Sanjay
Dutt"s
dates
have
gone
haywire,
all
thanks
to
the
beard
that
he
has
grown
for
his
role
in
Mani
Shankar"s
Knock-Out.
The
beard
was
supposed
to
come
off
this
month
after
the
completion
of
his
schedule
for
Shankar"s
film.
But
Dutt"s
mentor
Amar
Singh
played
the
spoilsport.
He
asked
Dutt
to
campaign
for
the
assembly
elections
in
Maharashtra.
That"s
when
Dutt"s
shooting
schedule
got
somewhat
messed
up.
Says
a
source
close
to
Dutt,
“Sanjay
Dutt
was
supposed
to
complete
the
current
schedule
of
Knock-Out
and
then
move
on
to
Indra
Kumar"s
Dhamaal
Part
2,
the
next
schedule
of
Anees
Bazmi"s
No
Problem
and
the
remaining
portion
of
Bunty
Walia"s
Lamhaa.
But
suddenly
Sanjay
got
a
call
from
Amar
Singh
asking
him
to
campaign
for
the
by-elections
in
Maharashtra."
When
Amar
Singh
summons,
Sanjay
Dutt
hears
no
other
voice.
Says
the
source,
“Sanjay
immediately
gave
the
dates
required.
Resultantly
his
schedules
were
thrown
off
by
two
weeks."
Two
weeks
in
itself
would"ve
not
been
such
a
setback
were
it
not
for
the
beard.
Apparently
Dutt
refused
to
shave
off
the
beard
to
work
on
other
pending
projects
simultaneously
with
Knock-Out.
Says
the
source,
“Sanjay
feels
a
false
beard
would
cut
into
the
authenticity
of
his
character
in
Knock-Out.
He
refused
to
shave
off
the
beard
and
take
on
the
other
projects
after
the
delay
caused
by
the
by-elections.
He
requested
other
producers
to
push
up
their
dates
until
he
could
finish
with
his
bearded
look."
Dutt
has
now
decided
that
he
would
hold
a
'Look" for
his
film
even
if
it
means
cutting
down
on
his
assignments.
In
fact
after
he
was
unable
to
shave
off
his
beard
during
Knock-Out
he
gave
others
producers
the
option
of
signing
someone
else.