Sanjay Dutt parents: Who are Sunil Dutt and Nargis Dutt?

Sunil Dutt and Nargis Dutt are the parents of Indian actor Sanjay Dutt. Sanjay’s name was chosen by crowdsourcing via the Urdu language film magazine Shama.

Sanjay was born in Bombay City, Bombay State, Republic of India to his parents who were noted Hindi cinema actors. Dutt’s ancestry can be traced back to the Rawalpindi Division of West Punjab.

Sanjay’s father was a Punjabi Hindu Mohyal Brahmin while his mother was a Muslim of Punjabi descent.

Sanjay’s mother died in 1981, shortly before his debut film’s premiere; her death is cited as the instigator of his drug abuse.

Sanjay is not the only child of his parents. He has two sisters, Priya Dutt and Namrata Dutt.

In a career spanning over four decades, Dutt has won several accolades and acted in over 100 films, ranging from romance to comedy genres, though usually in action genres, thus proving himself one of the most popular Hindi film actors since the 1980s.

Dutt made his acting debut at an early age, playing a Qawali singer in his father’s film Reshma Aur Shera (1971).

Dutt made his Bollywood film debut with the box-office super hit Rocky in 1981.