Sunil Dutt
Actor Director Producer
Sunil Dutt was an Indian film actor, producer, director, and politician born on June 6, 1926. He made his debut in the Hindi film industry in 1955 with ‘Railway Platform’. Dutt rose to popularity with the 1957 film ‘Mother India’, in which he co-starred with Nargis as her short-tempered son. He is regarded as one of the major stars of Hindi cinema in the late 1950s and 1960s and has starred in numerous successful films, including ‘Sadhna’, ‘Insan Jaag Utha’, ‘Sujata’, ‘Mujhe Jeene Do’, ‘Khandan’, and ‘Mera Saaya’, among others. In 1968, he was honored by the Government of India with a Padma Shri. In 1984, he joined the Indian National Congress (INC) party and was elected to the Lok Sabha for five terms from the Mumbai Northwest constituency. He served as the Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports in the Manmohan Singh government (2004–05) and was also a former Sheriff of Mumbai. Dutt married Nargis in 1958, and they had three children: Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt, politician Priya Dutt, and Namrata Dutt. He died of a heart attack on May 25, 2005, at his residence in Bandra, Mumbai.
Sunil Dutt’s Best Works
Om Shanti Om
Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.
Nargis
Mother India
Yaadon Ki Zanjeer
Yaadein
Parampara
Zindagi Zindagi
Kala Dhanda Goray Log
Acting credits
2000s
Om Shanti Om
Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.
Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai
1990s
To Hell and Back
Kshatriya
Parampara
Phool
Rang
Virodhi
Kurbaan
Nargis
Pratigyabadh
1980s
Akarshan
Dharamyudh
Watan Ke Rakhwale
Kala Dhanda Goray Log
Living Legend - Raj Kapoor
Faasle
Laila
Raaj Tilak
Yaadon Ki Zanjeer
Badle Ki Aag
Dard Ka Rishta
Ek Gunah Aur Sahi
Ganga Aur Suraj
Shaan
1970s
Ahinsa
Jaani Dushman
Muqabla
Daku Aur Jawan
Kaala Aadmi
Charandas
Paapi
Nagin
Nehle Pe Dehla
Himalay Se Ooncha
Zakhmee
36 Ghante
Dukh Bhanjan Tera Naam
Geetaa Mera Naam
Heera
Man Jeete Jag Jeet
Pran Jaye Par Vachan Na Jaye
Zameen Aasmaan
Zindagi Zindagi
Jwala
Reshma Aur Shera
Where the River Padma Flows
Bhai-Bhai
1960s
Bhai Bahen
Chirag
Darpan
Meri Bhabhi
Pyasi Shaam
Gauri
Padosan
Hamraaz
Mehrban
Milan
Amrapali
Gaban
Maitighar
Mera Saaya
Khandan
Waqt
Beti Bete
Gazal
Yaadein
Aaj Aur Kal
Gumrah
Mujhe Jeene Do
Nartakee
Yeh Rastey Hain Pyar Ke
Jhoola
Main Chup Rahungi
Chhaya
Ek Phool Char Kaante
Hum Hindustani
Usne Kaha Tha
1950s
Didi
Insaan Jaag Utha
Sujata
Sadhna
Mother India
Payal
Ek-Hi-Rasta
Kismet ka Khel
Kundan
Railway Platform
89 credits shown · 1955–2007.
Behind the camera
1980s
Dard Ka Rishta
Rocky
1970s
Daku Aur Jawan
Nehle Pe Dehla
Reshma Aur Shera
1960s
Yaadein
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