Aryan Khan drug case: Sanjay Dutt, Kangana Ranaut, and other Bollywood stars who confessed to doing drugs

Behind the glitzy and glamorous facade of the film industry lies a dark and dreary world full of stories of drugs and substance abuse. While at times these stories make it to primetime news slots and Twitter trends, others make a ripple on tabloid pages. With the ongoing frenzy around the arrest of Shah Rukh Khan's son, Aryan Khan in a drug case, we take a look at other stars from Sanjay Dutt to Kangana Ranaut, who confessed to abusing drugs.

Aryan Khan, who is currently in NCB custody, was booked on charges of consumption of drugs. A report on India Today alleged that Shah Rukh Khan's son has been consuming drugs for the past four years, even during his UK and Dubai stay. According to the latest reports, the star kid has been helping the cops in their investigation and has even submitted a four-page written statement.

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Bharti Singh and her husband Haarsh Limbachiyaa made headlines last year when the NCB allegedly seized 86.5 grams of ganja from her house. In a statement to ANI, an official said, “Both Bharti and her husband Haarsh Limbachiyaa accepted consumption of ganja. Bharti Singh (is) arrested and the examination of Haarsh Limbachiyaa is underway”. The couple was later granted bail by a metropolitan magistrate’s court.

Sanjay Dutt has made no secret about his struggle with drug addiction. Those who watched his biopic 'Sanju' would have witnessed Ranbir Kapoor recreate Dutt's past battle with substance abuse. The actor, who has since gone on to advocate against the use of drugs, revealed at an event, "My journey with substance abuse has been about 12 years. There are no drugs in the world that I have not done. When my father took me to America (for rehab), they gave me a list (of drugs) and I ticked every drug on it because I had taken all of them."

Another star who has also been vocal about her struggle with drug addiction was Kangana Ranaut. In the wake of the drug case that emerged out of the Sushant Singh Rajput death case, Kangana claimed that 99 per cent of Bollywood celebs indulge in drugs. She also took to Twitter to request Ranveer Singh, Ranbir Kapoor, Ayan Mukerji, Vicky Kaushal to give their blood samples for a drug test. Following the controversy that her statement created, Kangana shared a video of herself admitting that she was an addict during her initial days in the film industry. “I ran away from my house, I became a film star in a couple of years and a drug addict,” she said in the clip in Hindi.

Ranbir Kapoor, who wowed everyone with his performance in the film 'Rockstar', also confessed to doing pot (marijuana). In an interview with India Today, back in 2013, he said that he consumed the drugs to better his performance. He was quoted saying, “It was hard to get in the moment on stage with 300 bored junior artistes posing as a real audience. Pot made those moments feel real”.

Prateik Babbar, son of late actress Smita Patil, and Raj Babbar, opened up about his addiction to drugs in an interview with Mumbai Mirror. The actor confessed he'd started doing drugs at the age of 13. In his tell-all interview, he said, "People still think I got hooked because it was 'cool' for a celebrity to indulge in recreational drugs. But for me, it was more of an escape from reality. My childhood was complicated and there were a lot of questions I didn't have answers to, so, I looked elsewhere for solace."