Mumbai/Lucknow, Jan. 8 : Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt will contest the 2009 general elections on a Samajwadi Party (SP) ticket. Fellow actor and Bhojpuri film star Manoj Tiwari will also contest the polls from the same party.

Samajwadi Party General Secretary Amar Singh told mediapersons on Thursday, said that if Dutt was disallowed from contesting the elections because of the criminal cases against him, the party would move the Election Commission or the Supreme Court.

"Dutt told me you are like my elder brother. He said he would do anything I ask him to though he said he was not a political person," said the SP general secretary.

Expressing the desire to play characters that are exciting, challenging and more real life-based, Sanjat Dutt said he is fed up with playing a gangster in many films. The actor said he is looking at playing roles he has not done thus far.

The actor, who was seen playing negative roles with élan in films like 'Khalnayak', 'Vaastav', 'Viruddh' and 'Kaante', said: "I'm playing a very different role in my next release 'EMI'. It has turned out really, really well. And it goes into a new territory."

One of the most awaited films of the year 2008 is still a few months away but soon movie buffs will get another sneak peak of Ashtvinayak’s latest release ‘Kidnap.’

Ashtvinayak has unveiled the promo of ‘Kidnap’ with ‘Singh Is Kingg.’

Directed by Sanjay Gandavi, Kidnap stars Sanjay Dutt, Imran Khan Minissha Lamba, Vidya Malavade and Rahul Dev.

The 93 second promo of the film is a small preview of what’s to come.

With an impressive star-cast including Akshay Kumar, Sanjay Dutt, Katrina Kaif, Lara Dutta and Zayed Khan together with some amazing stunts and breathtaking underwater episodes, Ashtavinayak Cinevision's upcoming movie ‘Blue’ is surely one flick to wait for.

Recently, the movie confronted a life-threatening situation while shooting on the sunny beaches and blue waters of the Bahamas.

Apparently the sequence including Sanju Baba, Akki and the cameraman Peter Zuccarini required a ship to be blown up.

Trishala Dutt, the loving daughter of Bollywood superstar Sanjay Dutt,