Sunil Dutt

Sunil Dutt (born Balraj Raghunath Dutt; 6 June 1929 – 25 May 2005) was an Indian actor, film producer, director and politician. He worked in more than 80 films in a career spanning over 48 years and was the recipient of three Filmfare Awards, including two for Best Actor. He was honoured with Padma Shri, in 1968, by the Government of India, for his contribution to Indian cinema.He was referred as ''"Reel and Real Life Hero"''.

Dutt debuted in 1955 with the Hindi film ''Railway Platform''. He rose to prominence with highly successful films, such as ''Ek Hi Raasta'' (1956) and ''Mother India'' (1957) and consistently starred in several top–grossing Indian films from the late-1950s to the 1970s, such as ''Sadhna'', ''Sujata'', ''Gumrah'', ''Waqt'', ''Khandan'', ''Mera Saaya'', ''Hamraaz'', ''Milan'', ''Mehrban'', ''Padosan'', ''Heera'', ''Zakhmee'', ''Nagin'', ''Daaku Aur Jawan'' and ''Jaani Dushman'', as well as some of his acclaimed performances include ''Insan Jaag Utha'', ''Chhaya'', ''Mujhe Jeene Do'', ''Nartaki'', ''Yaadein'', ''Gaban'', ''Chirag'', ''Darpan'', ''Reshma Aur Shera'', ''36 Ghante'', ''Muqabla'' and ''Dard Ka Rishta''. Beginning in the early-1980s, he appeared in supporting roles in notable films like ''Shaan'', ''Badle Ki Aag'', ''Kala Dhanda Goray Log'', ''Watan Ke Rakhwale'', ''Kurbaan'' and ''Munna Bhai M.B.B.S''.

In 1995, he won the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to the film industry for four decades.

Dutt married his ''Mother India'' co-star Nargis in 1958. Together they had three children, including the actor Sanjay Dutt. 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. He was the Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports in the Manmohan Singh government (2004–2005) and also a former Sheriff of Mumbai. Provided by Wikipedia