Sanjay Dutt Shot for Rocky While His Mother Nargis Was in a Coma: Throwback
Legendary actress Nargis Dutt, Sanjay Dutt’s mother, passed away from pancreatic cancer in 1981 at the age of 51. She died just days before the release of Sanjay’s debut film, Rocky. More than four decades after her death, Sanjay has opened up about the traumatic period his family endured while Nargis battled the disease. In an interview with the AIG Hospitals YouTube channel, the actor recalled how his father, Sunil Dutt, made the difficult decision to send him back to India to complete his debut film while his mother was critically ill. Nargis’ battle with cancer Sanjay recalled that Nargis was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and underwent intensive treatment at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York. The family travelled to the United States as she received treatment. “The family travelled to the United States. I was very young then, about 20, and my sisters were younger than me. We did everything we could. But there were a lot of complications with her, and to see my mother go through all that was traumatic,” …
