Bollywood
star
Sanjay
Dutt
on
Monday
paid
tribute
to
his
father
Sunil
Dutt
on
his
93rd
birth
anniversary,
crediting
the
veteran
actor-politician
for
helping
him
become
"who
I
am
today".
The
KGF:
Chapter
2
star
shared
stills
from
Rajkumar
Hirani's
Munna
Bhai
MBBS,
his
last
film
with
his
father,
and
said
the
late
actor
will
always
be
his
hero.
"Your
belief
and
love
helped
make
me
who
I
am
today.
You
were,
are
and
will
always
be
my
hero.
Happy
birthday,
Dad,"
Sanjay
Dutt
wrote
on
Twitter.
Honoured
with
the
Padma
Shri
in
1968
for
his
outstanding
contribution
to
Arts,
Sunil
Dutt
was
one
of
the
most
popular
stars
of
Hindi
Cinema
during
1950s
and
1960s.
He
acted
in
several
films
including
the
classic
Mother
India
where
he
would
meet
his
future
wife,
actor
Nargis,
which
catapulted
him
to
stardom.
His
other
credits
include
Gumraah,
Waqt,
Humraaz,
Khandaan,
Milan,
Reshma
Aur
Shera,
Padosan.
The
cinema
icon's
daughter,
Congress
leader
Priya
Dutt,
shared
a
black-and-white
photograph
of
her
father
on
Instagram
to
mark
the
occasion.
"Happy
birthday
to
the
most
handsome,
loving,
spirited
gentleman
I
have
known
and
I
say
it
with
pride,
he
is
my
father
my
hero.
He
raised
the
bar
too
high,
they
don't
make
them
like
him
anymore.
Love
you
dad
and
thank
you
for
being
that
pillar
in
our
lives," she
captioned
the
photo.
Sunil
Dutt
also
had
a
successful
political
career.
A
five-time
MP,
he
contested
his
first
election
from
the
Indian
National
Congress
party
in
1984.
He
was
the
Minister
of
Youth
Affairs
and
Sports
in
the
Manmohan
Singh
government
in
2004.
Sunil
Dutt
died
following
a
heart
attack
on
May
25,
2005
at
his
Bandra
residence
at
the
age
of
75.