
It was then that he also married Nargis, his Muslim co-star.

"I couldn't do anything to stop the deaths of my brothers, to lessen the pain of my sisters," says a distressed Dutt, "I resigned because as an MP I am unable to do anything that is expected of me." But for Dutt, it was a way of cauterising a conscience that had been mauled and mutilated by his helplessness. Many saw the resignation as a protest against the government's inaction. In a typically emotional response, Dutt sent his resignation as MP to the prime minister. But after a traumatic fortnight this January, as the heat of communal carnage devastated his constituency, that faith has been badly wounded. Then, there could have been no one in the country with more faith in the secular face of India than 63-year-old Sunil Dutt. Jethmalani was defeated by a humiliating margin. Gokhale and Ramrao Adik Sunil Dutt was no competition. At the time, his opponent, BJP candidate Ram Jethmalani from north-west Bombay, often boasted that he had beaten stalwarts like H.R. In 1984 actor Sunil Dutt began his election campaign by visiting mosques and offering namaz, kneeling at the pews in churches and prostrating himself before Hindu gods in temples. (NOTE: This article was published in the INDIA TODAY edition dated February 15, 1993) ^ "Veera Simha Reddy closing collections".^ "Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan Box Office".^ " '2018' box office collection: Tovino Thomas starrer becomes the first Malayalam film to reach Rs 200 crore!".


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