Age:
Both Obama and Dutt are about the same in age, with Dutt only 2 years and 5 days older, both of them born under the leo sign.
Mixed heritage:
Obama is the son of a black father from Kenya and a white mother from Kansas. Obama’s father was born in the then British territory of Kenya, which today is the independent Kenya. Sanjay Dutt’s father Sunit Dutt was a Hindu born in the then British Indian territory of Jhelum in Punjab, which today is Pakistani territory. Dutt’s mother, famed Bollywood actress Nargis was herself of mixed heritage - a daughter of a Hindu father from Rawalpindi and a Muslim mother from Allahabad.
Obama’s mixed heritage is a perfect godsend for America, for he’s perceived to be a half-white and a half-black individual. Dutt’s mixed heritage may be a perfect godsend for India, for he may be perceived as the right person for the times, a symbol of Hindu-Muslim bridge.
Mother’s influence:
Both Obama and Dutt were strongly influenced by their mothers. Obama’s mother Ann Dunham and Dutt’s mother Nargis were both active social workers - Ann Dunham was a USAID and Ford Foundation consultant and Nargis was a Spastics Society patron and activist Both Obama and Dutt lost their mothers to cancer. Obama lost his to uterine cancer when she was 52 years of age. Dutt lost his to pancreatic cancer when she was 51 years old.
Bad company:
Obama’s associations with Reverend Wright and 1960s bomber activist William Ayers, almost cost him his presidency. Dutt’s associations with Kadawala and Hingora did cost him his freedom for 18 months in Mumbai’s Arthur Road jail.
Illegal drugs in early life:
Obama has admitted using illegal drugs in his youth. Dutt, too, has been known to have used illegal drugs in his youth and was rescued from that addiction after months of treatment in the United States.
Location:
Obama’s home state of Illinois puts him in a unique position along with another former president who was also a uniter who worked hard to bridge the racial and regional divides - President Lincoln. Sanjay Dutt’s hometown is Mumbai, the place of 26/11 carnage and the place where terrorism has been rearing it head up for many years.
Charisma and popularity:
Much of Obama’s appeal is his personal charisma and his unique appeal across the board. Sanjay Dutt is an actor with charisma, appeal and name recognition across the board. Where Obama shot to fame with a message of hope and change, Dutt shot to a newfound fame a few years ago with his film’s message of Gandhigiri and nonviolence and bridging divides.
During the first week of February, the newly sworn-in President Obama will be shaking hands with Sanjay Dutt, the newly chosen United Nations goodwill ambassador against malnutrition. That evening, there’s a good chance Obama will be passing of some his good luck to Sanjay Dutt.
