Overview

• Dutt told The Great Indian Kapil Show that he used his prison years to stay occupied and share stories with fellow inmates.
• He said he launched an in‑jail radio program called Radio YCP, was paid for hosting it, and collaborated with prisoners who wrote scripts.
• He recounted starting a theatre group inside the facility, saying he directed productions with murder convicts as actors.
• He recalled a tense moment when a double‑murder convict named Mishra was sent to shave his beard and the razor reached his neck before he stopped him.
• He served a five‑year sentence for firearms offenses linked to the 1993 Mumbai blasts, was moved to Yerwada in 2013, and later received 144 days’ remission for good conduct.