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  Encyclopedia: Sunil Dutt
Sunil Dutt (June 6, 1929 - May 25, 2005), born Balraj Dutt was an Indian Bollywood actor and politician.
Sanjay Dutt, after the shoot, with the indifference of his age and youthful arrogance, perched himself on the hood of a car parked nearby, while Sunil Dutt was reviewing the shot with his technicians.
Sunil Dutt seemed to be a genuine and sincere human being, a good husband, a good father and a good MP to his constituents.
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 Sunil Dutt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
In a sense Sunil Dutt's performance was a precursor to the 'angry young man' roles of Amitabh Bachchan.
Sunil Dutt entered Politics as he became the sheriff of Mumbai in 1981 and stood for Lok Sabha elections in 1984 from Mumbai North-West Constituency.He has stood and won every time he stood from the same constituency including the last General Election in 2004.
Sunil Dutt was a recipient of numerous awards, including the Padmashree in 1968, the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Award for National Integration and Communal Harmony in 1997, the Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan Award for International Peace, Communal Harmony, Unity and National Integration in 1997 and the Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award in 1998.
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 My son Sanjay is innocent: Sunil Dutt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Renowned Bollywood actor of yesteryears and Congress member of Parliament (MP) Sunil Dutt defended his son Sanjay Dutt as being "innocent", two days after taped conversations between the actor and underworld don Chhota Shakeel were made public.
Sunil Dutt, however, said he had "great admiration" and "full faith" in the judiciary and will accept "with dignity" whatever the judiciary decided.
Sunil Dutt said he had "a feeling" that something like this would happen as in his life "there has been a moment of happiness and then some bombshell".
movies.indiainfo.com /newsbytes/sunildutt.html   (220 words)

  
 The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Main News
Dutt is survived by son Sanjay, daughters Namrata and Priya, sons-in-law actor Kumar Gaurav and Owen Roncon Jr and granddaughters.
Dutt’s body was brought to the crematorium draped in the National Flag in a military cortege.
Dutt took a break from politics and did not contest the 1996 and 1998 General Election to defend son Sanjay who was among those accused of setting of bombs in Mumbai in March 1993.
www.tribuneindia.com /2005/20050526/main1.htm   (1309 words)

  
 When Pak offered Sunil Dutt his land back
Sunil Dutt is a part-time vegetarian who also keeps his distance from alcohol.
Dutt does not think the future of peace lies solely in the hands of the political leaders of India and Pakistan.
Sunil Dutt seems to have a tremendous amount of faith in the redemptive power of love.
in.rediff.com /news/2004/mar/02dutt.htm   (1056 words)

  
 Tribute to Sunil Dutt
The saga of Sunil Dutt is fraught with triumphs, misfortunes, agonies and ecstasies, all in equal measure.
Sunil Dutt didn’t take long to tender his resignation as a Member of Parliament in protest against the mishandling of communal riots of Mumbai riots in 1993.
Legendary actor Sunil Dutt, who took to politics and became the country's sports minister last year, died of a heart attack at his Bandra residence on 25th May 2005.
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 Bollywood Pulse: The Legend of Sunil Dutt
Unlike his role as Birju in Mother India, the movie that is often chosen to symbolize Indian cinema, Sunil Dutt was soft spoken, warm, amicable and approachable, and sure enough, went on to be among the much loved and respected actors in India.
Pained by his wife’s death and son Sanjay Dutt’s drug addiction, and involvement with the Mafia, Sunil Dutt was exemplary in his faith and determination.
Sunil Dutt will remain etched in the hearts and minds of people, for both.
www.egothemag.com /bollywood/archives/2005/07/the_legend_of_s.html   (668 words)

  
 Indian Actors : Sunil Dutt
Dutt's sartorial style was markedly different in both these genres of films, but they were all successful.
Dutt sportingly playing the buffoon in Mehmood's Padosan (1968) and this was his last hit for a while.
Of late, the actor and the filmmaker may have taken the backseat behind Dutt's public persona; but Sunil Dutt the actor was evident till the early 1990s when he acted in movies with select filmmakers like J P Dutta (Kshatriya) and Yash Chopra (Parampara).
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 rediff.com, Movies: What made Sunil Dutt a star
What also stood Sunil Dutt in good stead was his heart-in-his-eyes sensitivity which noted filmmakers like Bimal Roy, B R Chopra and Raj Khosla repeatedly drew upon.
Dutt capitalised on his abilty to jump genres and expand on his oeuvre at different stages of his career.
Sunil Dutt grew up as Balraj Dutt in a family that had survived the Partition of India.
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 Sunil Dutt: Tribute to a gentleman, actor-politician
Sunil Dutt---Balraj Dutt---to be exact was one such man who shall be remembered by all classes of people, throughout the subcontinent, for ages to come.
Sunil Dutt, who was tall and handsome---he had exceptionally good looks--- spent some time with Radio broadcasting and got a big break when he started conducting the famous ‘Binaca Geet Mala’---a popular and favourite programme of weekly hit songs by the then Radio Ceylon on Wednesday evenings.
Sunil was also quite famous as a social worker and successfully served Bombay city as its Sheriff for quite sometime with honour and dignity.
nation.ittefaq.com /artman/exec/view.cgi/30/18802   (1010 words)

  
 Seasons India :: Bollywood & Hollywood Classic Luminaries :: Sunil Dutt (A Benevolent Man)
Born on 6th June, 1929, in village Khurd, (now in Pakistan) in district Jhelum, Sunil Dutt and his family were a victim of Partition and had to leave their house and property and come to India.
Sunil Dutt came to Mumbai to pursue education and took admission in Jai Hind College as an undergraduate and took up a job as well.
He was the epitome of bravery and optimism when his son was bogged down in the quagmire of drugs in the eighties and was arrested for having relationships with the underworld during the nineties.
www.seasonsindia.com /cinemascope/sunildutt_sea.htm   (511 words)

  
 'Mother India' mourns Sunil Dutt's demise : HindustanTimes.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
As actor son Sanjay Dutt lit the funeral pyre amid Vedic hymns, tears welled in the eyes of the tens of thousands who thronged the Santa Cruz cremation ground for a final glimpse of the man the Prime Minister affectionately described as "a rare public figure".
People, some of them from the shanties in the Northwest Mumbai constituency Sunil Dutt represented in the Lok Sabha, clung on to a the flower-bedecked truck that ferried the body from his Bandra residence.
Sunil Dutt lost his father at the age of five, and he and his family members - he was raised by his mother and father's elder brother - were among the millions who were rendered homeless by the 1947 partition of India.
www.hindustantimes.com /news/181_1375901,0008.htm   (965 words)

  
 The Asian Pacific Post - Sunil Dutt - a profile in giving   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Dutt was the only MP to quit after the Bombay communal riots to protest the government handling of a tragic sequence of events that left hundreds dead.
His son, Sanjay Dutt, the quintessential Bollywood bad boy who was introduced to the screen by his dad, is still fighting charges against him laid in connection with a series of bomb blasts in Bombay during the riots.
Dutt said he likes what he is seeing in Bollywood as more and more of the established and upcoming movie stars, including his son are spending time to promote charities.
www.asianpacificpost.com /news/article/237.html   (945 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | World | South Asia | Bollywood legend Sunil Dutt dies
Sunil Dutt became a star in the 1950s and appeared in more than 100 films.
Sunil Dutt was born in 1929 in Jhelum district, now part of Pakistan, and arrived in India after partition in 1947.
Sunil Dutt's last film was the 2004 release, Munnabhai MBBS, in which he starred alongside his son.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/south_asia/4577963.stm   (594 words)

  
 Sunil Dutt is dead   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
As a minister, Dutt not only had time to hear the plight of sportspersons, he also made a concerted effort to improve the standard of Indian athletes by taking up several initiatives.
According to Me...Sunil Dutt, or Dutt Sahib as he is one individual constantly on the move -PAD-YATRA from Bombay to...
Dutt's death is a loss to the Huminity, He stood up with the truth where ever he had felt required his contribution..
us.rediff.com /news/2005/may/25dutt.htm   (919 words)

  
 Indo-Asian News Service -> Pakistan-Cinema/IndoPak-SunilDutt -> 'Sunil Dutt's ancestor fought alongside Imam Husssain'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Lahore, June 7 (IANS) An ancestor of late Indian actor-turned politician Sunil Dutt was martyred as he fought alongside Imam Hussain in the battle of Karbala and to perpetuate that the Dutt family observes Muharram with reverence, a Pakistani commentator says.
Describing Dutt, who died May 25 of a heart attack, as a humanist, a Punjabi and a world citizen, Ahmed recalled a meeting with him on October 20, 2001 to seek his support for a memorial to the victims of the country's partition in 1947.
Dutt's work in the aftermath of the riots led to "trumped up" charges against his actor son Sanjay Dutt, of which he was subsequently cleared.
www.eians.com /stories/2005/06/07/07anc.shtml   (650 words)

  
 Indiantelevision.com > News Headlines > Star Parivaar Awards postponed as mark of respect to Sunil Dutt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Sunil Dutt has been a very respected figure in our community, and the television and the film industry are very interlinked.
Dutt Saheb (as the revered actor-politician was popularly known) passed away at 11 am this morning following a massive heart attack at his home in Bandra, north-west Mumbai.
Dutt was a man of many parts - actor, social activist and politician - but he made his name as an actor in a career that spanned nearly half a century.
www.indiantelevision.com /headlines/y2k5/may/may229.htm   (419 words)

  
 Sunil Dutt's life: Of guts and glory : HindustanTimes.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Sunil Dutt, born Balraj Dutt in Jhelum district (now Pakistan), saw the horrors of Partition from close quarters.
Sunil Dutt's fame as an actor rests primarily on his portrayal of the rebellious son in Mehboob Khan's Mother India.
Sunil Dutt was last seen in the role of the protagonist's father in the Sanjay Dutt-starrer, Munnabhai M.B.B.S.
www.hindustantimes.com /news/181_1375431,00110003.htm   (753 words)

  
 Haryana village remembers Sunil Dutt - NDTV.com - News on Haryana village remembers Sunil Dutt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
The country is still coming to grips with the death of Bollywood icon and Union cabinet minister Sunil Dutt.
It has been a long journey for Sunil Dutt, from an unheard of village called Khurd in Pakistan's Jhelum district to Mandoli and then Mumbai.
Dutt often visited Mandoli and was awarded the Haryana Gaurav Award by the government for his contributions.
www.ndtv.com /morenews/showmorestory.asp?slug=Haryana+village+remembers+Sunil+Dutt&id=73533   (211 words)

  
 Sunil Dutt had a deeply abiding faith in personal integrity   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Dutt brought with him the best of rustic values, having been born in the village of Khurd on the banks the Jhelum river in northern Punjab in what is now Pakistan.
Dutt was often seen by his fellow politicians as too guileless and even naïve because of his old world values about decency and integrity in public life.
Dutt's filmography from 1956, when he began somewhat tentatively with Ramesh Sahgal's film "Railway Platform", till 2004 when he performed with ease in the huge commercial hit "Munnabhai M.B.B.S.", was impressive.
www.nowrunning.com /news/news.asp?id=3436   (919 words)

  
 The Hindu : Maintain harmony, says Sunil Dutt
Expressing concern over the persisting communal tension in the country, actor-turned-politician and Member of Parliament, Sunil Dutt, has called on fellow-citizens to come together and restore peace in the country and keep communal disharmony at bay.
Dutt said: "In the last ten years, we have seen a lot of conflicts on religion.
Dutt said that supporters of all political parties were welcome to join the yatra.
www.hindu.com /thehindu/2003/08/21/stories/2003082108850400.htm   (325 words)

  
 The Hindu : National : Sunil Dutt — film star, peace activist, secularist, politician extraordinary
Dutt was Union Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs and Member of Parliament from Mumbai North-West at the time of his death.
Dutt was at the peak of his acting career.
Sunil Dutt was a committed secularist and said once in an interview: "My concept of secularism is to be a good human being who respects all religions".
www.hindu.com /2005/05/26/stories/2005052604031200.htm   (950 words)

  
 Actor, politician and hero Sunil Dutt is dead   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Dutt, a hero to millions both in reel and real life, breathed his last even as he slept at his Bandra residence at 3 a.m., sending shock waves in Bollywood and indeed all over the country.
Nargis' death in 1981 shattered Sunil Dutt and he immediately took to politics, joining the Congress party, and began to do social work on an extensive scale, quickly winning the admiration of people all over India.
Sunil Dutt was involved in Indian efforts to host the Commonwealth games when death came.
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 Sunil Dutt - Actor -
Dutt turned producer in the early sixties with a couple of offbeat movies like Yeh Raaste Hain Pyar Ke (1963), where heroine Leela Naidu has an adulterous relationship, Mujhe Jeene Do (1963) where he played a tough-as-a-nails dacoit and Yaadein in 1964 in which there was only one character played by Dutt.
Dutt was not just a hero in films, but in real life too he emerged as a man worth emulating.
Sunil Dutt was first elected to the Lok Sabha in 1984.
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 Sunil Dutt cremated
Sunil Dutt, versatile actor and politician, died in Mumbai on Thursday morning, leaving Bollywood and the political world shocked and in deep grief.
Dutt is survived by his actor son, Sanjay, and two daughters.
Sunil Dutt didn't died on Thursday, but on Wednesday.
www.rediff.com /news/2005/may/25sunil4.htm   (889 words)

  
 Sunil and Sanjay Dutt together on big screen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Sunil Dutt's last Bollywood release was Munnabhai MBBS and the veteran actor was also committed to play a role in the sequel of the film Munnabhai Meets Mahatma Gandhi.
Sanjay Dutt will soon be seen playing the role of Yamraj (the lord of death) in Mahesh Manjrekar's Life Ho To Aisi that also stars Shahid Kapur and Amrita Rao.
No, Sunil Dutt had not shot for any scenes for this movie but the makers are contemplating to use special effects to make this possible.
www.indiafm.com /scoop/05/jul/0107dutts/index.shtml   (179 words)

  
 Sunil Dutt dies of heart attack- The Times of India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
The 75-year-old Dutt, who had been in public eye for the last five decades including forty years as a star actor, is survived by his son Sanjay Dutt, a popular actor himself, and two daughters.
Born on 6th June, 1929, in Khurd village, (now in Pakistan), Sunil Dutt and his family had to undergo the travails of Partition, to lead the life of paupers on footpaths.
Dutt became a Union Minister for the first time in his over two decade of political career when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh gave him the Sports and Youth Affairs portfolio last year.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow/1121131.cms   (433 words)

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