Sanjay Dutt swears off alcohol

Sanjay Dutt was initially reported to make his comeback with Siddharth's Anand's next.
When the project was indefinitely postponed, he moved on to Vidhu Vinod Chopra's sister Shelly Dhar's directorial debut, 'Marco Bhau'. Now, as Dhar works on her script, the 57-year-old actor's comeback film will be Omung Kumar's father-daughter revenge drama, 'Bhoomi', in which he plays a UP native and is going the extra mile for the prep, which includes swearing off alcohol.'Bhoomi' goes on the floors by January-end and will be shot entirely in Agra.

"The film's story had been with us for three-four years but we were waiting for the right actor. When Sanjay heard the script, he decided that 'Bhoomi' should be his comeback film. The last time Sanjay had a drink was at the Bachchans' Diwali party. He has sworn off alcohol ever since till the film is completely ready," the film's producer Sandeep Singh told Mirror, adding that the actor wakes up at 5.30 am every morning to work out in the gym. "We are taking several of his assistants to Agra with us and setting up a gym in his hotel room so he doesn't lose time. We have also hired a trainer from UP so that he gets the Agra accent right. Sanjay sits with the writer and director to work on the script. He is also taking active interest in the casting as the actress who will play his onscreen daughter is yet to be cast."
The film will be shot in 50 days in a start-to-finish schedule. According to Singh, Sanjay will be seen performing intense action at various locations in Agra, including the Red Fort, Chambal, Dhaulpur, Tajganj, Mehtab Bagh and Kinari bazar.