When Baba inherited his fan’s property

Actor Sanjay Dutt recently confirmed a widely shared story about a fan leaving him property worth Rs 72 crore. In a chat with Curly Tales, the actor, lovingly called Sanju Baba, was asked if it was true that a woman had named him as her heir. “It is true,” he said. The fan, Nisha Patil, a 62-year-old homemaker from Mumbai, reportedly suffered from a terminal illness and instructed her bank in 2018 to hand over her assets to Sanjay after her death. When asked what he did with the inheritance, the Khal Nayak (1993) star replied, “I gave it back to the family.” On the work front, Sanjay will be seen in Baaghi 4, alongside Tiger Shroff. He also has the espionage thriller Dhurandhar with Ranveer Singh and Akshaye Khanna.

Ali is finding faults

Ali Fazal

Actor Ali Fazal, known for his roles in Fukrey (2013), Mirzapur, and international projects like Victoria & Abdul (2017), Kandahar (2023), and Furious 7 (2015), opened up about Indian content’s growing global reach on mid-day’s The Bombay Film Story podcast. “The world has opened up to subtitled content,” he said. “We no longer need to anglicise everything. South Asian stories are finally getting attention.” Taking a dig at Slumdog Millionaire (2008), he remarked, “God willing, we don’t ever have to go through a Slumdog again. Great film, but come on! The format was wrong, they were speaking English in half the film. They aren’t fully committing to the film.”