Legendary actor Sunil Dutt was born on June 6, 1929 in Punjab. He was actor, producer, director, and politician. But he start his career in radio. He was popular on the Hindi service of Radio Ceylon in south Asia. He debut in Bollywood in 1955 with ‘Railway Platform’. In 1957, his film ‘Mother India’ was a blockbuster movie. In the film, his co-star Nargis was playing a mother’s role, but Dutt liked her a real life.
Some peoples believe in love at first sight. Something similar in the case of Sunil Dutt and Nargis when they met on the set of ‘Do Bigha Zameen’ for the first time. Their love story is nothing less than a fairy-tale.
During that time, Nargis and Raj Kapoor love affair was doing the rounds, but it did not affect Dutt’s feelings. Sunil took time to express his feeling in front of Nargis, but finally love knocked the door.
A ‘fiery’ love story
During the shooting of ‘Mother India’, Sunil Dutt and Nargis came closer. Once, a fire engulfed the set. Sunil Dutt, without caring for his life, saved Nargis’ life. The latter was impressed. In a fire, he was burnt badly and had high fever. Nargis took care of him day and night. After that, they started sharing lots of things with each other.
Dutt was exactly the opposite of Raj Kapoor. He was calm, shy and a plain-speaking person with a deep respect for women. When he came in Nargis’ life, she was emotionally drained. He always supported her in each every situation and never judged her for anything.
In an interview, Nargis said about her past and future, “I know that his shoulders were always there for me to cry on-and I also knew that his garments will absorb my tears and not scatter them out for people to make fun of me.”
Their wedding and happy family
Sunil and Nargis got married in hush hush ceremony in 1958. The reception was a grand one, where their close friends and the industry were present. Soon, Sunil and Nargis started their family together. They were blessed with three kids – Sanjay, Priya and Namrata.
Unfortunately, Nargis suffered from cancer, and died on May 3, 1981. Sunil Dutt died due to a heart attack on May 25, 2005 at his resident in Bandra. His seat in Parliament was contested by daughter Priya Dutt, who won the North West seat. From November 2005 to April 2014, she was a Member of Parliament.
