Mumbai: Bollywood actors Sanjay Dutt and Shilpa Shetty, along with south actor Dhruva Sarja, launched the teaser of their upcoming Kannada film ‘KD-The Devil’ in Mumbai.
Interacting with mediapersons, Sanjay opened up about why he is doing more films in south than in Bollywood.
“I take back the passion (from Tollywood), which Bollywood has lost. And I hope it comes back. That’s what I miss back home, the passion to make a good film,” Sanjay said.
“You know, it’s not about numbers. Everything is about numbers back in Bollywood. But it’s not about numbers, it’s about passion,” he added.
Sharing his experience of working with Prabhas in Maruthi’s ‘The Raja Saab’, Sanjay said, “You know what, I am trying to learn Telugu because I’m doing one film with Prabhas. I am doing a film called The Raja Saab. He makes me eat a lot, Prabhas. He is one of the most amazing, wonderful people and a great actor.”
Sanjay also expressed his appreciation for Chiranjeevi. “And I love Chiranjeevi sir. He’s done Munna Bhai out here. I share a beautiful relationship with him. God bless him.”
The senior Bollywood actor called Nagarjuna, with whom he worked in ‘Chandralekha’, a ‘very close friend, like a brother’, and Ram Pothineni, with whom he worked in ‘Double iSmart’, a ‘wonderful boy’.
“It took me so much time to work here because aap logon ne bulaya nahi. Aap bulav mai aajau. (It took me so much time to work here because you guys didn’t call me. You call me, I’ll come),” Sanjay quipped.
‘KD-The Devil’ is slated to be released on July 10, 2026.
Sanjay will also be seen in ‘Akhanda 2’ and ‘The Raja Saab’ in Telugu, ‘Dhurandhar’ and ‘Baap’ in Hindi, and ‘Sheran Di Kaum Punjabi’ in Punjabi among others.
