By Admin Everything becomes fair in love, affection and love, especially when that love is with a person who is more concerned about your family than you are. Hindi cinema’s veteran late actor Sunil Dutt, whose dialogue delivery had magic and depth in his gaze. Whenever he appeared on the screen, the entire theater would become silent. The audience watched with bated breath and could not take their eyes off the screen. Sunil Dutt created his own identity in front of giants like Dilip Kumar.
Sunil Dutt’s fans and people who love his films still believe that Sunil Dutt fell in love with Nargis after saving her from the flames during the shooting of the 1957 film ‘Mother India’, but the reality was something else.
Not ‘Mother India’, but ‘Family Priority’ had rang the bells of love in Sunil Dutt’s heart for Nargis. Nargis took such selfless care of Sunil Dutt’s sister, worried about the family and stood by him in difficult times that Sunil Dutt was stunned.
In an interview, Sunil Dutt himself had said that if extinguishing a fire had fallen in love, then I would have saved many heroines. The media gave it too much importance. The real thing is that Nargis was very good. He took great care of my sister. Nowadays no one has that much time. I was stunned to see his family’s concern and care. I decided that I would ask Nargis for marriage. If she refuses, I will return to the village and do farming. Nargis said yes. Sunil Dutt’s mother was also very happy with this relationship. In this way the professional relationship on the set gradually transformed into a spiritual bond. This is the untold love story of Sunil Dutt and Nargis.
His angry attitude in ‘Mother India’ still impresses the audience. Apart from acting, he also made his mark in politics. He was greatly influenced by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. He became an MP and also served the country as a Union Minister. He enjoyed serving the country and raising issues related to the people. People started joining him and Sunil Dutt never looked back even in politics.
Sunil Dutt was also one of those artists who changed his name after appearing in films. Before coming into films, Sunil Dutt was known as Balraj Dutt, but the story of becoming Sunil Dutt is also interesting. When he entered the film industry in the 1950s, Balraj Dutt (Sunil Dutt) changed his name to differentiate himself from big names like Balraj Sahni. Sunil Dutt started his film career from the railway platform and after this he left his mark in the 50s and 60s with his acting in many films.
Referring to the biggest happiness of his life, Sunil Dutt had said that the biggest happiness of my life came when I met my mother after partition. During partition, the homes of lakhs of people were destroyed. Sunil Dutt also kept searching for the family. In Ambala, a one-legged relative introduced him to his mother, brother and sister. Recalling that moment, he used to say, “It felt as if the whole world had come together. All my hopes were shattered, but mother was in front of me. Then a new beginning began.”
Sunil Dutt believes that whatever he got was due to the love and affection of the audience, because he never wanted to enter the film industry.
Sunil had told that he used to take interviews of famous film stars, however during this time people liked his voice a lot. Fans used to write letters for him also.
Sunil told about his film ‘Milan’ that how he made real preparations to row a kayak in the Godavari river.
Describing ‘Mother India’ as a classic film, he had said that it is made very rarely. This film received an Oscar nomination, but missed by one vote.
During the 1962 war, he traveled to Ladakh to entertain the soldiers. Earlier PM Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru was greatly impressed.
Sunil Dutt’s story is not only of film success, but also of the pain of partition, true love, priority of family and patriotism. A journey that still inspires.
Sunil Dutt worked in Mother India, Waqt, Padosan, Khandaar, Sujata, Reshma Aur Shera, Hamraj, and Munnabhai MBBS. Sunil Dutt and his son Sanjay Dutt worked together for the last time in this film. This was his last film and was a blockbuster. Sunil Dutt, born on 6 June 1929, died on 25 May 2005.