Sanjay Gupta is a changed man and he admits it. Till a few years ago, he was, in his own words, “reckless and fearless”. He never thought he would reach where he has. But life had other plans for him. Personally, he went through a tough phase when he split with his wife Anu, but the couple managed to put their past behind them and got together again. His family, comprising Anu and his two kids, is what matters the most to him now. “Whenever I get free time, I spend it with my children. My kids need to be proud of their father rather than his legacy, so it’s almost like starting afresh,” he tells me, when I drop in at his house in Versova. The director, who went through a lean phase professionally for a while, bounced back with Shootout at Wadala. Gupta talks about his next movie Mumbai Saga, patching up with Sanjay Dutt and reviving his pet project Alibaug.

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