Sunil Dutt

Sunil Dutt is the kind of figure I genuinely admire. Born in what is now Pakistan, he crossed the trauma of Partition and built a five-decade career of more than eighty films, three Filmfare Awards, plus directing and producing. What elevates him for me is the second act: he turned his stature into public service as a politician. Plenty of stars cling to fame; he spent his on others. That continuity of purpose, from screen idol to statesman, is rare and quietly heroic. He's a reminder of what celebrity can give back when wielded with conviction.

Name (English)

Sunil Dutt

Name (Japanese)

スニル・ダット

Reading

すにる・だっと

Born

June 6, 1929 – May 25, 2005

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Snake

Origin

Jhelum, Punjab, Pakistan

Occupation

film actor / film director / film producer / politician / actor

Awards & achievements

• 1968 Padma Shri in arts
• IIFA Lifetime Achievement Award

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunil%20Dutt
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%80%E3%83%83%E3%83%88
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q377903

Tags

• Punjab
• film actor
• film director
• film producer

Last updated

2026-06-16

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.