Sunil Dutt

Sunil Dutt worked at BEST as a clerk In Mumbai Sunil Dutt had a tough time surviving hence in the morning he worked as a clerk at BEST and in the afternoon hunted film studios for work and in the evening he completed his graduation at Jai Hind College. While hunting for a role in films, Sunil Dutt got the opportunity to work for the Hindi service of Radio Ceylon (Now Sri Lanka). His job was to interview a film celebrity for a sponsored Radio show - Filmi Khabrein. It was during this show he met many film stars and was spotted by film director Ramesh Saigal, who introduced him in his film Railway Platform (1955). It was Ramesh Saigal who rechristened his from Balraj Dutt to Sunil Dutt because the film industry already had Balraj Sahni. Sunil Dutt became a star with Mother India The film Mother India played a vital role in Sunil Dutt’s career. First, it brought bliss into Dutt’s life as he got married to Nargis, the woman who stirred his raw life and also looked after his family. Secondly, the movie established him as a star and he was flooded with offers. Eminent filmmakers signed him most prominent being Bimal Roy (Sujata), Hrishikesh Mukherjee (Chhaya), B.R.Chopra (Sadhna), AVM pictures (Main Chup Rahungi) and Shakti Samanta (Insan Jaag Utha) all the movies were hit. Sunil Dutt maintained his stardom in the romantic musical era of the ’60s During the 60’s when the chocolate heroes like Rajendra Kumar, Shammi Kapoor, Joy Mukherjee, and Manoj Kumar were dominating Bollywood with romantic musical hits, Sunil Dutt maintained his stardom doing intense family dramas of the South filmmakers like Khandaan, Beti Bete, Milan,  etc. In addition, he was the favourite of BR Films and gave many hits like Gumraah, Waqt, and Humraaz. Further Mehmood's Padosan Dutt proved he is indeed an actor par class. Sunil Dutt’s turns Producer Dejected by run-of-the-mill Bollywood films Sunil Dutt turned Producer in the early sixties and stunned the world of cinema with a couple of offbeat movies like Yeh Raaste Hain Pyar Ke (1963), where heroine Leela Naidu has an adulterous relationship and Mujhe Jeene Do (1963) where he played a tough-as-nails dacoit. These films added to Dutt's reputation and commercial standing. His subsequent attempt at filmmaking, Yaadein (1964), where he was the only character in the film, however, was too difficult for the masses to digest. Hence to recover money Sunil Dutt produced a potboiler Masala movie Nehle Pe Dehla (1976) and with the funds he again made social hard-hitting movies like Dard Ka Rishta (funds of which were donated to Cancer treatment cause). He also made a film on the bridge burning issue Yeh Aag Kab Bhujhegi (1991).