GUWAHATI: Filmmaker Sanjay Gupta, best known for directing Kaante, Musafir, Shootout at Lokhandwala and Kaabil, was found dead at his Versova residence on Saturday morning after reportedly suffering severe head injuries in a fall on Friday night.
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His wife and two children were asleep in their bedrooms at the time and did not initially realise what had happened. They found him lying on the floor in a pool of blood when they woke up on Saturday morning and rushed him to a nearby hospital, where he was declared dead.
The Versova police have registered an Accidental Death Report (ADR) and are investigating the incident to establish the exact sequence of events. Police were informed about Gupta's death on Saturday morning.
Gupta's death marks the end of a filmmaking career spanning several decades. He was particularly known for his collaborations with actor Sanjay Dutt, with whom he worked on films including Kaante (2002), Musafir (2004), Zinda (2006) and Shootout at Lokhandwala (2007).
Shootout at Lokhandwala, based on the 1991 Lokhandwala Complex shootout, was directed, produced and co-written by Gupta. He later returned to the crime genre with Shootout at Wadala (2013), another film inspired by real-life events.
Apart from crime dramas, Gupta directed films across different genres, including Jazbaa (2015), starring Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, and Kaabil (2017), featuring Hrithik Roshan and Yami Gautam. His other directorial ventures included the anthology film Dus Kahaniyaan (2007), Acid Factory (2009) and Mumbai Saga (2021), starring John Abraham and Emraan Hashmi.
Gupta also established himself as a producer through his banner, White Feather Films, which he founded in 2001. His more recent films included The Miranda Brothers (2024), featuring Meezaan Jafri and Harshvardhan Rane, and Visfot (2024), starring Riteish Deshmukh and Fardeen Khan.
