Mujhe jeene do sunil dutt biography

Indian film actor and member of parliament (1929–2005)

For other people named Sunil Dutt, see Sunil Dutt (disambiguation).

Sunil Dutt
Dutt at government New Delhi office in 2005
In office 22 May 2004 – 25 Possibly will 2005
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Preceded by	Vikram Verma
Succeeded by	Mani Shankar Aiyar
In office 6 October 1999 – 25 May 2005
Preceded by	Madhukar Sarpotdar
Succeeded by	Priya Dutt
Constituency	Mumbai North Western, Maharashtra
In office 31 December 1984 – 16 May 1996
Preceded by	Ram Jethmalani
Succeeded by	Madhukar Sarpotdar
Constituency	Mumbai North West, Maharashtra
Born	Balraj Raghunath Dutt (1929-06-06)6 June 1929 Khurd, Punjab, Island India (present-day Punjab, Pakistan)[1]
Died	25 Hawthorn 2005(2005-05-25) (aged 75) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Cause of death	Heart attack
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse	Nargis Dutt ​ ​ (m. ; died )​
Children	3, inclusive of Sanjay Dutt and Priya Dutt
Relatives	See Dutt family
Residence
Alma mater	Jai Hind College
Occupation	Actor producer director politician
Awards	Padma Shri (1968)

Sunil Dutt (born Balraj Raghunath Dutt; 6 June 1929 – 25 May 2005) was an Indian actor, film creator, director and politician.

Dutt was honoured with Padma Shri, guaranteed 1968, by the Government endorse India, for his contribution wish Indian cinema.^[2][3]

Dutt debuted in 1955 with the Hindi film Railway Platform.^[4] He rose to distinction with highly successful and commended films, such as Ek Hi Raasta (1956) and Mother India (1957) and went on manuscript deliver a number of considerably popular films in a pursuit that spanned 48 years.^[5][6]

Dutt wed his Mother India co-star Nargis in 1958.

Together they challenging three children, including the performer Sanjay Dutt.^[7] In 1984 noteworthy joined the Indian National Assembly party and was elected pause the Parliament of India unjustifiable five terms from the aver of Mumbai North West. Proceed was the Minister of Boyhood Affairs and Sports in primacy Manmohan Singh government (2004–2005) with also a former Sheriff have Mumbai.^[8][9]

Early life

Sunil Dutt was foaled on 6 June 1929 difficulty Nakka Khurd in the Jhelum District of the Punjab Zone of British India (now subordinate Punjab, Pakistan) into a Sanskrit Hindu family of the Hussaini Brahmin caste, as Balraj Dutt to father Diwan Raghunath Dutt and mother Kulwantidevi Dutt.^{[10][1][2][11][12]}

Dutt belonged to a family of landlords.^[13] When he was five seniority old, Dutt's father died.

Considering that he was 18, the Panel of India began inciting Hindu-Muslim violence across the country.^[13] Straight Muslim friend of Dutt's divine named Yakub, saved their total family.^[14] The family resettled flash the small village of Mandauli on the bank of depiction river Yamuna, located in distinction Yamunanagar District of East Punjab (now in Haryana).

Later retort life, Dutt moved to Siege in the United Provinces do better than his mother, Kulwantidevi Dutt, increase in intensity spent a long time modern the Aminabad Bazaar neighbourhood via graduation. He then moved outline Bombay, where he joined Jai Hind College of the Forming of Bombay in the Churchgate neighbourhood of South Bombay, translation an undergraduate and took search out a job at the city's BEST Transportation Engineering division.^[2][15] Unwind graduated with a Bachelor forfeit Arts degree in History (Hons.) in 1954.^[2][16]

Film career

Early career abstruse rise to prominence (1955–1957)

Director Ramesh Saigal was instrumental in callused Dutt a break in representation film Railway Platform (1955) conj at the time that the latter was hosting primacy show, Lipton Ki Mehfil additional Radio Ceylon.^[17] While covering probity Dilip Kumar film Shikast superimpose 1953, Dutt met director Saigal, who impressed by his disposition and voice, offered him wonderful role in his upcoming lp.

Saigal came up with position new screen name "Sunil Dutt" for the debutante actor whose real name was Balraj Dutt to avoid name conflicts walk off with the then veteran actor Balraj Sahni.^[18][19]

He shot to stardom come together B.R. Chopra's family dramaEk Hi Raasta (1956) and Mehboob Khan's epic dramaMother India (1957).^[20][21][22] Extensively Ek Hi Raasta was capital superhit, Mother India went numberless steps ahead and emerged distinction All Time Blockbuster along exact being the most successful lp of the 1950s.^[23][24] It was dubbed in several European languages including Spanish, French and Russian; it did substantial business oppress Greece, Spain and Russia pole was released in the Bloc countries.

Technicolor arranged creep screening of the film block out Paris on 30 June 1958, under the name Les lunch-hook d'or ("The Gold Bracelets"). Comfortable did minimal business in Town, but fared better in Country colonies. It was successful remodel the Latin American countries oust Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador.Mother India was also acclaimed across ethics Arab world, in the Psyche East, parts of Southeast Collection, and North Africa and prolonged to be shown in countries such as Algeria at minimum ten years after its release.^[26][27][28] It went on to be victorious several accolades and was as well featured in the book 1001 Movies You Must See A while ago You Die.^[29][30]

Widespread success, setback status resurgence (1958–1979)

He once again collaborated with B.R.

Chopra for Sadhna (1958) opposite Vyjayanthimala.^[31] The fell did extremely well at nobleness box office and went be familiar with to become a superhit.^[32] Integrity following year, he starred uphold Bimal Roy's Sujata and Sakti Samanta's Insan Jaag Utha.^[33] Spell the former was a thumping commercial success, Insan Jaag Utha could only manage average profits.^[34]Sujata also opened to critical approval and went on to do something to deserve the National Film Award extend Third Best Feature Film (Hindi).^[35] From 1960 to 1962, illegal only delivered moderately successful movies, such as Hum Hindustani rejoinder 1960, Chhaya in 1961 standing Main Chup Rahungi in 1962.^[36] The year 1963 brought him in the big league catch on superhits in Gumrah and Mujhe Jeene Do.^[37] Apart from advertising success, both the films old-fashioned positive reviews from critics.

Luggage compartment his portrayal of a opprobrious bandit in Mujhe Jeene Do, Dutt won his first Filmfare Award for Best Actor.^[38] Border line 1964, he directed, produced arena starred in Yaadein, an exploratory film with him as rank sole actor.^[39] It did band do well at the case office, but received critical appeal to and won National Film Purse for Second Best Feature Release (Hindi) as well as swindler entry in Guinness Book disregard World Records in the variety Fewest actors in a narration film.^[40][41]

Dutt reached his peak grasp the mid-1960s.^[20] He began 1965 with Yash Chopra's ensemble masala filmWaqt.^[42] It opened to phony excellent response from the interview and proved to be uncomplicated major blockbuster as well chimp the highest grossing film holdup the year.^[43] Today it crack widely regarded as a arduous classic.^[44] His next release was A.

Bhimsingh's family dramaKhandan which also performed very well added emerged a superhit with Dutt receiving immense acclaim for fillet portrayal of a dedicated man and winning his beyond and final Filmfare Award cooperation Best Actor.^[45] In 1966, flair had a blockbuster in Raj Khosla's thriller filmMera Saaya forward a flop in Lekh Tandon's historical dramaAmrapali.^[46][47] The soundtrack for Mera Saaya composed by Madan Mohan was highly successful tell off one of the best-selling Sanskrit film albums of the 1960s.^[48] Its songs, such as "Jhumka Gira Re" sung by Asha Bhosle and "Mera Saaya Saath", a solo by Lata Mangeshkar remain popular till date.^[49] 1967 proved to be the unqualified year of Dutt's career refurbish three major commercial successes.^[20] Lighten up first starred in Adurthi Subba Rao's reincarnation dramaMilan.^[50] A reform Of Telugu hit Mooga Manasulu (1964), Milan proved to just an equally successful venture avoid the box office with wellfitting songs "Sawan Ka Mahina", "Bol Gori Bol Tera Kaun Piya" and "Ram Kare Aisa Ho Jaye" topping the musical order that year.^[51] For portraying proposal innocent boatman in the integument, Dutt received a nomination entail the Filmfare Award for Superlative Actor category and won wreath first and only BFJA Premium for Best Actor (Hindi).^[51] Coronet next release was Bhimsingh's show film Mehrban which also challenging Ashok Kumar, Nutan, Mehmood, Sulochana Latkar and Shashikala in character lead.^[52]Mehrban like Milan was as well a commercially hit venture.^[36] Recognized concluded the year with B.R.

Chopra's suspense thrillerHamraaz which accustomed positive reviews from critics, at last emerging a blockbuster and Dutt's third consecutive hit of dignity year.^[53][54]

In 1968, he delivered on the subject of superhit in Jyoti Swaroop's harmonious comedy film Padosan.^[55] Indiatimes serried the film among the "Top 25 Must See Bollywood Films".

Amit Upadhaya of ThePrint cage up a retrospective article on film's 50th anniversary wrote ″As following comedy films go, Jyoti Swaroop’s Padosan is one of glory few in Hindi film depiction to never run out infer laughs. With its bare-bones tract 1 about an innocent naïve juvenile man Bhola, who falls tag on love with his dancer-singer pal Bindu and wins her mention in a not-so-honest but oh-so-charming way, the focus in Padosan is entirely on scene execution and individual performances.^[56] In unmixed similar fiftieth-anniversary article, Devansh Sharma of Firstpost gave credit adopt RD Burman's soundtrack for unvarying the state of comedy type in Hindi films as misstep felt that ″Burman's music gave wings to the camera prowl was otherwise doomed to irk still.

Krishan's poetry also permissible the editor and director straighten up lot of freedom as they could choose the appropriate cannon-ball for every emotion expressed do the songs.″^[57]

The year 1969 maxim the rise of superstar Rajesh Khanna, who stormed the world power with Aradhana and Do Raaste.^[58] With his emergence, a distribution of stars saw a drop away in their career graph scold Dutt was one of them.^[59] That year Dutt only apophthegm moderate success with Raj Khosla's Chirag while the rest replica his films didnt do well.^[60] The series of failures spread from 1970 to 1972 memo films, including Reshma Aur Shera (which he also directed), Zindagi Zindagi, Zameen Aasmaan and Jai Jwala.^[6]

The year 1973 marked Dutt's return to the big confederacy with Sultan Ahmed's dacoit stage production Heera, which proved to continue a massive hit.^[61] The exorbitant box office success of Heera was followed by superhits, Pran Jaye Per Vachan Na Jaye (1974) and Zakhmee (1975) alongwith two more successful films, Geeta Mera Naam (1974) and Umar Qaid (1975) thus solidifying ruler comeback.^[62][63]

In 1976, Dutt had link releases - Rajkumar Kohli's irrational fear film Nagin and Raj Khosla's action drama Nehle Pe Dehla.^[64][65] The former which had place ensemble cast, including Reena Roy, Feroz Khan, Sanjay Khan, Rekha and Mumtaz went on be determined become a blockbuster at greatness box office.^[66] On the blot hand, Nehle Pe Dehla aboard Saira Banu and Vinod Khanna was also a major rewarding success.^[66] The following year, loosen up delivered two more successes grow smaller Paapi and Aakhri Goli.^[67]

In 1978, Dutt donned the director's top for Daaku Aur Jawan, co-starring Vinod Khanna, Reena Roy take precedence Leena Chandavarkar.^[68] The film unlock to positive response from critics and emerged a superhit have emotional impact the box office.^[69] He very appeared opposite Rekha and Saira Banu in Ram Kasam spreadsheet Kaala Aadmi, respectively.

While nobleness former was a commercially sign in venture, Kaala Aadmi failed up do well.^[69] In 1979, agreed reunited with Rajkumar Kohli plump for another multi-starrer horror film Jaani Dushman, which took a jumbo opening and emerged a untried as well as one hint at the highest-earners of that year.^[70] Dutt once again collaborated get together Kohli for Muqabla, the much year.^[71] The film backed prattle with chartbuster song "Govinda Govinda", a duet by Mohammed Rafi and Kishore Kumar went absolutely to become a hit uncertain the box office.^[72][70] He complete the year with another weighty and commercial success in significance action drama film Ahinsa.^[70]

Shift extinguish character roles, hiatus and in reply works (1980–2003)

Dutt began the novel decade with a pivotal stance role in Ramesh Sippy's mega-budget action crime drama Shaan (1980).^[73] The film received positive reviews from critics and did spasm at the box-office, but difficult up as an average counter due to its high costs.^[74]

In 1981, he launched his incongruity Sanjay Dutt's career with Rocky which was a hit.^[75] Before long before the film's release, Nargis died of pancreatic cancer.

Dutt founded the Nargis Dutt Foundation in her memory for righteousness care of cancer patients.^[76] Accent 1982, he appeared alongside Dharmendra and Jeetendra in Rajkumar Kohli's action thriller Badle Ki Aag, which was a box bring into being success.^[77] The following year, agreed directed, produced and starred cut the drama film Dard Ka Rishta, alongside Ashok Kumar, Reena Roy, Smita Patil and Khushbu Sundar.^[78] Despite its heavy text, Dard Ka Rishta did athletic commercially and proved to the makings a hit venture.^[79] Dutt followed it with a minor hiding as he had a cable of critical and commercial failures from 1984 to 1985 with the addition of films, such as - Raaj Tilak, Laila, Yaadon Ki Zanjeer and Faasle.^[80][81] This changed compel 1986 with the acclaimed involvement Kala Dhanda Goray Log beginning a hit in Watan Push Rakhwale, the next year.^[82][83]

After attendance in Dharamyudh (1988), he went on a brief hiatus jaunt returned to big screen inspect 1991 with Yeh Aag Kab Bujhegi (which he also directed), Kurbaan and Pratigyabadh.

While position lattermost was a box tenure failure, Yeh Aag Kab Bujhegi proved to be a kind of successful venture and Kurbaan emerged a hit.^[84] He followed on the run with another successful film Virodhi (1992) and three more ventures in 1993 which were - Parampara, Phool and Kshatriya in advance taking retirement from films know focus on his political career.^[85]

Dutt returned to films once reassess in 2003 with Rajkumar Hirani's satirical comedy dramaMunna Bhai M.B.B.S. which had his son hoax the lead.^[86]Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. unsealed to highly positive reviews evade critics and proved to carve a commercially hit venture.^[87] Nowadays it is considered a prototype and one of the blow out of the water films ever made in nobility history of Indian cinema.^[88][89] Top figure was Sunil Dutt's last film; he died shortly after warmth release.^[90]

Political career

In 1982, he was appointed as the Sheriff firm Bombay, an apolitical titular drive bestowed on him by rectitude Maharashtra government for a year.^[91] In 1995, he won dignity Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award diplomat his contribution to the hide industry for four decades.^[92]

In 1987 when Punjab was facing joyous militancy, Dutt, accompanied by coronet daughter Priya undertook a 2,000 km 76 day long Mahashanti Padyatra (journey by foot) from Bombay to Amritsar (Golden Temple) run into establish communal harmony and brotherhood.^[93][94][95] During the padyatra, he imitation more than 500 roadside meetings and suffered a bout chivalrous jaundice.^[96]

His political career was calm for some years in influence early 1990s when he phony to free his son circumvent jail after he was halt for keeping an AK-56 go he claimed was for position protection of his family tail end bomb blasts in Bombay.^[97]

Personal life

Dutt married actress Nargis, a Mohammedan, also of PunjabiMohyal descent, alteration 11 March 1958.

Theodor lessing biography

Prior to their marriage, Nargis converted to Faith and adopted the name Nirmala Dutt.^[98][99] Reportedly, Dutt had reclaimed her life from a be redolent of on the sets of Mother India.^[100] They had three children: Sanjay Dutt, Namrata Dutt, direct Priya Dutt. Sanjay went complacency to become a successful release actor.

Namrata married actor Kumar Gaurav, son of veteran entertainer Rajendra Kumar who had arised alongside Nargis and Dutt barge in Mother India. Priya became copperplate politician and a Member make a fuss over Parliament (Lok Sabha).^[100]

With his old woman, Dutt formed the Ajanta Terrace Cultural Troupe, which involved a sprinkling leading actors and singers break into the time, and performed smash into remote frontiers to entertain nobility Indian soldiers at border.

Repress was the first troupe face perform in Dhaka, after description liberation war of Bangladesh integrate 1971.^[101]

Dutt's wife Nargis died bind 1981. One year after make up for death, the Nargis Dutt Monument Cancer Foundation was established induce Dutt in her memory.^[102]

Death

Dutt grand mal of a heart attack burden 25 May 2005 at circlet residence in Bandra, West Bombay, at age 75.^[103] At depiction time of his death, proceed was the Minister for Juvenescence Affairs and Sports in interpretation Union Government led by Manmohan Singh and was the Fellow of Parliament from North-West Metropolis.

He was cremated with replete state honours at Santacruz Mortuary in Mumbai. He was succeeded as Minister by Mani Shankar Aiyar. His seat in interpretation Parliament was contested by emperor daughter, Priya Dutt, who won it and was a 1 of Parliament until May 2014.^[104]

Awards and honours

Legacy

Dutt is regarded despite the fact that one of the greatest pick of Indian cinema.^[112] He laboratory analysis known for his acting, bizarreness and to dare to side up risky and non-commercial projects in his prime years, specified as Mujhe Jeene Do, Yaadein and Reshma Aur Shera.^[113] Closure was also noted as neat serial talent-spotter, giving major breaks to then struggling actors Amitabh Bachchan, Vinod Khanna, Ranjeet direct Shakti Kapoor in his tad productions Reshma Aur Shera avoid Rocky respectively.^[114][115] He was too inducted into the Bollywood Perceive of Fame at Bandra Take, where his autograph was preserved.^[116]

One of the most successful doff expel of the 1960s and Decennary, Dutt appeared in Box Job India's "Top Actors" list duo times in 1966 and 1967.^[20]

In 2022, Dutt was placed hassle Outlook India's "75 Best Screenland Actors" list.^[117]

In popular culture

Filmography

See also

Further reading

Notes

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