Indian movie actor Sunil Dutt was born on June 6, 1929 in the Jhelum district of present day Pakistan. At an early age he was exposed to life`s struggle after the death of his father. His family was headed by his uncle and at the time of the 1947 partition they came to India. The actor previously studied in Mumbai`s Jai Hind College and started working as a radio show host for Radio Ceylon in the early 1950s. In one of such radio interviews he met Margis who was eventually became his wife. Dutt`s acting career began in 1955 with director Ramesh Saigal`s movie `Railway Platform`. But he was remain unnotices till Mehboob Khan`s `Mother India` released in the year 1957. After working in this film Dutt emerged as an actor to reckon with. Dutt`s role in this film was quite unusual as he was playing the role of a short-tempered, angry son of Nargis. During the making of this film a fire accident happened on the set. It is believed that Dutt braved the raging fire to save Nargis and thereby won her love. After this success dutt worked in commercial hits like `Zakhmee`, `Umar Qaid`, and `Nehle Pe Dehla`. All of the films came in the duration of 1970s and 1980s. He also played the roles of sensitive lover in movies like `Sujata`, `Usne Kaha Tha`, `Chhaya` and `Sadhna`. Among them `Usne Kaha Tha` was directed by Bimal Roy. `Chhaya` was by Hrishikesh Mukherji and `Sadhna` was by B R Chopra.

Dutt showed his flair for humor in the all-time comedy hit `Padosan` with the greatest singer Kishor Kumar whereas he proved himself with an intense portrayal of a handicapped man in `Khaandan` in the 1960s. Some of the other remarkable films of Sunil Dutt can be mentioned as Bimal Roy`s `Gaban`, BR Chopra`s `Waqt`, `Gumraah` and `Humraaz` and A. Subba Rao`s `Milan`. `Nagin` and `Jaani Dushman` were also two blockbusters of Sunil Dutt. Dutt turned producer in the early sixties with a couple of offbeat movies like `Yeh Raaste Hain Pyar Ke`, where heroine Leela Naidu has an adulterous relationship, `Mujhe Jeene Do` where he played a tough-as-a-nails dacoit and `Yaadein`. In `Yaadein` there was only one character played by Dutt. His dressing in the costume of dacoit is still remembered by the movie buffs of that time.

Sunil Dutt was a man of nature. In real life also he was a man worth competing. After the death of his wife Nargis in 1981 due to cancer, he founded the Nargis Dutt Cancer Foundation and in the following year he produced and directed `Dard Ka Rishta`. Through this film he showed the agony of a family dealing with the scourge of cancer. The film came directly from his heart, which was an outburst of his sorrow. In 1982 he was appointed as the Sheriff of Mumbai. This apolitical nominal position was bestowed on him by the Maharashtra government for the period of a year. He turned character actor in the 1980s often playing an elderly police officer or family patriarch at the centre of family. He retired from the film industry in the early 1990s and entered into politics full flagedly. After the films `Parampara` and `Kshatriya` which were released in 1992 in 1993 the actor began his political journey and continued his social activism. In a remarkable gesture for peace, he walked all the way from Mumbai to the Golden Temple in Amritsar to pray for peace in the days when Sikh militancy gripped Punjab. He was awesome in the field of politics also. Sunil Dutt was first elected to the Lok Sabha in 1984. In his political career he won five times from the Mumbai North West constituency. He was appointed as the minister of youth and sports affairs last year under the UPA government. His last screen appearance was in Rajkumar Hirani`s Munnabhai M.B.B.S where he acted with his real life son Sanjay Dutt. The legendary actor died of a heart attack at his Bandra residence in 2005 at the age of 75.

Indian movie actor Sunil Dutt is a human being in true sense who always helped the poor. He got his real award from god. He also got some of the filmfare and lifetime achievement award which are given below. In the year 1963 he got filmfare best actor Award for the film `Mujhe Jeene Do`. In 1965 he won filmfare best actor award for `Khandaan`, in 1967 he won BFJA best actor for `Milan`. In the year 1995 he was awarded with filmfare lifetime achievement award while in 1998 he got Star Screen lifetime achievement award. In 2001 he got Zee Cine Award for Lifetime Achievement. The actor Sunil Dutt was also awarded with the Padma Shri, India`s fourth highest civilian award from the Government of India. Dutt was a recipient of the `Glory of India Award` by IIAF, London as well.