Sanjay Dutt has always treated his fans with layers of characters throughout his career, the actor's recent outing 'Panipat' also showcased the actor in a completely different avatar of royal king Ahmad Shah Abdali.

Sanjay Dutt has gathered immense accolades for his last film wherein he portrayed grey character Ahmad Shah Abdali in 'Panipat'. Fans have loved watching him on screen, it was sure treat for them that to have back to back two powerful grey roles Baldev in 'Prassthanam' and Ahmad Shah Abdali in 'Panipat'.

Owing to Sanjay Dutt's strong and powerful characters, many filmmakers have approached the actor for powerful grey characters. Sanjay Dutt who plays his character with utmost perfection and brings life to every role he plays and due to commercial viabilty at box - office has led many filmmakers to have the actor as the top choice as an antagonist in the film.

The first scene in the movie where Sanjay Dutt is transformed into Abdali, wearing the headgear, beard and moustache of the character has already left the fans awestruck with his fiery avatar. Not only this, Sanjay Dutt has wore the heaviest armour till date of 35 Kg. In Prassthanam, the actor has again left the audience speechless with his role of high profile politician of 'Baldev' who holds all the power and his persona of successful politician was also lauded by the critics.

In the span of 40 years of his career, Sanjay Dutt has portrayed some of the most iconic characters in films such as 'Khalnayak', 'Vaastav', 'Musafir', 'Agneepath' and now 'Panipat'.

What's interesting to know is whatever the role the actor plays, his fans call him with that name. After his film 'Khalnayak' released his fans would call him 'Khalnayak' and after the release of 'Vaastav', while his character received immense appreciation, the actor received appreciation for his portrayal of Raghu.

Next year will be an exciting year for Sanjay Dutt, as he has four releases lined up- KGF 2, Sadak 2, Shamshera and Torbaaz.