SUNIL DUTT won his Mumbai seat five times in a row and will be remembered for working tirelessly for slum dwellers
Sunil Dutt, was born 1929 in the village of Khurd in the Jhelum District of Punjab, Pakistan, and his family settled in a small village on the bank of river Yamuna called Mandoli which is in Yamunanagar district of Haryana. Later he moved to Mumbai to fulfill his dreams.In Mumbai, he joined Jai Hind College as an undergraduate and took up a job.
Sunil Dutt ( 6 June 1929 – 25 May 2005), born as Balraj Dutt was an Indian Hindi movie actor (also acted in some Punjabi movies), producer, director and politician. He was the cabinet minister for Youth Affairs and Sports in the Manmohan Singh government (2004-2005).
Starting out in radio, Sunil Dutt was a hugely popular on the Hindi Service of Radio Ceylon, the oldest radio station in South Asia. He moved to acting in Hindi films and got introduced to the film industry in the 1955 film Railway Platform. He shot to the stardom in the 1957 film Mother India in which he co-starred with Nargis, whom he married on 11 March 1958. In the film, Dutt played a short-tempered, angry son of Nargis. During the making of this film a fire accident happened on the sets. It is believed that Dutt braved the raging fire to save Nargis and thereby won her love. . Sunil Dutt used to tell that his ancestor had participated in the struggle of Karbala. Due to this significance Sunil Dutt called himself a Hussaini Brahmin.
A concise biography:
Balraj Dutt was born in Khurd, Jhelum District (now Pakistan) in 1929. He worked as an announcer on Radio Ceylon before launching his film career. Success came quickly with Mother India in which he played the outlaw hero son of Nargis, who later became his wife. He also played a series of clean- cut modern youths in the late 50's and was a talented comedian. He made his directorial debut in 1964 with Yaadein, an experimental one-man show, and was responsible for launching his son's career in 1981 when he directed him in Rocky. Like his wife he entered politics, becoming an MP representing Congress (I) in North Bombay in 1979.
Dutt never forgot the hardship his family experienced during partition (a riveting tale in the Actor's own words of how his Zamindar Uncle escaped with his life is here) and that past inspired acts of generosity that deserve to be recognised. During the 1962, 1965 and 1971 wars Dutt emulated Bob Hope's USO activites and entertained Indian troops, on the advice of then Prime Minister Nehru. Dutt provided monetary support as well:
I did not dissolve myself only in films – I was very much aware of the problems within my country – because I had come through those problems too – the partition of India had virtually brought us on the footpath. I owe whatever I am today, to the people of my country. I became popular because of them, because of their love for me. I wanted to do something in return for their love. I had been in the film industry barely seven years when war broke out with China in 1962. I signed up a few films and gave the amount to Pandit Nehru – for our brave soldiers fighting under challenging conditions.
Though successful as a producer and director--he launched his son Sanjay Dutt's career in 1981's Rocky-- Dutt turned away from celluloid when he lost his beloved wife that same year.
Nargis died of cancer, leaving Dutt devastated. He turned pensively away from films to the cause of social work and politics. He set up the Nargis Dutt Foundation for the cure of cancer patients. He has brought medical equipment worth three million dollars into various hospitals of the country. He helped raise 1-lac pounds for the Imran Khan’s cancer charity fund and three million shillings for a cancer Hospital in Kenya.
Dutt's political career was relatively successful:
He won his Mumbai seat five times in a row and will be remembered for working tirelessly for slum dwellers .
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