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| image             = A still of the Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports, Shri Sunil Dutt in New Delhi on April 15, 2005.jpg

| 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|06|06}}

| birth_place       = [[Nakka Khurd]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]], [[British Raj|British India]]<ref name="trib_TheT"/><ref name="news_BBCN"/><br/>

| death_date         = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2005|05|25|1929|06|06}}

| death_place       = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]

| death_cause       = [[Heart attack]]

| citizenship        = [[Indian people|Indian]]

| party             = [[Indian National Congress]]

| spouse             = {{marriage|[[Nargis Dutt]]|1958|1981|end=died}}

| children           = 3, including [[Sanjay Dutt]] and [[Priya Dutt]]

| occupation         = {{hlist|Actor|producer|director|politician}}

| residence         = [[Bandra]], [[Western Suburbs (Mumbai)|West Mumbai]]

| awards             = [[Padma Shri]] (1968)

| relatives         = See [[List of Hindi film clans#Dutt family (of Sunil Dutt)|Dutt family]]

| alma_mater         = [[Jai Hind College]]

| parents           =  

| website           =

| signature         =

'''Sunil Dutt''' (born '''Balraj Dutt'''; 6 June 1929 — 25 May 2005) was an [[Indian people|Indian]] actor, film 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>

Sunil Dutt was born on 6 June 1929 in [[Nakka Khurd]], [[Jhelum District]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab Province]], [[British Raj|British India]] (now in [[Punjab, Pakistan]]) into a [[Punjabi Hindu]] [[Mohyal Brahmin]] family as Balraj Dutt to father Diwan Raghunath Dutt and mother Kulwantidevi Dutt.<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><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><ref>{{cite news |last1=Syed |first1=Abdul Rasool |title=Hussaini Brahmins and the tragedy of Karbala |url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/300847/hussaini-brahmins-and-the-tragedy-of-karbala/ |access-date=24 November 2021 |work=Daily Times |date=21 September 2018}}</ref> When he was five years old, Dutt's father died. When he was 21, the [[Partition of India]] began inciting [[Hindu]]-[[Muslim]] violence across the country.  A Muslim friend of Dutt's father named Yakub, 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 [[Yamunanagar District]], [[East Punjab]], [[Dominion of India|Union of India]], which is now a district in [[Haryana]]. Later he moved to [[Lucknow]], [[United Provinces (1937–50)|United Provinces]] with his mother, Kulwantidevi Dutt, and spent a long time in the [[Aminabad, Lucknow|Aminabad Bazaar]] neighbourhood during graduation. He then moved to [[Bombay|Bombay City]], [[Bombay State]], where he joined [[Jai Hind College]], [[University of Mumbai|University of Bombay]] in [[Churchgate]], [[South Mumbai|South Bombay]] 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>

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''. 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 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.

Dutt died of a heart attack on 25 May 2005 at his residence in [[Bandra]], [[Western Suburbs (Mumbai)|West Mumbai]], two weeks before his 79th 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 [[Mumbai North West (Lok Sabha constituency)|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>

* 1963 – [[Filmfare Best Actor Award]] for ''[[Mujhe Jeene Do]]''

* 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>

* 2000 – [[Lifetime Achievement Award]] at the [[Anandalok Awards]]

* 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>

| Ravindra Dave

| Won 1964 [[Filmfare Best Actor Award]]

| Won [[Filmfare Best Actor Award]]

| [[BFJA Awards for Best Actor (Hindi)]] – Sunil Dutt

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