Sanjay Dutt recently paid an emotional tribute to filmmaker Sanjay Gupta. She took to Instagram to share throwback photos with the late filmmaker and shared that they have been chatting 2 eat.
He wrote, “Secret, my brother. I still can’t believe you’re gone. We’ve shared so much together, so many memories and so many years of friendship. You’ve always been family to me, and that will never change. I’ll miss you, our talks and all the moments we spent together. We were recently discussing Kante 2, I’ll make Kante 2 your dream, I’ll make this dream come true in your brother’s memory, I’ll miss your brother.” Will do it all forever and life won’t be the same without you.
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Sanjay Gupta fell in the kitchen around 2:30 pm and suffered a head injury. His wife and two sons were also present in the house, but initially no one knew what had happened. The circumstances surrounding the incident are still unclear.
Gupta’s death marks the end of a filmmaking career that spanned decades. He was particularly known for his collaboration with actor Sanjay Dutt, with whom he worked in films. eat (2002), the traveler (2004), alive (2006) and Firing at Lokhandwala (2007).
The latter was based on the 1991 Lokhandwala complex shooting, with Gupta as director, producer and co-writer. He later returned to the crime genre with Shootout at Wadala (2013), another film inspired by real-life events.
Apart from crime dramas, Gupta explored different genres through projects emotion (2015), starring Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, and capable (2017), starring Hrithik Roshan and Yami Gautam. His other directorial ventures included the anthology film Two stories (2007), Acid factory (2009) and Mumbai Saga (2021), starring John Abraham and Emraan Hashmi.
Sanjay Gupta’s work and early career as a producer
Gupta also made a name for himself as a producer through his banner, White Feather Films, which he founded in 2001. The production house has backed several projects over the years.
His other recent films include Miranda Brothers (2024), starring Meezan Jaffrey and Harshvardhan Rane, and Visphot (2024), starring Riteish Deshmukh and Fardeen Khan.
Before establishing himself as a filmmaker, Gupta worked in post-production and sound design. He also assisted director Pankaj Parashar in projects like television series Karamchand And the movie Jalwa.
Throughout his career, Gupta developed a unique style of filmmaking, often involving stylized action sequences, crime-based stories and urban settings. His work made him a household name in mainstream Hindi cinema.