Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt ‘diagnosed with cancer’

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Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt, whose life has been so colourful and tragic that it became the subject of a biopic, has been diagnosed with lung cancer, Indian media reports said yesterday. The actor served time in prison for possessing guns supplied by gangsters responsible for bombings in Mumbai in 1993 and has also battled drug addiction. On Tuesday Dutt issued a statement on social media saying he was "taking a short break for some medical treatment". Press reports later quoted a tweet from respected film trade journalist Komal Nahta saying that the 61-year-old has been diagnosed with lung cancer and would travel to the US for treatment.