Sanyukta Iyer (MUMBAI MIRROR; March 1, 2016)

Ever since Sanjay Dutt walked out of Yerwada jail on the sunny morning of February 25, sporting a new hair-do with a golden ponytail, his industry friends have been flocking to have a drink and some gupshup with their Munna Bhai at his Pali Hill residence. While last week saw Abhishek Bachchan, Shilpa Shetty, Ameesha Patel, David Dhawan, Riteish Deshmukh, Ashish Chowdhry and Sanjay Gupta catching up with Dutt, on Monday, a few other friends visited him and stayed back for an all-nighter.

Suniel Shetty, Jackie Shroff and rapper Yo Yo Honey Singh met Dutt late last night and the boys got into a long discussion about films, freedom and friendships. Joining them in the wee hours was Shah Rukh Khan, who came after wrapping up a hard day's work on the sets of Rahul Dholakia's Raees with Pakistani starlet Mahira Khan.

The last time the Badshah met Sanjay was at a party thrown by the latter for the success of Agneepath. The event became infamous for all the wrong reasons, as SRK had allegedly got into a brawl with his best friend Farah Khan's husband Shirish Kunder. But Monday night was not about recalling the old, bad memories, but discussing the future.

"Dutt had been greeting the actors and bidding them goodbye from the building's entrance, where several auto-drivers and other fans had been queuing up to meet the actor. And Dutt has been welcoming everybody with open arms. He embraced SRK as he left his apartment at 3 am," a source informed.

There have been other visitors too. Dutt's former inmate, from when the actor served a jail sentence at Arthur road Jail, Villas Dhade also waited for Dutt. "The happiness of Sanju baba's face is priceless. There is relief in his eyes now and he is looking forward to his future," Dhade said.