Remembering Sunil Dutt on his 77th Birthday... Contd
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The
Samaritan
in
Sunil
Dutt
is
an
unforgettable
aspect
of
him.
Soon
after
his
wife
died,
he
formed
'The
Nargis
Dutt
Foundation'
to
cure
cancer
patients.
He
also
sponsored
the
Noble
prize
nominated
India
Project
which
treated
children
with
facial
deformities.
He
bought
medical
instruments
worth
lakhs
of
rupees
for
many
Indian
hospitals.
He
helped
raise
priceless
contributions
for
Imran
Khan's
cancer
charity
fund
in
Lahore
and
for
a
cancer
hospital
in
Nairobi,
Kenya.
Be
it
any
war
-
China
war
in
1962
or
the
Kargil
war,
Sunil
Dutt
went
to
the
borders
to
encourage
and
support
the
soldiers.
For
the
Hands
Across
the
Borders
mission,
he
drove
through
India,
Sri-Lanka,
Bangladesh,
Bhutan
and
Nepal
to
promote
peace
in
Asia.
He
walked
right
from
Mumbai
to
Amritsar
to
pray
for
peace
in
the
Golden
Temple
when
Punjab
was
under
militancy
trouble.
He
has
relentlessly
helped
NGOs
for
AIDS
campaigns,
betterment
of
slum-dwellers
and
sex-workers.
Indian
politics
has
seldom
seen
a
politician
with
just
ethics
and
spotless
conscience.
No
wonder
he
was
selected
five
times
as
Member
of
Parliament.
He
was
elected
as
the
Sheriff
of
Mumbai
in
1982
by
the
government
of
Maharashtra.
His
political
career
did
have
hiccups
when
he
was
trying
to
get
Sanjay
out
of
trouble
during
Hindu-Muslim
clashes
in
Mumbai.
He
resigned
as
MP
as
a
protest
against
the
communal
riots
in
Mumbai
in
1993.
Indeed
Dutt
Saab
was
one
gem
in
the
now
manipulative,
corrupt
and
selfish
muck
of
politics.
The
exemplary
odyssey
of
this
extraordinary
human
being
came
to
an
end
on
25th
May
2005,
barely
a
month
away
from
his
75th
birthday
when
he
could
have
added
yet
another
action-packed
year
to
his
age.
He
died
in
his
sleep
because
of
a
heart
attack.
They
say
only
lucky
ones
die
in
their
sleep.
He
was
the
Union
Sports
and
Youth
Affairs
Minister
when
he
breathed
his
last.
However,
he
did
not
have
the
good
fortune
of
seeing
his
ever-in-trouble
son
Sanjay
finally
free
from
the
monsters
of
the
court
and
settling
down,
finally.
On
his
77th
Birthday,
Sunil
Dutt
Saab
is
remembered
for
the
purity
of
heart,
strength
of
conviction,
being
a
selfless
leader
and
a
lovable
father
figure.
He
is
really
missed
in
politics
where
looking
for
a
good
politician
is
like
looking
for
water
in
a
desert.
Good
leaders
are
getting
extinct
by
the
day
but
the
nobility
of
the
legend
will
live
on.
The
film
fraternity
misses
the
soft
yet
strong
hearted
prodigy.
Dutt
Saab
indeed
is
an
indisputable
victor
in
the
battle
called
life.
He
has
left,
at
every
step,
indelible
footprints
that
will
never
let
the
aura
of
the
saintly
figure
fade
away.
Trivia
When
Sunil
Dutt
came
to
Mumbai,
he
joined
Jai
Hind
College
for
his
graduation
where
he
also
became
Secretary
of
the
Cultural
Society.
There
he
not
only
acted
in
plays
but
also
wrote
them.
Sunil
Dutt
saw
Nargis
for
the
first
time
at
the
premiere
of
Bimal
Roy's
Do
Bhiga
Zameen.
She
was
an
established
star
then
while
he
was
still
a
student.
Sunil
Dutt's
death
coincided
with
the
death
of
film
producer-director
Ismail
Merchant
who
died
on
the
same
day.
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