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{{short description|Indian film actor, producer, director and politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder

| caption = Dutt at his [[New Delhi]] office in 2005.
| office = [[Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (India)|Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports]]
| term_start = 22 May 2004
| predecessor = [[Vikram Verma]]
| successor = [[Mani Shankar Aiyar]]
| term_end = 25 May 2005
| primeminister = [[Manmohan Singh]]
| constituency =
|office1=[[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| constituency1= [[Mumbai North West (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mumbai North West]]
|constituency2=Mumbai North West
| term_start1 = 1984
| term_end1 = 1996
| predecessor1 = [[Ram Jethmalani]]
| successor1 = [[Madhukar Sarpotdar]]
| term_start2 = 1999
| term_end2 = 2005
| predecessor2 = [[Madhukar Sarpotdar]]
| successor2 = [[Priya Dutt]]
| birth_name = Balraj Dutt
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1929|6|6}}
| birth_place = [[Nakka Khurd]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab Province]], [[British Raj|British India]]<ref name="trib_TheT"/><ref name="news_BBCN"/><br/><small>(present-day [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]], [[Pakistan]])</small>
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2005|5|25|1929|6|6}}
| death_place = [[Mumbai]], [[India]]
| death_cause = [[Heart attack]]
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Nargis]]|1958|1981|end=died}}
| children = 3, including [[Sanjay Dutt]] and [[Priya Dutt]]
| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|producer|director|politician}}
| residence = [[Bandra]], [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
| awards = [[Padma Shri]] (1968)
| relatives = See [[List of Hindi film clans#Dutt family (of Sunil Dutt)|Dutt family]]
| nationality = Indian
| citizenship =
| parents =
}}

'''Sunil Dutt''' (born '''Balraj Dutt'''; 6 June 1929 - 25 May 2005) was an Indian film actor, producer, director and politician.<ref name="Profile">{{cite web |title=member's profile - Sunil Dutt |url=http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/members/memberbioprofile.aspx?mpsno=476&lastls=14 |website=Loksabha |access-date=28 November 2020}}</ref> He was the [[Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports (India)|Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports]] in the [[Manmohan Singh]] government (2004–2005). He was a former [[Sheriff of Mumbai]]. He is the father of actor [[Sanjay Dutt]] and politician [[Priya Dutt]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=476 |title=Current Lok Sabha Members Biographical Sketch |access-date=12 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071112065955/http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=476 |archive-date=12 November 2007 }}</ref>

In 1968, he was honoured by the [[Padma Shri]] by the [[Government of India]].<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|title=Padma Awards {{!}} Interactive Dashboard|url=http://www.dashboard-padmaawards.gov.in/?Award=Padma%20Shri&Year=1968-1968|access-date=14 August 2020|website=www.dashboard-padmaawards.gov.in|language=en}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/memberbioprofile.aspx?mpsno=476&lastls=14|title=Fourteenth Lok Sabha}}</ref>

==Early life==
Sunil Dutt was born on 6 June 1929 to father [[Diwan (title)|Diwan]] Raghunath Dutt and mother Kulwantidevi Dutt.<ref name="Profile"/><ref>{{Cite web|url = http://s2.shotroom.com/img/140103/sh621_b.jpg|title = Zee Premiere- The Triumph of Spirit|date = May 2001|access-date = 18 January 2001|archive-date = 28 January 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160128121406/http://s2.shotroom.com/img/140103/sh621_b.jpg|url-status = dead}}</ref> in [[Nakka Khurd]], [[Punjab Province, British India]] (now in [[Punjab, Pakistan]]).<ref name="Profile"/><ref name="trib_TheT">{{Cite web| title = Sunil Dutt is no more| first = Shiv |last = Kumar| work = The Tribune| date = 25 May 2005| access-date = 27 March 2016| url = http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050526/main1.htm}}</ref><ref name="news_BBCN">{{Cite web| title = Bollywood legend Sunil Dutt dies| work = BBC News| date = 25 May 2005| access-date = 27 March 2016| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4577963.stm}}</ref> When he was five years old, Dutt's father died. When he was 18, the [[Partition of India]] began inciting [[Hindu]]-[[Muslim]] violence across the country. A Muslim named Yakub, who had been friend with Dutt's father, saved their entire family.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.rediff.com/movies/2005/may/25dutt6.htm|title = We all are one, whichever religion we belong to|date = May 2005|access-date = 25 May 2005}}</ref> The family resettled in the small village of Mandauli on the bank of the river [[Yamuna]] located in [[Yamuna Nagar]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], which is now a district of [[Haryana]]. Later he moved to [[Lucknow]] with his mother, Kulwantidevi Dutt, and spent a long time in Aminabad during graduation. He then moved to [[Bombay]] (present-day Mumbai), where he joined [[Jai Hind College]] as an undergraduate and took up a job at the city's [[Bombay Electric Supply and Transport|BEST Transportation Engineering division]].<ref name="Profile"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thequint.com/entertainment/2015/05/25/sunil-dutt-the-man-stardom-never-dared-to-change|title=Sunil Dutt: The Man Stardom Never Dared to Change| website=The Quint|access-date=28 February 2016|date=25 May 2015}}</ref> He graduated with B.A. (Hons.) in History in 1954.<ref name="Profile"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Sunil Dutt |url=https://myneta.info/loksabha2004/candidate.php?candidate_id=2506 |website=MyNeta |access-date=28 November 2020}}</ref>

== Early career==
Starting out in radio, with his command over the [[Urdu language]], Sunil Dutt was hugely popular on the [[Hindi]] service of [[Radio Ceylon]], the oldest radio station in [[South Asia]]. He moved to act in Hindi films and got introduced to the industry in 1955's ''[[Railway Platform (film)|Railway Platform]]''.

== Film career==
[[File:Nargis tends to an injured Sunil Dutt during the filming of Mother India.jpg|thumb|left|Nargis tends to an injured Sunil Dutt during the filming of ''[[Mother India]]'']]

===Debut and coining of the screen name "Sunil Dutt"===
Director [[Ramesh Saigal]] was instrumental in giving Dutt a break in the film ''[[Railway Platform (film)|Railway Platform]]'' (1955) when the latter was hosting the show, Lipton Ki Mehfil on Radio Ceylon.<ref>{{cite web |title=Remembering actor and politician late Sunil Dutt |url=https://www.filmfare.com/features/remembering-actor-and-politician-late-sunil-dutt-37203.html |website=Filmfare |publisher= Worldwide Media The Times of India. |access-date=15 August 2020}}</ref> While covering the [[Dilip Kumar]] film ''[[Shikast]]'' in 1953, Dutt met director Saigal, who impressed by his personality and voice, offered him a role in his upcoming film. Saigal came up with the new screen name "Sunil Dutt" for the debutante actor whose real name was Balraj Dutt to avoid name conflicts with the then veteran actor [[Balraj Sahni]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Sanjay Dutt: The Crazy Untold Story of Bollywood's Bad Boy |date=1 June 2020 |publisher=Juggernaut Books |isbn=9789386228581 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fK5oDwAAQBAJ&q=Ramesh+Saigal+sunil+dutt&pg=PA12 |access-date=15 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Bollywood: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow |year=2006 |publisher=Star Publications, 2006 |isbn=9781905863013 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TO6Fmi8FraUC&q=Ramesh+Saigal+sunil+dutt+balloo&pg=RA1-PT24 |access-date=15 August 2020}}</ref>

===Rise to stardom===
[[File:Sadhna 1958 (cropped).jpg|thumb|Dutt in 1958]]
Dutt shot to stardom in the 1957 film ''[[Mother India]]'' in which he co-starred with [[Nargis]] as her short-tempered, angry son. During the making of this film, a fire happened on the set. It is believed that Dutt braved the raging fire to save Nargis and thereby won her love. They went on to marry in 1958. They had one son [[Sanjay Dutt]], also a successful film actor, and two daughters, [[Priya Dutt]] and Namrata Dutt. His daughter Namrata married [[Kumar Gaurav]], son of [[Rajendra Kumar]]. The two fathers were co-stars in ''Mother India''.

Dutt was one of the major stars of [[Hindi cinema]] in the late 1950s and 1960s and continued to star in many successful films which included ''[[Sadhna (1958 film)|Sadhna]]'' (1958), ''[[Insan Jaag Utha]]'' (1959), ''[[Sujata (1959 film)|Sujata]]'' (1959), ''[[Mujhe Jeene Do]]'' (1963), ''[[Khandan (1965 film)|Khandan]]'' (1965), ''[[Mera Saaya]]'' (1966) and ''[[Padosan]]'' (1967). His collaboration with [[B.R. Chopra]] proved to be successful in films such as ''[[Gumrah (1963 film)|Gumraah]]'' (1963), ''[[Waqt (1965 film)|Waqt]]'' (1965) and ''[[Hamraaz]]'' (1967). One of his favourite writers and friends was [[Aghajani Kashmeri]]. Dutt made his directorial debut and was the only actor to feature in the 1964 film ''[[Yaadein (1964 film)|Yaadein]]''. The film was featured in the ''[[Guinness Book of Records]]'' for ''Fewest Actors in a Narrative Film''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Vora |first1=Kashyap |title=When Sunil Dutt's B&W film 'Yaadien' made it to the Guinness Book of World Records |url=https://www.republicworld.com/entertainment-news/bollywood-news/when-sunil-dutts-yaadien-made-it-to-guinness-book-of-world-records.html |access-date=11 March 2021 |work=Republic World |date=6 June 2020 |language=en}}</ref> He later produced the 1968 film ''[[Man Ka Meet]]'' which introduced his brother Som Dutt, [[Vinod Khanna]] and [[Leena Chandavarkar]]. In 1971, he produced, directed and starred in ''[[Reshma Aur Shera]]'' (1971) which was critically well received but a box office failure.

During the early 1970s, his career as an actor was at a stand-still. Admist this setback, he played [[Madhubala]]'s hero in the 1971 film ''[[Jwala (1971 film)|Jwala]]'', which was a delayed film that had started production in the late 1950s and was Madhubala's last film. It was ''[[Geeta Mera Naam]]'' (1974) that brought him into the limelight again. The anti-hero was reborn after a long gap of films like ''Mother India'' and ''Mujhe Jeene Do''. Sunil Dutt's performance of Johnny was liked by the masses as he clearly stole the limelight. It was one of the best performances of his career. He continued to star in hits that included ''[[Heera (1973 film)|Heera]]'' (1973), ''[[Pran Jaye Par Vachan Na Jaye]]'' (1974), ''[[Nagin (1976 film)|Nagin]]'' (1976), ''[[Jaani Dushman]]'' (1979), ''[[Muqabla (1979 film)|Muqabla]]'' (1979), and ''[[Shaan (1980 film)|Shaan]]'' (1980). He also starred in a series of [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] religious movies in the 1970s: ''[[Man Jeete Jag Jeet]]'' (1973), ''[[Dukh Bhanjan Tera Naam]]'' (1974), and ''[[Sat Sri Akal]]'' (1977).<ref>{{Cite web| url = http://www.afternoondc.in/adc-initiative/latest/article_4702| title = A towering personality| website = www.afternoondc.in| access-date = 28 February 2016}}</ref> Even in 1980s he starred in both leading and supporting role in several successful movies such as ''[[Dard Ka Rishta]]'' (1982), ''[[Badle Ki Aag]]'' (1982), ''[[Raaj Tilak]]'' (1984), ''[[Mangal Dada]]'' (1986), ''[[Watan Ke Rakhwale]]'' (1987) and ''[[Dharamyudh (film)|Dharamyudh]]'' (1988).

He launched his son Sanjay's career with ''[[Rocky (1981 film)|Rocky]]'' in 1981 which was a success. Shortly before the film's release, Nargis died of [[pancreatic cancer]]. He founded the ''[[Nargis Dutt Foundation]]'' in her memory for the curing of cancer patients.<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://www.ndmct.org/foundation.html|title= NDMCT - Nargis Dutt Memorial Charatiable Trust|website= www.ndmct.org|access-date= 28 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205072448/http://ndmct.org/foundation.html |archive-date = 5 February 2016|url-status = dead |df= dmy-all}}</ref> He was a sponsor of the ''India Project'', an organisation akin to [[Operation Smile]] for the treatment of Indian children with facial deformities.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.filmibeat.com/bollywood/features/2007/sunil-dutt-birthday-060607-1.html|title=Remembering Sunil Dutt on his 77th Birthday... Contd|website=www.filmibeat.com|access-date=28 February 2016|date=6 June 2007}}</ref>

In 1982, he was appointed as the [[Sheriff of Mumbai|Sheriff of Bombay]], an apolitical titular position bestowed on him by the [[Maharashtra]] government for a year.<ref>{{Cite news| url = http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/sunil-dutt-appointed-new-sheriff-of-bombay/1/402520.html| title = Sunil Dutt appointed new sheriff of Bombay|work=India Today|access-date = 28 February 2016}}</ref>

He retired from the film industry in the early 1990s to turn to politics after his last few releases including [[Yash Chopra]]'s ''[[Parampara (1993 film)|Parampara]]'' (1992) and [[J.P. Dutta]]'s ''[[Kshatriya (film)|Kshatriya]]'' (1993). His political career was halted for some years in the early 1990s when he worked to free his son from jail after he was arrested for keeping an [[AK-56]] that he claimed was for the protection of his family after bomb blasts in Bombay.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/sanjay-dutt-convicted-in-1993-bombay-blasts-case-gets-5-years-in-jail-516881|title=Sanjay Dutt convicted in 1993 Bombay blasts case, gets 5 years in jail|work=NDTV.com|access-date =28 February 2016}}</ref>

In 1995, he won the [[Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award]] for his contribution to the film industry for four decades. He returned to acting shortly before his death in 2003's ''[[Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.]]'' in which he shared the screen with son Sanjay for the first time although they had appeared earlier in ''[[Rocky (1981 film)|Rocky]]'' and ''[[Kshatriya (film)|Kshatriya]]'' but did not share any scenes together.

==Death==
[[File:Shri Sunil Dutt assumes the charge of the Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports in New Delhi on May 25, 2004.jpg|thumb|Sunil Dutt assumes the charge of the Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports in New Delhi on 25 May 2004|left]]
Sunil Dutt died of a heart attack on 25 May 2005 at his residence in [[Bandra]], [[Mumbai]], two weeks before his 76th birthday,<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4577963.stm|work=BBC News|title=Bollywood legend Sunil Dutt dies|date=25 May 2005}}</ref> At the time of his death, he was the Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports in the Union Government led by [[Dr. Manmohan Singh]] and was the Member of Parliament from North-west Mumbai. He was cremated with full state honours at Santacruz Crematorium in Mumbai. He was succeeded as Minister by [[Mani Shankar Aiyar]]. His seat in the Parliament was contested by his daughter, [[Priya Dutt]], who won it and was a Member of Parliament until May 2014.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Phadke |first1=Manasi |title=Priya Dutt’s long march in politics shows signs of winding down |url=https://theprint.in/statedraft/priya-dutts-long-march-in-politics-shows-signs-of-winding-down/130881/ |access-date=10 April 2021 |work=ThePrint |date=8 October 2018}}</ref>

==In popular culture==
[[Paresh Rawal]] played the role of Sunil Dutt in the biopic on his [[Sanjay Dutt|son]] titled ''[[Sanju]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sharma |first1=Priyanka |title=Paresh Rawal on Sanjay Dutt biopic: It is primarily a father-son story |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/paresh-rawal-on-sanjay-dutt-biopic-it-is-primarily-a-father-son-story-4744166/ |access-date=18 February 2021 |work=The Indian Express |date=11 July 2017 |language=en}}</ref>
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==Awards and honours==
* 1963 – [[Filmfare Best Actor Award]] for ''[[Mujhe Jeene Do]]''
* 1964 – [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi]] for ''[[Yaadein (1964 film)|Yaadein]]''
* 1965 – [[Filmfare Best Actor Award]] for ''[[Khandan (1965 film)|Khandan]]''
* 1967 – [[BFJA Awards for Best Actor (Hindi)]] for ''[[Milan (1967 film)|Milan]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bfjaawards.com/legacy/pastwin/196831.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113221646/http://www.bfjaawards.com/legacy/pastwin/196831.htm|url-status=dead|title=1968 31st Annual BFJA Awards|archive-date=13 January 2009|website=bfjaawards.com}}</ref>
* 1968 – [[Padma Shri]]<ref name="auto"/>
* 1982 – [[Sheriff of Mumbai|Sheriff of Bombay]]
* 1995 – [[Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award]]
* 1998 – [[Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Sunil Dutt – film star, peace activist, secularist, politician extraordinary|url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/05/26/stories/2005052604031200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050527013112/http://www.hindu.com/2005/05/26/stories/2005052604031200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 May 2005|date=26 May 2005|work=[[The Hindu]]|location=Chennai, India}}</ref>
* 1999 – [[Screen Lifetime Achievement Award]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Award Winners |url=http://www.expressindia.com/screen/awards/eve.htm |website=[[Screen (magazine)|Screen]] |access-date=2 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991022044355/http://www.expressindia.com/screen/awards/eve.htm |archive-date=22 October 1999}}</ref>
* 2000 – [[Lifetime Achievement Award]] at the [[Anandalok Awards]]
* 2001 – [[Zee Cine Award for Lifetime Achievement]]
* Dutt was a recipient of the [[Glory of India Award]] by [[IIFS]], London.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070525/asp/jamshedpur/story_7742079.asp|location=Calcutta, India|work=The Telegraph|title=Tribute to a son of the soil|date=25 May 2007}}</ref>

== Filmography ==

;As an Actor

{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%;"
! Film
! Year
! Role
! Director
! Notes
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Railway Platform (film)|Railway Platform]]''
| rowspan="2" | 1955
| Ram
| Ramesh Saigal
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Kundan (1955 film)|Kundan]]''
| Amrit
| [[Sohrab Modi]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Rajdhani (film)|Rajdhani]]''
| rowspan="3" | 1956
|
| Naresh Saigal
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Kismet Ka Khel]]''
| Prakash Verma
| Kishore Sahu
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Ek Hi Raasta (1956 film)|Ek-Hi-Raasta]]''
| Amar
| [[B.R. Chopra]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Mother India]]''
| rowspan="2" | 1957
| Birju
| [[Mehboob Khan]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Paayal (1957 film)|Paayal]]''
| Mohan
| Joseph Taliath
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Sadhna (1958 film)|Sadhna]]''
| rowspan="2" | 1958
| Mohan
| [[B.R. Chopra]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Post Box 999]]''
| Vikas
| Ravindra Dave
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Insaan Jaag Utha]]''
| rowspan="3" | 1959
| Ranjeet
| [[Shakti Samanta]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Didi (film)|Didi]]''
| Gopal
| K. Narayan Kale
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Sujata (1959 film)|Sujata]]''
| Adhir
| [[Bimal Roy]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Usne Kaha Tha]]''
| rowspan="4" | 1960
| Nandu
| Moni Bhattacharjee
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Hum Hindustani]]''
| Surendra Nath
| Ram Mukherjee
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Ek Phool Char Kaante]]''
| Sanjeev
| [[Bhappi Sonie]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Duniya Jhukti Hai]]''
| Mohan / Bankelal
| J.B.H. Wadia
| Double Role
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Chhaya (1961 film)|Chhaya]]''
| 1961
| Arun/Poet Rahee
| [[Hrishikesh Mukherjee]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Main Chup Rahungi]]''
| rowspan="2" | 1962
| Kamal Kumar
| [[A. Bhimsingh]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Jhoola (1962 film)|Jhoola]]''
| Dr. Arun
| [[K. Shankar]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Aaj Aur Kal (1963 film)|Aaj Aur Kal]]''
| rowspan="5" | 1963
| Dr. Sanjay
| Vasant Joglekar
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Yeh Rastey Hain Pyar Ke]]''
| Anilkumar G. Sahni
| R. K. Nayyar
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Nartaki (1963 film)|Nartakee]]''
| Professor Nirmal Kumar
| [[Nitin Bose]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Mujhe Jeene Do]]''
| Thakur Jarnail Singh
| [[Moni Bhattacharjee]]
| Won 1964 [[Filmfare Best Actor Award]]
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Gumrah (1963 film)|Gumraah]]''
| Rajendra
| B. R. Chopra
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Yaadein (1964 film)|Yaadein]]''
| rowspan="3" | 1964
| Anil
| Sunil Dutt
| Also Director & Producer
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Gazal (1964 film)|Gazal]]''
| Ejaaz
| Ved-Madan
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''Beti Bete''
| Ramu/Krishna
| L. V. Prasad
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Waqt (1965 film)|Waqt]]''
| rowspan="2" | 1965
| Advocate Ravi
| Yash Chopra
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Khandan (1965 film)|Khandan]]''
| Govind Shankar. Lal
| [[A. Bhimsingh]]
| Won [[Filmfare Best Actor Award]]
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Mera Saaya]]''
| rowspan="4" | 1966
| Thakur Rakesh Singh
| [[Raj Khosla]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Maitighar]]''
| Sunil
| B.S. Thapa
| Special Appearance in Nepali Film
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Gaban (1966 film)|Gaban]]''
| Ramnath
| Hrishikesh Mukherjee
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Amrapali (film)|Amrapali]]''
| [[Magadh]] [[Emperor|Samrat]] [[Ajatashatru]]
| [[Lekh Tandon]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Milan (1967 film)|Milan]]''
| rowspan="3" | 1967
| Gopi/Gopinath
| Adurthi Subba Rao
| [[BFJA Awards for Best Actor (Hindi)]] – Sunil Dutt
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Hamraaz]]''
| Kumar
| [[B. R. Chopra]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Mehrban]]''
| Kanhaiya
| [[A. Bhimsingh]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Sadhu Aur Shaitaan]]''
| rowspan="3" | 1968
| Catholic Priest D'souza
| [[A. Bhimsingh]]
| Guest Role
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Padosan]]''
| Bhola
| [[Jyoti Swaroop]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Gauri (1968 film)|Gauri]]''
| Sunil Kumar
| [[A. Bhimsingh]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Pyasi Sham (1969 film)|Pyasi Sham]]''
| rowspan="5" | 1969
| Raja
| Amar Kumar
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Meri Bhabhi (1969 film)|Meri Bhabhi]]''
| Raju
| Khalid Akhtar
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Jwala (1969 film)|Jwala]]''
| Sunil
| [[M. Krishnan Nair (director)|M. Krishnan Nair]]
| Guest Role
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Chirag]]''
| Ajay Singh
| [[Raj Khosla]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Bhai Bahen (1969 film)|Bhai Bahen]]''
| Surendra Pratap
| [[A. Bhimsingh]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | [[Darpan (1970 film)|''Darpan (1970)'']]
| rowspan="2" | 1970
| Balraj Dutt
| [[Adurthi Subba Rao]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Bhai-Bhai]]''
| Deep/Ashok/Sangram
| [[Raja Nawathe]]
| Double Role
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Reshma Aur Shera]]''
| rowspan="2" | 1971
| Shera Singh
| Sunil Dutt
| Director & Producer
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Jwala (1971 film)|Jwala]]''
| Jwala
| M.V. Raman
| Delayed Film
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Zameen Aasmaan (1972 film)|Zameen Aasmaan]]''
| rowspan="3" | 1972
| Ravi
| A Veerappan
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Zindagi Zindagi]]''
| Dr. Sunil
| Tapan Sinha
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Jai Jwala]]''
| Sunil
| Manohar Deepak
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Man Jeete Jag Jeet]]''
| 1973
| Bagga Daaku / Baghel Singh
| B.S. Thapa
| Punjabi Film
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Heera (1973 film)|Heera]]''
| 1973
| Heera
| Sultan Ahmed
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Geeta Mera Naam]]''
| 1974
| Suraj/Johnny
| [[Sadhana]]
|Negative Role
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Kora Badan]]''
| 1974
| Sunil
| B.S. Ghad
| Guest Role
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Pran Jaye Par Vachan Na Jaye]]''
| 1974
| Raja Thakur
| [[S. Ali Raza]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Dukh Bhanjan Tera Naam]]''
| 1974
| Sadhu
| B.S.Thapa
| Guest Role in Punjabi Film
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[36 Ghante]]''
| 1974
| Himmat Singh
| Raj Tilak
|Negative Role
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Zakhmee]]''
| 1975
| Anand
| [[Raja Thakur]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Umar Qaid]]''
| 1975
| Raja
| Sikandar Khanna
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''Neelima''
| 1975
| Sunil
| Pushpraj
| Guest Role
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Himalay Se Ooncha]]''
| 1975
| Vijay
| B.S. Thapa
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Nagin (1976 film)|Nagin]]''
| 1976
| Vijay
| [[Rajkumar Kohli]]
| Supernatural Thriller
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Nehle Pe Dehla]]''
| 1976
| Sunil
| [[Raj Khosla]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Darinda (1977 film)|Darinda]]''
| 1977
| Krishna/Yogidutt
| Kaushal Bharati
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Gyaani Ji (1977 film)|Gyaani Ji]]''
| 1977
| Pilot Sardar Hari Singh
| Chaman Nillay
| Punjabi Name : Sat Sri Akal (1977)
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Paapi]] ''
| 1977
| Raj Kumar
| O. P. Ralhan
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Ladki Jawan Ho Gayi]]''
| 1977
| Sunil
| Anand Dasani
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Charandas]]''
| 1977
| Advocate Tondon
| B.S. Thapa
| Guest Role
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Aakhri Goli]]''
| 1977
| Vikram
| [[Shibu Mitra]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Ram Kasam]]''
| 1978
| Bhola/Shankar
| Chand
| Double Role
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Kaala Aadmi]]''
| 1978
| Birju
| Ramesh Lakhanpal
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Daaku Aur Jawan]]''
| 1978
| Birju
| Sunil Dutt
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Muqabla (1979 film)|Muqabla]]''
| 1979
| Vikram 'Vicky'
| [[Rajkumar Kohli]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Jaani Dushman]]''
| 1979
| Laakhan
| [[Rajkumar Kohli]]
| Horror Thriller
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Ahinsa (1979 Hindi film)|Ahinsa]]''
| 1979
| Birju
| Chand
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Salaam Memsaab]]''
| 1979
| Naresh Sarit
| [[Asrani]]
| Guest Appearance
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Shaan (1980 film)|Shaan]]''
| 1980
| DSP Shiv Kumar
| [[Ramesh Sippy]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Yari Dushmani]]''
| 1980
| Shambhu
| Sikandar Khanna
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Lahu Pukarega (1980 film)|Lahu Pukarega]]''
| 1980
| Jitu
| Akhtar-Ul-Iman
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Ganga Aur Suraj (1980 film)|Ganga Aur Suraj]]''
| 1980
| Inspector Ganga
| A. Salaam
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Ek Gunah Aur Sahi]]''
| 1980
| Shankar Ramdas
| Yogi Kathuria
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Rocky (1981 film)|Rocky]]''
| 1981
| Shankar
| Sunil Dutt
| Guest Appearance
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Badle Ki Aag]]''
| 1982
| Lakhan
| [[Rajkumar Kohli]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Dard Ka Rishta]]''
| 1982
| Dr. Ravi Kant Sharma
| Sunil Dutt
| Producer & Director
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Laila (1984 film)|Laila]]''
| 1984
| Dharamraj Singh / Thakur Prithviraj Singh
| [[Saawan Kumar]]
|Double Role
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Yaadon Ki Zanjeer (1984 film)|Yaadon Ki Zanjeer]]''
| 1984
| Ravi Kumar
| [[Shibu Mitra]]
| Film delayed for 5 years
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Raaj Tilak]]''
| 1984
| Jai Singh
| [[Rajkumar Kohli]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Faasle]]''
| 1985
| Vikram
| [[Yash Chopra]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Kala Dhanda Goray Log]]''
| 1986
| Gauri Shankar / Michael
| [[Sanjay Khan]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Mangal Dada]]''
| 1986
| Mangal Dada
| Ramesh Gupta
| Film Delayed for 6 Years
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Watan Ke Rakhwale]]''
| 1987
| Jailor Suraj Prakash
| [[T. Rama Rao]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Dharamyudh (film)|Dharamyudh]]''
| 1988
| Thakur Vikram Singh
| Sudarshan Nag
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Yeh Aag Kab Bujhegi]]''
| 1991
| Prof. Kishna
| Sunil Dutt
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Kurbaan (1991 film)|Kurbaan]]''
| 1991
| Prithvi Singh
| [[Deepak Bahry]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Pratigyabadh]]''
| 1991
| Pascal
| [[Ravi Chopra]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Hai Meri Jaan]]''
| 1991
| Telegram Wala
| Roopesh Kumar
| Guest Role
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Virodhi (1992 film)|Virodhi]]''
| 1992
| Police Commissioner
| [[Rajkumar Kohli]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Kshatriya (film)|Kshatriya]]''
| 1993
| Maharaj Bhavani Singh
| [[J.P. Dutta]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Parampara (1993 film)|Parampara]]''
| 1993
| Thakur Bhavani Singh
| [[Yash Chopra]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Phool (1993 film)|''Phool'']]''
| 1993
| Balram Choudhary
| [[Singeetam Srinivasa Rao]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.]]''
| 2003
| Hari Prasad Sharma
| [[Rajkumar Hirani]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Lage Raho Munna Bhai]]''
| 2006
| Shri Hari Prasad Sharma
| [[Rajkumar Hirani]]
| Photo used in many scenes as Munna's Father
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Om Shanti Om]]''
| 2007
| [[Magadh]] [[Emperor|Samrat]] [[Ajatashatru]]
| [[Farah Khan]]
| Recreated Via CGI during the song "Dhoom Tana"
|}

==See also==
* [[Radio Ceylon]]
* [[List of Hindi broadcasters of Radio Ceylon]]

==Further reading==
* ''Mr. and Mrs. Dutt: Memories of our Parents'', Namrata Dutt Kumar and [[Priya Dutt]], 2007, Roli Books. {{ISBN|978-81-7436-455-5}}.<ref>[http://www.hindu.com/lr/2007/10/07/stories/2007100750160200.htm To Mr. and Mrs. Dutt, with love (Literary Review)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090129105823/http://www.hindu.com/lr/2007/10/07/stories/2007100750160200.htm |date=29 January 2009 }} [[The Hindu]], 7 October 2007.</ref>
* ''Darlingji: The True Love Story of Nargis and Sunil Dutt'', [[Kishwar Desai]]. 2007, Harper Collins. {{ISBN|978-81-7223-697-7}}.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
{{Wikiquote}}
* {{IMDb name|id=0004570}}

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