Filmfare – July 2019

Bangladesh,Bhutanand
Nepaltopromotepeace.
In1987,heundertooka
padyatrafromMumbai
totheGoldenTemple
inAmritsartoprayfor
peace.Justasin1988,
hewentfromNagasaki
toHiroshimainJapanto
protestagainstnuclear
weapons.“Themoneywe
spendonweaponscanbe
usedtoprovidewater,to

educate,formedical

aidandemployment,”

heoncesaid.

Dutt’sforayintopublic

lifebeganwhenhe

becameSheriffofMumbai

in1981.In 1984 hewas

electedona Congress

tickettotheLokSabha.

ForanMP,whowassent

toParliamentfivetimes,

hiscommitmenttosocial

issuessupersededhis

ASKED IF HE WAS EVER PERTURBED BY NARGIS’

ALLEGED RELATIONSHIP WITH RAJ KAPOOR,

SUNIL DUTT WAS QUOTED SAYING,

“I WASN’T CONCERNED ABOUT HER PAST...

I’M CONCERNED ABOUT THE PERSON WHO COMES

IN MY LIFE; WHAT MATTERS FROM THAT DAY ON

IS HOW TRUE THE PERSON IS TO ME’’

desire for a post.

He resigned as MP

in protest against the

communal riots in

Mumbai in 1993. “My

concept of secularism

is to be a good human

being, who respects all

religions,” he once said.

He even led a protest

against the Congress

government for its neglect

of slum dwellers in 1985.

Sunil Dutt passed away

on May 25, 2005. He was

the Minister for Youth

Affairs and Sports in the

Union Government then.

His end came barely a

month away from his

75 th birthday. He died

in his sleep due to a

heart attack and perhaps

heartbreak too... Yet,

it was a well-played

platinum innings. „

Filmfare trophy recipients Bimal Roy,

Sunil Dutt, Nutan and Shashikala

Receiving the Black Lady for Mujhe

Jeene Do from Meena Kumari

Being honoured with the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award

With Nargis

Priya, Maanayata, Sanjay, Owen Roncon and Namrata Dutt