Manyata Dutt

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{{short description|Indian entrepreneur}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date = September 2019}}

{{Infobox person
| name = Manyata Dutt
| image = Manyata Dutt snapped at her birthday bash.jpg
| caption = Manyata at her birthday bash in 2017
| birth_name = Dilnawaz Shaikh
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1978|07|22}}
| birth_place = [[Mumbai]], [[India]]
| nationality = [[India|Indian]] Indian
| occupation = [[Chief Executive Officer|CEO]] of Sanjay Dutt Productions, [[entrepreneur]]
| spouse = {{marriage|Meeraj Ur - Rehman|2005}} <br> {{marriage|[[Sanjay Dutt]]|2008}}
| children = 3
}}
'''Dilnawaz Shaikh''' (born July 22, 1978)<ref name="express1">{{cite web |last1=Singh |first1=Harneet |title=From performing item numbers to becoming Mrs. Dutt: Manyata|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/from-performing-item-numbers-to-becoming-mrs.-dutt-manyata/416540/|website=The Indian Express|accessdate=30 May 2016|date=29 January 2009}}</ref> better known as '''Manyata Dutt''' or simply '''Manyata''', is an [[Indian people|Indian]] [[entrepreneur]], former [[actress]] and the current [[Chief Executive Officer|CEO]] of Sanjay Dutt Productions. She married [[Bollywood]] [[actor]] [[Sanjay Dutt]] in 2008.<ref name="express1" /> She is best known for her [[item number]] in [[Prakash Jha]]'s 2003-hit ''[[Gangaajal]]''.<ref name="express1" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Sanjay-Dutt-told-me-never-give-up-says-wife-Manyata/articleshow/51151319.cms |title=Sanjay Dutt told me never give up, says wife Manyata|agency=PTI|work=The Times of India|accessdate=30 May 2016}}</ref><ref name="mirror1">{{cite web|last1=Lalwani|first1=Vickey|title=From Manyata to Mrs Dutt!|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/From-Manyata-to-Mrs-Dutt/articleshow/7046755.cms|website=Mumbai Mirror|accessdate=30 May 2016|date=5 December 2010}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Manyata Dutt real name Dilnawaz Shaikh was born in a [[Muslim]] family<ref>{{cite web|title=Sanjay Dutt and Manyata's marriage is valid, rules court|url=http://zeenews.india.com/home/sanjay-dutt-and-manyatas-marriage-is-valid-rules-court_445579.html|website=Zee News|accessdate=30 May 2016|date=28 May 2008}}</ref> on 22 July 1978 as Dilnawaz Shaikh in [[Mumbai]].<ref name="mirror1"/> She was raised in [[Dubai]].<ref name="mirror1"/> She was known as Sara Khan in the film industry.<ref name="express1"/> After her launch in [[Kamaal Rashid Khan]]'s ''[[Deshdrohi]]'' in 2008, she was given the screen name "Manyata", by Jha,<ref name="express1"/> but her aspirations to become a star ended when her father died, leaving the responsibility of the family business on her.

She married [[Sanjay Dutt]] on 7 February 2008 in a private wedding in [[Goa]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Rao|first1=Girish|title=Sanjay Dutt weds>Manyata|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2008/feb/11sli1.htm|website=[[Rediff]]|accessdate=30 May 2016}}</ref> After two years she became the mother of twins, a boy named Shahraan and a girl named Iqra on 21 October 2010.<ref>{{cite web|title=Manyata Dutt delivers twins|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Manyata-Dutt-delivers-twins/articleshow/6786567.cms|website=The Times of India|accessdate=30 May 2016|date=21 October 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Sanjay Dutt's twins watch 'Policegiri' with their mom Manyata|url=http://www.news18.com/news/india/sanjay-dutts-twins-watch-policegiri-with-their-mom-manyata-620847.html|website=News 18|accessdate=30 May 2016|date=3 July 2013}}</ref>

==Career==
Prior to her marriage and before she met Dutt, Maanayata worked in Hindi films, such as ''Lovers Like Us'', opposite actor Nimit Vaishnav.<ref name="mirror2">{{cite web|last1=Shah|first1=Kunal M.|title=Bride and prejudice|url=http://www.mumbaimirror.com/entertainment/bollywood/Bride-and-prejudice/articleshow/15790151.cms|website=Mumbai Mirror|accessdate=30 May 2016|date=29 February 2008}}</ref> The rights of the film were later purchased by Sanjay Dutt for Rs. 20 lakh.<ref name="mirror2"/>

==In popular culture==
In the [[biographical film]] ''[[Sanju]]'', directed by [[Rajkumar Hirani]], which has been released on 29 June 2018, based on the life of Sanjay Dutt, her part has been portrayed by the actress [[Dia Mirza]], while [[Ranbir Kapoor]] has portrayed the title role.

== References ==
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== External links ==
{{Commons category|Manyata Dutt}}
* {{IMDb person}}
* {{Bollywood Hungama person}}

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[[Category:21st-century Indian actresses]]
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[[Category:Actresses from Mumbai]]
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