Sunil Dutt (6 June 1929 – 25 May 2005), born 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 daughter Priya Dutt, a former Member of Parliament.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 Parliament of India for five terms from the constituency of Mumbai North West.
Starred in the shelved film "Watan" (1979). Starring Sunil Dutt, Sanjeev Kumar, Sanjay Khan, Rekha, Prem Nath, Shakti Kapoor.Directed by Kanal Mishra.
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Starred in the shelved movie "Krishan Kartar Karin " (1980) Starring Sunil Dutt, Reena Roy, Amjad Khan, Hercules, Directed by Imtiaz Khan.
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Sunil Dutt was much more than the suave hero, he was quite the Bollywood baddie. The actor played the role of a dacoit in 20 movies in his career.
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Nephew name is actor Nimai Bali. Nimai is the son of Rani Bali ( Sunil Dutt younger sister).
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Sister named Rani Bali.
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Starred in the shelved movie Gautam Pictures "Girftaar" (1981) Starring Sunil Dutt,Sanjeev Kumar,Jeetendra, Reena Roy, Amjad Khan, Music by R.D, Burman, Produced by Gautam Pictures, Directed by V.K.Sobti.12 Reels.
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Daughter Priya Dutt is married to Owen Roncon.
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Former in law of Kailash and Mina Sharma ( Daughter in law Richa Sharma's parents).
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Producer,Director Amar Jeet is married to Nargis's niece Rehana.
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Survived a plane crash and a bad car accident.
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Besides being a big supporter of secularism, he was totally against the concept of dowry and it is said that he told his wife to come in the same dress that she wore during the wedding to his house. He also made a film "Yeh Aag Kab Bujhegi" on this topic.
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Sunil Dutt's daughter, Priya, will be the Congress party candidate for the Bombay North West Constituency, which was represented by her dad.
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Declared his assets of around 200 million Rupees before going for elections.
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His daughter (Namrata) is actor Kumar Gaurav's wife and actor Rajendra Kumar's daughter-in-law.
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Prior to his death, he was youth affairs and sports minister with the ruling Congress coalition government. He was a popular politician and one of the first actors from Bombay's huge movie industry to enter politics. He was elected five times as a member of parliament.
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Has three children: one son, 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.
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