Sunil Dutt

Sunil Dutt  born as Balraj Dutt, was an Indian movie actor, producer, director and politician. He was the Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports in the Manmohan Singh government (2004-2005). His son, Sanjay Dutt, is also an actor, while his daughter Priya Dutt, is a former Member of Parliament. In 1968, he was honoured with the Padma Shri by the Government of India.

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. Sunil Dutt was born in a Punjabi family on 6 June 1928  in Khurd village, Jhelum district, Punjab Province, British India (Now in Punjab, Pakistan).

When he was five years old, Dutt's father, Diwan Raghunath Dutt, died. When he was 18, the Partition of India began inciting Hindu-Muslim violence across the country. A Muslim named Yakub, who had been friends with Dutt's father, saved their entire family.