Gulshan’s bond with Rishi remains as strong as ever, one with Dutt has lessened over the years.

“Though we are in touch, it’s not the same anymore. I adore Chintu and keep meeting him. But with Sanju the problem is I would keep giving him correct advice and he does not like that so he creates situations where he can avoid those very people who give him good advice (laughs).

The irony of it is that today Chintu’s son Ranbir is playing the very Sanjay Dutt, who had wanted to beat up his father one day, and Sanju loves Ranbir too!”