O Baba! Sanjay Dutt spotted chewing paan masala at a cancer foundation event

Sanjay Dutt was spotted at an event for the Nargis Dutt Memorial Trust established within the memory of his late mother to assist the needy.

This Trust is an offshoot of the Nargis Dutt Cancer Foundation that dedicates a big a part of its resource to medical aid, especially within the field of cancer.

Ironically within the event, Dutt couldn't refrain from chewing paan masala! He kept on opening the sachet and stuffing it in his mouth. Tch, tch..

Maanayata and sisters Namrata and Priya with hubby Owen Roncon

His wife Maanayata and sisters Namrata and Priya (with hubby Owen Roncon) were also present.

Teary-eyed over mother's fight against cancer

Actor Sanjay Dutt, who announced the collaboration between the Nargis Dutt Memorial Cancer Foundation and Britain-based NGO Healing Little Hearts here, became emotional as he recalled how he lost his mother, veteran actress Nargis Dutt.

Sanjay, who attended the launch together with his sisters Priya and Namrata Wednesday, almost shed a tear or two on the event.

"In the year 1981, when my mother came back from Sloan Kettering Memorial Hospital, she had a liver failure and he or she was taken to a hospital. I DO NOT need to name the hospital, " Sanjay recalled.

"The team of doctors who took care of her for one-and-a-half to 2 years flew right down to India - the doctors, nurses, everybody who took care of her and so they weren't allowed to go into the hospital, and we lost our mom the next day. They came to avoid wasting a life, " a teary-eyed Sanjay said.

Talking concerning the charity work which the Nargis Dutt Memorial Cancer Foundation have been doing for the past 30 years, Priya said this can be a quality that she and her siblings have imbibed from their parents - father Sunil Dutt, and mother Nargis.

"We have gotten it from either one of them. I'VE always seen them doing charitable work. They was there for each good cause. So I BELIEVE now we have imbibed it from them, " Priya said here.

Nargis Dutt died as a result of cancer a couple of days before the discharge of Sanjay's debut film "Rocky" in 1981.

Courtesy: Mid-Day.com