1. Sunil Dutt worked on more than 80 films in a career spanning over 48 years and was the recipient of three Filmfare Awards, including two for Best Actor.
43 Facts About Sunil Dutt
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In 1958, Sunil Dutt got married to his Mother India co-star Nargis.
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Sunil Dutt has served as the Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports in the Manmohan Singh government and as Sheriff of Mumbai.
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Sunil Dutt was born on 6 June 1929 in Nakka Khurd in the Jhelum District of the Punjab Province of British India into a Punjabi Hindu family of the Hussaini Brahmin caste, as Balraj Dutt to father Diwan Raghunath Dutt and mother Kulwantidevi Dutt.
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Later in life, Sunil Dutt moved to Lucknow in the United Provinces with his mother, Kulwantidevi Sunil Dutt, and spent a long time in the Aminabad Bazaar neighbourhood during graduation.
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Sunil Dutt then moved to Bombay, where he joined Jai Hind College of the University of Bombay in the Churchgate neighbourhood of South Bombay, as an undergraduate and took up a job at the city's BEST Transportation Engineering division.
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Sunil Dutt's performance was highly praised by viewers and Yaadein is considered as a unique film which was ahead of its time.
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Sunil Dutt began 1965 with Yash Chopra's ensemble masala film Waqt.
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Sunil Dutt's next release was A Bhimsingh's family drama Khandan which performed very well and emerged a superhit with Dutt receiving immense acclaim for his portrayal of a dedicated family man who is paralysed and winning his second Filmfare Award for Best Actor.
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Sunil Dutt first starred in Adurthi Subba Rao's reincarnation drama Milan.
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For portraying an innocent boatman in the film, Sunil Dutt received a nomination in the Filmfare Award for Best Actor category and won his first and only BFJA Award for Best Actor.
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Sunil Dutt's next release was Bhimsingh's drama film Mehrban which had Ashok Kumar, Nutan, Mehmood, Sulochana Latkar and Shashikala in the lead where he was a dedicated and honest man.
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From 1969 to 1972, Sunil Dutt saw only two successful films in Raj Khosla's Chirag and Raja Nawathe's Bhai-Bhai, both co-starring Asha Parekh.
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In 1976, Sunil Dutt had two releases - Rajkumar Kohli's horror film Nagin and Raj Khosla's action drama Nehle Pe Dehla.
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In 1978, Sunil Dutt donned the director's hat for Daaku Aur Jawan, co-starring Vinod Khanna, Reena Roy and Leena Chandavarkar.
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Sunil Dutt appeared opposite Rekha and Saira Banu in Ram Kasam and Kaala Aadmi, respectively.
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Sunil Dutt collaborated with Kohli for Muqabla, the same year.
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Sunil Dutt concluded the year with another critical and commercial success in the action drama film Ahinsa.
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Sunil Dutt began the new decade with a pivotal supporting role in Ramesh Sippy's mega-budget action crime drama Shaan.
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In 1981, he launched his son Sanjay Sunil Dutt's career with Rocky which was a hit.
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Sunil Dutt founded the Nargis Sunil Dutt Foundation in her memory for the care of cancer patients.
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Sunil Dutt followed it with a minor setback as he had a string of critical and commercial failures from 1984 to 1985 with films, such as - Raaj Tilak, Laila, Yaadon Ki Zanjeer and Faasle.
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Sunil Dutt followed it with another success in Virodhi and three more films in 1993 which were Parampara, Phool and Kshatriya before taking retirement from films to focus on his political career.
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Sunil Dutt was elected a Member of Parliament from Northwest Mumbai for five terms.
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Sunil Dutt worked actively for the cause of slum dwellers, refugees and displaced people.
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Sunil Dutt always stressed that violence is not the solution.
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Sunil Dutt was re-elected in 2004 and became Cabinet Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports in Manmohan Singh's government.
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Sunil Dutt won several accolades including the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Award for National Integration and Communal Harmony in 1997, the Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan Award for International Peace, Communal Harmony, Unity and National Integration in 1997 and the Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award in 1998.
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Sunil Dutt married actress Nargis, a Muslim, of Punjabi Mohyal descent, on 11 March 1958.
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Reportedly, Sunil Dutt had saved her life from a fire on the sets of Mother India.
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Sunil Dutt died of a heart attack in his sleep on 25 May 2005 at his residence in Bandra, West Mumbai, at age 75.
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Sunil Dutt was the Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports in the Union Government led by Manmohan Singh and was the Member of Parliament from North-West Mumbai until his death.
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Sunil Dutt was succeeded as Minister by Mani Shankar Aiyar.
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Sunil Dutt was cremated with full state honours at Santacruz Crematorium in Mumbai.
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Sunil Dutt is regarded as one of the greatest and most handsome actors of Indian cinema.
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Sunil Dutt was known as the method actor and dedicated politician who won millions of hearts with his honesty, compassion, charm, perseverance, hard work and simplicity.
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Sunil Dutt has greeted the ups and downs in his life with an exhibition of sheer grit and stoicism.
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Sunil Dutt was noted as a serial talent-spotter, giving major breaks to then struggling actors including Amitabh Bachchan, Vinod Khanna, Ranjeet and Shakti Kapoor in his home productions Reshma Aur Shera and Rocky respectively.
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Sunil Dutt's Autograph was preserved at Bollywood Walk of Fame at Bandra Bandstand.
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In 2022, Sunil Dutt was placed in Outlook Indias "75 Best Bollywood Actors" list.
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Sunil Dutt was not only great just to those who work in the industry but to the people of country.
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Sunil Dutt was a saint in the truest sense of the word.
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Sunil Dutt was so punctual during the shootings and he always had kind words for everyone on the sets.