Naam-
The
Film
Which
Brought
Dutt
Back
In
The
Race
Following
a
battle
with
drugs
and
a
series
of
flops
when
Sanjay
Dutt
was
in
a
low
phase,
his
buddy
Kumar
Gaurav
was
determined
to
bring
in
back
in
race
with
Mahesh
Bhatt's
Naam.
Rajendra
Kumar
Was
A
Bit
Hesitant
Mahesh
Bhatt
told
TOI
that
Kumar
Gaurav's
father,
Rajendra
Kumar,
wasn't
convinced
having
spotted
the
dangers
inherent
in
the script.
Even
though
it
was
a
two-hero
project,
Rajendra
Kumar
knew
the
audience's
sympathies
would
eventually
swing
from
Kumar Gaurav's
character
Ravi
to
Sanju's
bad
boy
Vicky.
Kumar
Gaurav
Was
Adamant
Rajendra
Kumar
feared
his
son
would
get
overshadowed
in
the
film
but
Kumar
Gaurav
stood
his
ground
and
eventually
his
father
had
to
give
in.
Naam
was
one
of
the
biggest
blockcbusters
that
year.
When
Sanjay
Dutt
Opened
Up
About
His
Equation
With
Kumar
Gaurav
"It's
utter
nonsense
to
say
my
relationship
with
Bunty
has
changed
after
Naam.
There
can
never
be
any
question
of
one-upmanship
with
Bunty.
If
anything,
our
relationship
has
only
grown
stronger
with
the
film.
Changed
for
the
better.
Isn't
it
strange
that
we
started
our
careers
together,
had
our
first
release
together,
rose
to
fame
together,
faced
a
slump
in
our
careers
at
the
same
time,
and
have
now
managed
to
make
a
comeback
together," Dutt
was
quoted
as
saying
in
a
Filmfare
1986
interview.
Dutt
Was
Even
Ready
To
Shed
Blood
For
Him
"Bunty
is
one
person
I
can
shed
my
blood
for.
I
love
him
immensely,
not
because
he
is
my
brother-in-law,
that
is
a
secondary
issue...we
don't
share
any
brother-in-law
relationship-
we
are
friends
and
we
hope
to
remain
friends.
Kumar
Gaurav's
Real
Love
Story
Sanjay
Dutt's
sister
Namrata
fell
for
Kumar
Gaurav
and
married
him.
Speaking
about
it,
she
said,
"He's
a
lovely
person
and
I
couldn't
help
myself".But
all
the
while
that
they
were
courting,
the
thought
of
what
Sanjay
Dutt
felt
about
them
filled
her
with
"perpetual
dread".
She
had
quoted
her
as
saying
to
Society
magazine,
"I
remember
Sanju
was
in
the
US
for
his
treatment
(during
the
last
lap
of
her
romance)
and
dad
called
him
up
and
said
when
you
get
back,
Anju
(Namrata)
will
be
married
off
to
Bunty
(Kumar).
Sanju
must
have
probably
missed
a
few
beats
but
it
was
too
late
to
protest."