With
Ekta
Kapoor's
Balaji
Films
suddenly
doing
an
about-turn
and
aligning
itself
with
Sanjay
Gupta,
Sanjay
Dutt,
who
broke
ties
with
Gupta
last
year
is
an
aggrieved
and
wounded
man.
Shaking
hands
with
the
enemy
is
not
what
Dutt
expected
Ekta
to
do.
And
now
it's
an
open
war
between
the
ex-business
partners.
Says
a
source,
"Sanjay
was
really
fond
of
Ekta.
Now
that
she
has
done
the
unthinkable,
and
teamed
up
with
Gupta,
Dutt
is
on
a
movie
and
star-buying
spree.
No
one
says
no
to
Sanju
Baba."
Apparently,
post
the
Ekta-Gupta
alliance,
Dutt
is
eager
to
prove
a
point.
That
his
goodwill
in
the
industry
is
all-pervasive.
Adds
the
source,
"He
has
gone
and
signed
the
A
to
Z
of
the
film
industry,
from
Amitabh
Bachchan
to
Zayed
Khan.
Naturally,
there's
no
question
of
these
actors
working
for
Balaji
or
White
Feathers."
Even
Dutt
loyalist
Sunil
Shetty's
Popcorn
Entertainment
is
completing
their
three-film
contract
after
Joy
Augustine's
Little
Godfather
is
released.
Hopefully,
this
film
won't
suffer
because
of
the
shifted
alliances.
The
open
war
doesn't
end
there.
Apparently,
Balaji
had
promised
Sanju
baba
Rs
1.5
crores
for
the
item
song
on
the
comedy
C
Kkompany.
The
dues
are
still
pending.
A
Balaji
source,
however,
says
that
a
BMW
car
was
gifted
to
Dutt
in
lieu
of
his
payment.
But
a
source
close
to
Dutt
has
another
story
to
tell.
"It
was
decided
that
he
be
given
a
token
gift.
The
then-CEO
of
Balaji,
Ramesh
Sippy
offered
Dutt
a
watch.
When
told
that
he
had
enough
watches
for
seven
lifetimes,
they
decided
to
gift
him
a
BMW
which
costs
only
Rs
35
lakhs.
But
the
amount
promised
to
Mr
Dutt
was
1.5
crores.
And
he's
wondering
where
the
money
went."
Dharam
Oberoi,
CEO
Sanjay
Dutt
Productions
confirms.
"Yes,
Mr
Dutt
was
offered
a
certain
amount
of
money
for
his
appearance
in
C
Kkompany
which
wasn't
paid.
But
he
is
not
one
to
demand
or
extract
his
pound
of
flesh.
He
has
moved
on
to
bigger
and
better
things.
He
wishes
Ekta
all
the
best."