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Sanjay Gupta dies at 57: Kaante and Shootout at Lokhandwala director passes away after fall at home

hellohimachalse@gmail.com 31 Oct 2026 1 hour ago

New Delhi: Filmmaker Sanjay Gupta, the director behind Kaante, Shootout at Lokhandwala and Kaabil, has died at 57. He passed away on October 30, 2026, according to Film Information.

The report states that Gupta fell in the kitchen at around 2:30 pm and sustained a head injury. His wife and two sons were at home, but nobody realised at first what had happened. The circumstances around the incident remain unclear.

Sanjay Gupta’s association with Sanjay Dutt

Gupta’s career spanned several decades, and he was best known for his work with actor Sanjay Dutt. The two collaborated on Kaante (2002), Musafir (2004), Zinda (2006) and Shootout at Lokhandwala (2007). Gupta directed, produced and co-wrote Shootout at Lokhandwala, which was based on the 1991 Lokhandwala Complex shootout. He returned to the crime genre with Shootout at Wadala (2013), another film inspired by real events.

Other films by Sanjay Gupta

Beyond crime dramas, Gupta tried other genres. Jazbaa (2015) starred Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, and Kaabil (2017) featured Hrithik Roshan and Yami Gautam. His other directorial projects include the anthology film Dus Kahaniyaan (2007), Acid Factory (2009) and Mumbai Saga (2021), which starred John Abraham and Emraan Hashmi.

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