Mumbai, Aug 23 - Soham Shah, simmering with the discontent caused by the debacle of 'Luck' at the box office, has been rescued from the doldrums by none other than Sanjay Dutt.

Shah has been signed to direct a film for Sanjay Dutt Productions, but on one condition - the script has to meet Sanjay's approval.

'Soham has been asked to write a script that works. Script writing is not his forte. He's a good director, but not a scriptwriter. 'Kaal' and 'Luck' prove his poor script sense. He's been sent to New Zealand to come up with a script that rocks. If he fails, he will only direct while someone else will write the film,' a source close to Sanjay told IANS.

Sanjay, in fact, rushed back from Cape Town for barely 24 hours to Mumbai for a meeting with the depressed and isolated director Shah. The actor stood by Shah like a pillar after he broke away from his parent organisation Dharma Productions.