SUNIL DUTT,ONE OF THE BOLLYWOOD LEGEND BORN JUNE 6,1929-2005,MAY 25
சுனில் தத் (ஜூன் 6, 1930 - மே 25, 2005) ஒரு இந்தியத் திரைப்பட நடிகர். இவரது மகன் சஞ்சய் தத் இப்பொழுது பாலிவுட்டில் நடித்து வருகிறார். சுனில் தத் தயாரிப்பாளர், இயக்குனராகவும் விளங்கினார். இவர் ஒரு அரசியல்வாதியும் என்பது குறிப்பிடத்தக்கது. 2004- 2005 காலத்தில் காங்கிரஸ் தலைமையிலான மன்மோகன்சிங்கின் ஐக்கிய முற்போக்கு அரசின் அமைச்சரவை மந்திரியாக இருந்தார். இருந்தார்.
சுமார் 40 வருடங்களாக இந்தித் திரையுலகில் கொடிகட்டிப் பறந்தார். பின்னர் காங்கிரஸில் சேர்ந்த சுனில் தத், 1984-ம் ஆண்டு மும்பை வடமேற்கு பாராளுமன்ற தொகுதியில் காங்கிரஸ் சார்பில் போட்டியிட்டு முதன் முதலாக வெற்றி பெற்றார். பின்னர் இதே தொகுதியில் 1989 மற்றும் 1991-ம் ஆண்டுகளில் போட்டியிட்டு வெற்றி பெற்றார்.
5 முறை எம்.பியாக இருந்த சுனில் தத் ராஜீவ் காந்தியின் நம்பிக்கைக்கு உரியவராக திகழ்ந்தார். இவரது மனைவி மறைந்த பிரபல இந்தி நடிகை நர்கீஸ்.
இவர் உடல் நலக்குறைவால் 2005-ம் ஆண்டு மே மாதம் 25-ந்தேதி மும்பையிலுள்ள அவரது வீட்டில் வைத்து மரணமடைந்தார். தூக்கத்திலேயே அவருக்கு மாரடைப்பு ஏற்பட்டு உயிர் பிரிந்தது.
Sunil Dutt (6 June 1928 – 25 May 2005), born as Balraj Dutt, was an Indian movie actor, producer, director and politician. He was the Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports in the Manmohan Singh government (2004–2005). His son, Sanjay Dutt, is also an actor, while his daughter Priya Dutt, is a former Member of Parliament.[3]
In 1968, he was honoured with the Padma Shri by the Government of India. In 1984 he joined the Indian National Congress party and was elected to the Parliament of India for five terms from the constituency of Mumbai North West
Early life
Sunil Dutt was born in a Punjabi family on 6 June 1928[4] in Khurd village, Jhelum district, Punjab Province, British India (Now in Punjab, Pakistan).[1][2] When he was five years old, Dutt's father, Diwan Raghunath Dutt, died. When he was 18, the Partition of India began inciting Hindu-Muslim violence across the country. A Muslim named Yakub, who had been friends with Dutt's father, saved their entire family.[5] The family resettled in the small village of Mandauli on the bank of the river Yamuna located in Yamuna Nagar, Punjab, which is now a district of Haryana. Later he moved to Lucknow with his mother, Kulwantidevi Dutt, and spent a long time in Aminabad Galli during graduation. He then moved to Mumbai, where he joined Jai Hind College as an undergraduate and took up a job at the city's BEST Transport division.[6]
Career
Starting out in radio, Sunil Dutt was 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 industry with 1955's Railway Platform.
He shot to stardom in the 1957 film Mother India in which he co-starred with Nargis as her short-tempered, angry son. During the making of this film a fire happened on the set. It is believed that Dutt braved the raging fire to save Nargis and thereby won her love. They went on to marry in 1958. They had one son Sanjay Dutt, also a successful film actor and two daughters, Priya Dutt and Namrata Dutt. His daughter Namrata married Kumar Gaurav, son of Rajendra Kumar. The two fathers were co-stars in Mother India.
Dutt was one of the major stars of Hindi cinema in the late 1950s and 1960s and continued to star in many successful films which included Sadhna (1958), Sujata (1959), Mujhe Jeene Do (1963), Khandan (1965) and Padosan (1967). His collaboration with B.R. Chopra proved to be successful in films such as Gumraah (1963), Waqt (1965) and Hamraaz (1967). One of his favourite writers and friends was Aghajani Kashmeri. Dutt created a record of sorts by directing and starring in the unique film Yaadein (1964) in which he was the only actor in the cast. He later turned producer of the 1968 film Man Ka Meet which introduced his brother Som Dutt who was unsuccessful in films. In 1971, he produced, directed and starred in Reshma Aur Shera (1971) which was a huge failure at the box office. He continued to star in hits that included Heera (1973), Pran Jaye Par Vachan Na Jaye (1974), Nagin (1976) and Jaani Dushman (1979). He also starred in a series of Punjabi religious movies in the 1970s: Man Jeete Jag Jeet (1973), Dukh Bhanjan Tera Naam (1974), and Sat Sri Akal (1977).[7]
He launched his son Sanjay's career with Rocky in 1981 which was a success. Shortly before the film's release, Nargis died of pancreatic cancer. He founded the Nargis Dutt Foundation in her memory for the curing of cancer patients.[8] He was a sponsor of the India Project, an organisation akin to Operation Smile for the treatment of Indian children with facial deformities.[9]
In 1982 he was appointed as the Sheriff of Mumbai, an apolitical titular position bestowed on him by the Maharashtra government for a year.[10]
He retired from the film industry in the early 1990s to turn to politics after his last few releases including Yash Chopra's Parampara (1992) and J.P. Dutta's Kshatriya (1993). His political career was halted for some years in the early 1990s when he worked to free his son from jail after he was arrested for keeping an AK-56, a Pistol and hand grenades that he claimed was for protection of his family after bomb blasts in Mumbai.[11]
In 1995 he won the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to the film industry for four decades. He returned to acting shortly before his death in 2003's Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. in which he shared the screen with son Sanjay for the first time although they had appeared earlier in Rocky (1981) and Kshatriya (1993) but not in the same scenes together.
Death
Sunil Dutt died of a heart attack on 25 May 2005 at his residence in Bandra, Mumbai.[12] At the time of his death, he was the Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports in the Union Government led by Dr. Manmohan Singh and was the Member of Parliament from North-west Mumbai. He was cremated with full state honours at Santacruz Crematorium in Mumbai. He was succeeded as Minister by Mani Shankar Aiyar. His seat in the Parliament was contested by his daughter, Priya Dutt, who won it and was a Member of Parliament until May 2014.
In popular culture
Paresh Rawal will play Sunil Dutt in upcoming biopic titled Sanju.[13]
Awards and honours
1963 – Filmfare Best Actor Award for Mujhe Jeene Do
1964 – National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi for Yaadein
1965 – Filmfare Best Actor Award for Khandan
1967 – BFJA Awards for Best Actor (Hindi) for Milan[14]
1968 – Padma Shri
1982 – Sheriff of Mumbai
1995 – Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award
1997 – Star Screen Lifetime Achievement Award
1998 – Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award[15]
2000 – Lifetime Achievement Award at the Anandalok Awards
2001 – Zee Cine Award for Lifetime Achievement
2005 – Phalke Ratna Award by the Dadasaheb Phalke Academy.[16]
Dutt was a recipient of the Glory of India Award by IIFS, London.[17]
Selected filmography[edit]
| Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Railway Platform (1955) | Ram | |
| Kundan (1955) | Amrit | |
| Ek Hi Raasta (1956) | Amar | |
| Kismet Ka Khel (1956) | Pratap | |
| Mother India (1957) | Birju | |
| Sadhna (1958) | Mohan | |
| Sujata (1959) | Adhir | |
| Didi (1959) | Teacher | |
| Insaan Jaag Utha (1959) | Ranjeet | |
| Ek Phool Char Kaante (1960) | Sanjeev | |
| Hum Hindustani (1960) | Surendra Nath | |
| Chhaya (1961) | Arun / Rahee | |
| Main Chup Rahoongi (1962) | Kamal Kumar | |
| Gumraah (1963) | Rajendra | |
| Mujhe Jeene Do (1963) | Thakur Jarnail Singh | Also Producer[18]
1964 Cannes Film Festival: Official selection, in competition for awards[20]
|
| Nartaki (1963) | Professor Nirmal Kumar | |
| Yeh Rastey Hain Pyar Ke (1963) | Anilkumar G. Sahni | |
| Aaj Aur Kal (1963) | Dr. Sanjay | |
| Beti Bete (1964) | Ramu | |
| Yaadein (1964) | Anil | Also Director & Producer[21] |
| Gazal (1964) | Ejaz | |
| Khandan (1965) | Govind | Filmfare Best Actor Award[25] |
| Waqt (1965) | Ravi | |
| Mera Saaya (1966) | Thakur Rakesh Singh | |
| Amrapali (film) (1966) | Ajatshatru | |
| Hamraaz (1967) | Kumar | |
| Meherbaan (1967) | ||
| Milan (1967) | Gopi | BFJA Awards for Best Actor (Hindi)[26]
Nominated, Filmfare Best Actor Award[27]
|
| Padosan (1968) | Bhola | |
| Gauri (1968) | Sunil | |
| Chirag (1969) | Ajay Singh | |
| Jwala (1971) | (This was Madhubala's last movie) | |
| Reshma Aur Shera (1971) | Shera | Also Director & Producer[28] |
| Zameen Aasmaan (1972) | Ravi | |
| Zindagi Zindagi(1972) | Dr. Sunil | |
| Heera (1973) | Heera | |
| Geeta Mera Naam (1974) | Johnny | |
| 36 Ghante (1974) | Himmat | |
| Zakhmee (1975) | ||
| Nagin (1976) | Professor Vijay | |
| Darinda (1977) | ||
| Paapi (1977) | Raj Kumar | |
| Kala Aadmi (1978) | Birjoo | |
| Daaku Aur Jawaan (1978) | ||
| Jaani Dushman (1979) | Lakhan | |
| Ahimsa (1979) | Birju | |
| Shaan (1980) | Inspector Shiv Kumar | |
| Rocky (1981) | Rocky's Father (Guest Appearance) | Also Director[29] |
| Badle Ki Aag (1982) | Lakhan | |
| Dard Ka Rishta (1982) | Dr Ravi | Also Director & Producer[30] |
| Raaj Tilak (1984) | Jai Singh | |
| Faasle (1985) | Vikram | |
| Dharam Yudh (1989) | ||
| Kurbaan (1991) | Prithvi Singh | |
| Yeh Aag Kab Bhujegi (1991) | ||
| Parampara (1992) | Thakur Bhavani Singh | |
| Phool (1993) | Balram Choudhary | |
| Kshatriya (1993) | Maharajah Bhavani Singh | |
| Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. (2003) | Hariprasad Sharma |
The Eternal Love Story Of Legendary Actors Sunil Dutt And Nargis
Some people believe in love at first sight, while some experience love at first sight. Something similar happened when Sunil Dutt met Nargis for the first time.
Sunil fell in love with the beautiful actress as soon as he saw her, but never told her till he established himself in the industry. Their love story is nothing less than a fairytale.
How they met
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Nargis and Sunil Dutt came from very different backgrounds when they first met each other. Nargis was the daughter of Mohan Babu and Jaddanbai, and Sunil was the son of a Punjabi land-owning family. The two actors met on the sets of Do Bigha Zameen. At that time, Sunil Dutt was an aspiring actor and student while Nargis was already an established star.
Sunil Dutt And Nargis Love Story
During this time, the rumours of Nargis and Raj Kapoor’s love affair had formed the word of mouth of almost every Bollywood actor or fan. However, these rumours did not affect the feelings Sunil had for Nargis. Sunil decided to keep calm and wait till time tells him to approach Nargis. After waiting for some time, love finally knocked Dutt’s door.
The past
Sunil Dutt And Nargis Love Story
Meanwhile, the love story of Nargis and Raj Kapoor went from reel life to real life. Raj Kapoor was already married during this period, and still Nargis went ahead signing all the RK productions movies. She was also ready to be the second wife to Raj Kapoor. This sadly did not work out well for Nargis as Raj left her heartbroken. After the break-up, Nargis was totally into depression. She was longing for love and commitment.
How love blossomed
Sunil Dutt And Nargis Love Story
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It was during Mehboob Khan’s movie, Mother India, that Sunil Dutt and Nargis came closer. Sunil Dutt was happy to know that he would be working with the love of his life. The two expressed their love for each other on the sets of Mother India. Somewhere, during this period, there was fire on the sets of the movie, and Sunil like a true hero, did not care about his life while saving the life of Nargis, who was stuck in the fire. And, she was impressed. Sunil got burnt badly and was in high fever when Nargis took care of him day and night. From this time, they both came closer and started sharing a lot of things.
Sunil Dutt And Nargis Love Story
Nargis just could not stop herself from falling in love and expressing the same to the actor. For her, Sunil was a complete opposite of Raj. He was calm, shy and plain-speaking with a deep respect for women. Raj, her previous boyfriend was flirtatious and exploiting her. When Sunil came in her life, she was emotionally drained. He supported her in her bad times and never judged her for anything.
Sunil Dutt And Nargis Love Story
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In one of her interviews in those days, she said that she was not afraid of discussing about her past with Raj Kapoor and her future with Sunil.
She said:
“I know that his shoulders were always there for me to cry on-and I also knew that his garments will absorb my tears and not scatter them out for people to make fun of me.”
Sunil Dutt And Nargis Love Story
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Sunil Dutt and Nargis started expressing their love for each other through letters. They also started calling each other “beloved” in those letters. As their movie, Mother India was not released yet, they decided to keep their love affair under wraps till the release. They used to meet at night secretly and communicate through telegrams.
The wedding
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The actress was just going through a break-up with Raj Kapoor when she met Sunil Dutt. She was searching for true love in her life, and there was no other man better than Sunil Dutt, who would love her forever. The two surprised Bollywood by announcing their love, and then their marriage. Sunil and Nargis got married secretly in 1958 and then announced the news to their closed ones. They celebrated their big day with a wedding reception with their close friends from the industry in attendance.
Sunil Dutt And Nargis Love Story
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Their love was pure and forever. Soon after their marriage, when someone asked if he married Nargis when she was on the rebound from her alleged affair with Raj Kapoor, here is what he said:
"I never knew there was a romance. The only thing I knew was that she came into my life. I was not concerned about her past. I know these questions arise. But I am concerned about the person who comes in my life; what matters from that day on is how true the person is to me. The past is nothing to me."
Their happy family
Sunil Dutt And Nargis Love Story
Sunil Dutt And Nargis Love Story
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Soon Sunil and Nargis started their family together. They were blessed with three kids- Sanjay, Priya and Namrata.
Sunil Dutt And Nargis Love Story
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Sunil Dutt And Nargis Love Story
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After years of marriage and Nargis’s demise, when Sunil was asked about the reason why he fell for her, he said:
"I found in her a human being and a woman who would take care of my family. I found in my wife both compassion and understanding.”
Sunil Dutt And Nargis Love Story
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He also shared an incident that happened before their marriage, which made Sunil surer of his choice:
"My sister had fallen ill and I was a raw guy; I didn't know any doctors in Bombay where I was then working. Without telling me, she took my sister to a doctor and got her operated. I thought this is a person who will make a better home for me and will do a lot of things for my family, which she did."
Her fight against cancer
Sunil Dutt And Nargis Love Story
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Sunil Dutt was not the first love of Nargis, but their years of marriage never once fell in doubt about Dutt being her second love. Nargis and Sunil Dutt loved each other and supported each other during their marriage.
Sunil Dutt And Nargis Love Story
Sunil Dutt And Nargis Love Story
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Years later, Nargis was detected with cancer, and went through a lot of treatments for many years. Sunil was always by her side during her struggle. He even took her to America for the treatment. However, she could not win her battle against cancer and died on May 3, 1981.
Sunil Dutt And Nargis Love Story
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When she was dying, her son, Sanjay Dutt’s debut movie Rocky was slated to release on May 7, 1981. She wanted to attend the premiere and told Sunil to make every possible arrangement.
He shared:
"She told me, 'Whatever it is, even if you have to carry me on a stretcher or in a wheelchair, I want to see the premiere of my son's movie'. I made all the arrangements and had an ambulance, stretcher and wheelchair. We kept a seat for her next to Sanjay. But, she never made it. She died on May 3."
The love story of Nargis and Sunil Dutt is no less than a script for a successful movie. The story of these two lovers inspires us and gives us the hope that true love can enter your life without knocking!
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