“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,” Dutt said, adding that he spent long hours praying in prison. Quizzed about his routine in prison, the star of the hit Munnabhai series said he used to make wicker chairs. “It was very difficult” initially. Dutt said that the food though not the best, was edible. But it was difficult to be alone. “It is not an easy thing, but being in a boarding school and all helped me. I pulled it off because of this,” he added.

Asked about his feelings on being out on bail and whether he felt that a sword was hanging over his head, he said, “I don’t think about it. I have to take forward the legacy of my father and my mother.”

Prison either breaks you or makes you depending on the person, he added.