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Manyata Dutt (
née The birth name is the name of the person given upon their birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name or to the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a births registe ...
Dilnawaz Sheikh; born 22 July 1978), simply known as Manyata, is an
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, former
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and the current
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of Sanjay Dutt Productions. She married
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Sanjay Dutt Sanjay Balraj Dutt (born 29 July 1959) is an Indian actor, playback singer and film producer who works in Hindi cinema in addition to a few Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Punjabi films. Dutt has won several accolades and acted in over 160 films. ...
in 2008. She is best known for her
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in
Prakash Jha Prakash Jha (born 27 February 1952) is an Indian film producer, actor, director and screenwriter, mostly known for his political and socio-political films such as ''Hip Hip Hurray (film), Hip Hip Hurray'' (1984), ''Damul'' (1984), ''Mrityudand ...
's 2003 film ''
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''.


Personal life

Manyata Dutt was born into a
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family on 22 July 1978; in
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. She was raised in
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. She was known as Sara Khan in the film industry. After her launch in Kamaal Rashid Khan's '' Deshdrohi'' in 2008, she was given the screen name "Manyata", by Jha, but her aspirations to become a star ended when her father died, leaving the responsibility of the family business on her. Manyata married
Sanjay Dutt Sanjay Balraj Dutt (born 29 July 1959) is an Indian actor, playback singer and film producer who works in Hindi cinema in addition to a few Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Punjabi films. Dutt has won several accolades and acted in over 160 films. ...
on 7 February 2008 in a private wedding in
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. She converted to
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through
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rites to validate the marriage before court. Two years later, she became the mother of twins, a boy named Shahraan and a girl named Iqra on 21 October 2010.


Career

Prior to her marriage and before she met Dutt, Maanayata worked in Hindi films, such as ''Lovers Like Us'', opposite actor Nimit Vaishnav. The rights of the film were later purchased by Sanjay Dutt for Rs. 20 lakh.


In popular culture

In the
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''
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'', directed by
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, which has been released on 29 June 2018, based on the life of Sanjay Dutt, her part has been portrayed by the actress
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, while
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has portrayed the title role.


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dutt, Maanayata 1978 births Living people Indian film actresses Actresses in Hindi cinema Actresses from Mumbai Businesswomen from Maharashtra People named in the Paradise Papers Sanjay Dutt Converts to Hinduism from Islam Indian former Muslims Indian Hindus 21st-century Indian actresses 21st-century Indian businesswomen 21st-century Indian businesspeople