Bollywood actor and Samajwadi Party General Secretary Sanjay Dutt, who is on bail in connection with the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, was on Friday allowed by the Supreme Court to go abroad for six months for the shooting of five films.

Dutt, who has actively campaigned for the party in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, had moved the apex court with the details of his itinerary about his visit to South Africa, Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Zambia and Namibia from June to December this year.