While speaking about his jail experience, he said that he managed to “pull it off” due to his experience of living alone in hostels.
“It is not an easy thing. I don’t understand the jail rules and regulations. There is no communication, you can’t meet your family,” he said in an interview to Karan Thapar on the Devil’s Advocate programme. “I questioned myself. We got independence 60 years ago and yet we are living in the British times. We follow the same British manuals which have been left behind,” the actor said.
On whether he would favour a change in the system, he said, “.... I mean I wish I could change the system but I cannot do anything about it. If we can change the system people could be much better.”
When asked if he had wanted to meet his family more often, he said, “It is a very necessary thing to meet them and be connected to them and you can’t meet them always. You can meet your family only once a month.” Dutt also said, “Jail is basically a reformatory....it is not a good place to be in. If you look at the positive side that is the only connection with God.”
