Sunil Dutt

Sunil Dutt was a great defender of secularism and is said to have been completely opposed to the concept of dowry, telling his wife to come to his home in the same dress she wore at their wedding. He also made a film on the subject, Yeh Aag Kab Bujhegi.

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Sunil Dutt was the father of Sanjay Dutt, the son-in-law of Jaddanbai and the brother-in-law of Anwar Hussain.

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After her father's death, Sunil Dutt's daughter Priya became the Congress party candidate for the Bombay North West constituency, which he had represented.

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In 2000 Sunil Dutt was in a minor car accident. In 2001 he survived a plane crash, but he rescued its passengers; after the crash his right leg was broken and his neck and shoulder were dislocated.

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Sunil Dutt was much more than a sweet hero; he was a complete Bollywood villain. Over his career the actor played a dacoit in 20 films.

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In 1986 his daughter Priya went to New York to take a journalism course. She lived with close family friends. While in New York she worked at a video film company, learning how films are edited.

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Sunil Dutt had three children: a son, the Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt, and two daughters, Namrata and Priya. His daughter-in-law, Sanjay's first wife, died of cancer. His second daughter-in-law is Rhea Pillai, who divorced Sanjay in 2006.

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Before his death, Sunil Dutt served as minister of youth affairs and sports in the ruling Congress coalition government. He was a popular politician and one of the first actors to move from Bombay's vast film industry into politics. He was elected as a member of parliament five times.

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Sunil Dutt's daughter Namrata is the wife of the actor Kumar Gaurav and the daughter-in-law of the actor Rajendra Kumar.

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Before going to the elections, Sunil Dutt declared assets of approximately 200 million rupees.

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Sunil Dutt was every director's favourite choice.

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Although Sunil Dutt worked with his son Sanjay in ROCKY (1981), KSHATRIYA (1993) and MUNNA BHAI M. B. B. S. (2003), father and son appeared together in scenes only in the last of these. Ironically, it was also Sunil Dutt's last Bollywood film before his death in 2005.

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Although Balasaheb Thackeray, the religious leader of the far-right Shiv Sena party, was responsible for securing bail for his son Sanjay in connection with the 1993 Mumbai bombings, Dutt remained critical of Thackeray and his political team for the rest of his life.

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Sunil Dutt was the former father-in-law of Kailash and Mina Sharma (the parents of his daughter-in-law Richa Sharma).

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Sunil Dutt's daughter Priya Dutt is married to Owen Roncon.

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Sunil Dutt had a younger sister named Rani Bali and a younger brother, Som Dutt, who worked as an actor for a time.

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Sunil Dutt's nephew is the actor Nimai Bali. Nimai is the son of Rani Bali, Sunil Dutt's younger sister.

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Ajanta Arts, Jab Pyar Hua, a film that was shelved, was directed by Sunil Dutt. Cast: Mithun Chakraborthy, Sanjay Dutt, Padmini Kholapure; music: R. D. Burman; producer and director: Sunil Dutt.

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Sunil Dutt acted in the shelved film Sone Ki Lanka. Cast: Sunil Dutt, Jeetendra, Rekha, Neetu Singh, Prem Nath, Bindu; music: Rahul Dev Burman; producer: M. N. Bakia; director: Satpal.

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Sunil Dutt had discovered the actress Madhushala and brought her into the film industry. He was going to launch her in a film when Dev Anand took an interest in her and decided to make a film with her, taking her from Sunil Dutt. Dev later decided to launch Madhushala in a film but then dropped the idea.

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Sunil Dutt acted in the shelved N. H. K film. His films from this period include "Akela" (1976), in which he appeared with Saira Banu (replacing Reena Roy), and "Madhushala", the new actress discovery of Sunil Dutt, with Rakesh Roshan, Amjad Khan, Asha Sachdev, music by Rahul Dev Burman and direction by Khalid Samim.

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Sunil Dutt was paralysed immediately after the plane crash. For two years his legs did not work properly and he had to rely on a stick, but he recovered in 2004.

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Sunil Dutt discovered the actresses Anu Dhawan, Leena Chandravarkar and Sheeba. He also gave major breaks to the famous actors Amitabh Bachchan, Vinod Khanna, Shakti Kapoor and Johnny Lever.

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Sunil Dutt acted in Nalanda's shelved film "Nawab Aur Shabab" (1976). The cast included Dev Anand, Sunil Dutt, Sanjeev Kumar and Zeenat Aman, with music by Laxmikant Pyarelal, produced by Amarjeet and directed by Raj Khosla.

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Unlike the actors of his era, Sunil Dutt did not care about his image and took on risky projects such as villain, dacoit, disabled and clown roles.

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Sunil Dutt donated all the proceeds of the film Dard Ka Rishta to cancer patients.

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Before his death, Sunil Dutt spoke with his son Sanjay for four hours.

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Sunil Dutt spoke Punjabi, Hindi, English and Urdu fluently.

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Sunil Dutt had a very deep relationship with his granddaughter Trishala, but he never made her or her photographs public. Trishala once revealed that her name was given by Sunil Dutt.

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Throughout his life people called him 'Dutt Sahab'. He was regarded as a real-life and reel-life hero. After his death, many publications called him "Bollywood's Braveheart".

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Sunil Dutt never allowed the media to control his private life. He also never became involved in any controversy concerning himself.

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