The Dutt Family
Jaddanbai, the founder of the family, started as a singer and eventually became a film composer and filmmaker. Her daughter Nargis began her film career at age six when cast by her mother in one of her films. Nargis went on to become a major star in the 1940s and 1950s. Sunil Dutt also acted in the industry in the 1950s. Nargis went into semi-retirement after their marriage in 1958, and full retirement in 1967, but Sunil continued to act until the early 1990s. Their son Sanjay has pursued a successful film career since 1981 and continues to act today. Nargis died from cancer in the year her son made his debut and Sunil Dutt died in May 2005.
The Dutt family is also known for its political involvement. Sunil was elected five times to the Lok Sabha (the lower house of the Parliament of India) and, at his death, was a cabinet minister under Manmohan Singh. Nargis was a nominated member of the Parliament's upper house, Rajya Sabha, and died in office in 1981. After Sunil's death, their daughter Priya Dutt ran for, and was elected to, Sunil's vacant seat in the Lok Sabha. She continues to serve in that body.
- Jaddanbai
- Nargis (late daughter of Jaddanbai)
- Anwar Hussain (actor and son of Jaddanbai)
- Zahida Hussain (actor and niece of Nargis and Anwar Hussain)
- Sunil Dutt (late husband of Nargis)
- Sanjay Dutt (son of Sunil and Nargis)
- Priya Dutt (politician and daughter of Sunil and Nargis)
- Namrata Dutt (daughter of Sunil and Nargis)
- Richa Sharma (late wife of Sanjay)
- Kumar Gaurav (husband of Namrata Dutt)
- Rajendra Kumar (father of Kumar Gaurav)
- Rhea Pillai (ex-wife of Sanjay Dutt)
- Manyata Dutt (wife of Sanjay Dutt)
- Nilesh Sahay (nephew of Sanjay Dutt)
- Trishala (daughter of Sanjay Dutt from 1rst wife)
- Shahraan ( son of Sanjay Dutt and Manyata Dutt)
- Iqra (daughter of Sanjay Dutt and Manyata Dutt)
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