Father’s Name
Late Shri Dewan Raghunath Dutt
Mother’s Name
Late Smt. Kulwantidevi Dutt
Date of Birth
6 June 1929
Place of Birth
Vill. Khurd, Distt. Jhelum (now in Pakistan)
Marital Status
Married
Date of Marriage
11 March 1958
Spouse’s Name
Late Smt. Nargis Dutt
No. of Sons
One
No. of Daughters
Two
Educational
B.A. (Hons.) in History
Qualifications
Educated at Jai Hind College, Mumbai (Maharashtra)
Profession
Film Artist, Director and Producer,
Agriculturist and Political and Social Worker
Permanent Address
38, Smt. Nargis Dutt Road,
Pali Hill, Bandra (West),
Mumbai-400050
(Maharashtra)
Tels. (022) 6496262 (R), 6004583 (O)
Fax. (022) 6005823
Present Address
F-8/10, Munirka Marg,
Vasant Vihar,
New Delhi-110057
Tels. (011) 6145840, 6144860
Positions Held
1981-82
Sheriff, Bombay
1984
Elected to 8th Lok Sabha
1989-90
Re-elected to 9th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
Member, Consultative Committee constituted under the
Punjab
State Legislature (Delegation of Powers) Act,
1987
1991
Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
1999
Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (4th term)
1999-2000
Member, Committee on Human Resource Development
Literary, Artistic and
Scientific Accomplishments
Acted in nearly 100 movies, produced
eight movies and directed six movies; won Film Fare
best actor award twice for films, Mujhe Jeene do
and Khandan and best actor award by Film Journalist
Association of Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and West
Bengal for performances in various movies; important
international film landmarks include entry of (i)
Mujhe Jeene do at Cannes (France) Film Festival,
1964 (ii) Yadein at Frankfurt (Germany) International
Film Festival, 1967 (won Grand Prix Award); (iii)
Reshma Aur Shera at Tashkent Film Festival, 1972
(former U.S.S.R.) and Berlin Film Festival, 1972
Social and Cultural Activities
Entertained Indian Army Jawans
after conflicts with China (1962) and Pakistan (1965
and 1971) by organising Ajanta Arts Welfare Troupe (with
blessings from Pt. Nehru) and visiting various sectors
where Indian Army Jawans were wounded in action; led
a cultural delegation of eminent artists to Bangladesh
(1971) to entertain Indian Army and Mukti Bahini; made
a film, Dard Ka Rishta on cancer and its cure and donated
its profit to Tata Memorial Hospital and offered the
film free to Pakistan and Bangladesh for raising funds
for cancer treatment; brought drugs from U.S.A. for
India’s first bone marrow transplant operation
at Tata Memorial Cancer Hospital; collected and handed
over to Chief Minister, Rs. 42,00,000 for the earthquake
victims of Maharashtra and personally visited and provided
blankets and utensils to victims in Latur and Osmanabad;
persuaded Indo-Pak Cultural Society, Southall, U.K.
to contribute generously for Bihar Relief Fund and brought
and presented to the then Prime Minister Smt. Gandhi
a cheque of 5000 pounds in 1967; established the Nargis
Dutt Memorial Foundation in U.S.A., U.K., Canada, Germany
and Holland and with the help of this fund, supplied
medical equipments worth 3 million U.S. dollars to different
charitable hospitals in the country for treatment of
cancer; organised a rally in 1985 for providing basic
amenities to the people living in slums; made a personal
contribution of Rs. 1,00,000 during the Chinese aggression
to the then Defence Minister, Shri Y.B. Chavan; organised
a few international conferences on drug abuse; visited
different parts of the country to promote AIDS awareness;
visited Bhagalpur after communal riots there; conducted
relief work and arranged relay hunger strike of Artistes
and Technicians of film industry for peace in Mumbai
after 1992-93 riots and resigned as a Member of Parliament
in protest against the riots; helped Mr. Imran Khan,
the Pakistani cricketer in raising 1,00,000 pounds for
building a cancer hospital in his mother’s name
through a fund raising dinner, at Birmingham, U.K.;
led a cultural delegation to the Soviet Union consisting
of eminent artists in 1967 to perform at Soviet Union’s
celebrations of India’s Twentieth year of Independence;
organised a show under the guidance of Begum Abida
Ahmed for the Ghalib Centenary Celebrations at National
Stadium, New Delhi and arranged gatherings and Mushairas
of Indian poets in U.K. for Ghalib Centenary Celebrations;
helped Shri Nitindra Narayan Roy to swim the English
Channel; helped an ailing poor boy for a heart operation
performed in the U.S.A.
Special Interests
History, international affairs,
social service, fighting against religious fanaticism
Favourite Pastime
and Recreation
Reading
Sports and Clubs
Horse riding, jogging and yoga
Countries Visited
Widely travelled
Other Information
Served in the Army as temporary
Havildar Clerk for about a year; as a refugee in 1947,
got a job as a civilian clerk at Headquarters of R.I.A.S.C.
Records M.T., Lucknow to support his displaced family;
organised and led Mahashanti Padyatra from Mumbai to
Amritsar in 1987, travelling 2,000 kilometres with daughter
Priya and 80 other individuals for peace and harmony
in Punjab; undertook a peace march with 14 persons and
daughter Priya in 1988, from Nagasaki to Hiroshima (Japan)
covering 500 kilometres for world peace and nuclear
disarmament; in 1955, drove through Singapore, Malaysia,
Myanmar, North Eastern States of India, West Bengal,
Bihar and reached Red Fort, New Delhi, travelling 10,000
kilometres spreading awareness among the youth on the
sacrifices of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose and Indian
National Army; inaugurated a prestigious Convention
of American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin
in 1997; attended the launching event of the Space Mission
(with Kalpana Chawla as a crew member) in U.S.A. in
1997 as a specially invited guest; addressed a Symposium
of Non-resident Indians in U.S.A. on the subject “Nation
Building of India” in 1996 and the Asian Community
in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman, 1997; awarded Padmashree
in 1968; former Director, Board of Maharashtra Film,
Stage and Cultural Development Corporation, Ltd.; appointed
member, Film and Television Institute of India by Ministry
of Information and Broadcasting; served as a member
of the jury at Leipzig Film Festival; honoured with
“Shiromani Award” by the Institute of Sikh
Studies; was appointed Chairman of Anti-Narcotics Cell
of AICC(I) by the then Congress President Shri
Rajiv Gandhi; Patron, Spastic Society of India; recipient
of “Order of the Peoples” National Award
by the All India Artiste Association, Simla, 1984 for
work in the field of cancer treatment and aid for physically
handicapped; honoured with Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana
Award in 1998, by Late Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma, former
President of India for promoting peace, harmony, fight
against voilence and terrorism; received Maulana Abul
Kalam Azad Award for National Integration and Communal
harmony in 1997; honoured with Great Son of the Soil
Award by All India Conference of Intellectuals, 1997;
presented the lifetime Achievement Award by Screen Videocon
for services to the Film Industry, 1999; honoured with
“Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan Award” for International
Peace, Communal Harmony, Unity and National Integration,
by Alaami Urdu Conference, New Delhi, 1988; received
“Hakim Khan Suri Award” for services of
permanent value to the cause of national integration,
by Maharana Mewar Foundation and donated the cheque
which was given with a citation, for the improvement
of education in Rajasthan; received “National
Integration Award” from Priyadarshini Academy,
Mumbai in July 1989 for outstanding contribution to
the cause of National Integration; honoured by the Indian
Society of Clinical Oncology in 1984; honoured by Marine
Lines Jaycess, Mumbai with “Man of the Year”
Award for 1987 for contribution to the field of
cinema, social arts and politics; appointed Justice
of Peace (Special Executive Magistrate) in 1975 by the
Government of Maharashtra.