Potrait Of A Humanist
Published by Aakarsh under on Wednesday, May 25, 2005
He is one man, i have always admired..especially ever since i came to know that when he had an attack of paralysis, doctors ruled out the chances of he walking on his feet. a walker , they suggested, has to be his support. but with few years, he over came it. he threw away the walker..and then..the stick too. he began walking.. "he is the man who should be called as the real fighter", i thought when i was watching a programme on him, 3 years ago.
As an actor, the first film which impressed me was "Mother India".the role of Birju , which he has potrayed with sheer brilliance, had some impact on me. his performance as rebellious son was/is unparalleled. then, quite contrastingly, his character "bhola" in padosan made me think ,"would any other actor dare to play such role, especially when the meaty performance was by kishore kumar?". very often i used to wonder why i never got to see any film in which this man tried awkward steps or silly dances.because he never did.he may not be one of the greatest actors, by histrionics...but definitely he is one of the finest actors, whose performance was always decent, which is why, i think..he got to work with some great directors like Bimal Roy.he must have done some mediovcre films, but on one ever dared to comment on his performance. he was conferred Padmasree, way back in 1968.
As a producer, he produced some 5 films or so..all of them being critically acclaimed ones. i remember watching 2 films..Mujhe Jeene Do..which is one of the cult films on dacoit vs society drama..and Reshma aur Shera. the films the produced had fabulous music by Jaidev.
As a human being, i dont think there are many human beings of this nature. an inveterate philanthropist he was,he is known to have worked at the grass-root level for the upliftment of poor. infact,thousands of people rever him as a messiah.be it telephone booth owners or municipal sweepers, light-boys, watchmen etc.,. no film personality has got so many fans...(not for filmi antics ..but for humanitarian values) as this man has got. being a social activist, the social welfare programmes he initiated and undertook are numerous. the goodw-ill he got from people, by helping them, translated into votes..for 5 times..he won 5 times. he was always on the forefront to stand for the social causes. he never talked about the charitable and social-work and he was doing unlike so many stars who hog for screen presence and hype for the 3 km marathon they run every year.the last time i saw him was when he stood up for the livelihood of bar dancers of bombay, a month ago. his altruism is unequalled by anyone in film or political circles.
As a person, he had spot-less character. when Nargis was engulfed in fire, during the shooting for a fire-sequence in Mother India, he jumped into the flames and saved her life. Romance blossomed and they married a year later. he was broke when Nargis died of Cancer. he built a charitable cancer hospital in her memorial.
As a politician, he was the only MP who has resigned from parliament, to protest against the communal riots in bombay, during early 90s. and when his son sanjay dutt was on trial, for his alleged links with bomb blasts, he refused to contest in elections .not once..but twice..he could have won and got away with it..but he stuck to Values... as a completely non-controversial and non-political leader, he won immense respect even from opposition. at 74, he was given the sports ministry and yet, he carried it with much aplomb. one bombayite wrote about his political facet in the link here..
http://in.rediff.com/movies/2005/may/25dutt2.htm
an unblemished and honest politican(he is one among the very few who broke the myth of this paradox phrase...honest-politician) he was.
thousands of people flocked to see him today. be it film-makers, actors, writers, social activists, spot-boys, slum dwellers, auto, taxi & lorry drivers, etc.,. from all strata of society..including the prime minister. bombay has never seen a gathering like this. because bombay has never seen a man like this.
today, Sunil Dutt died.
As an actor, the first film which impressed me was "Mother India".the role of Birju , which he has potrayed with sheer brilliance, had some impact on me. his performance as rebellious son was/is unparalleled. then, quite contrastingly, his character "bhola" in padosan made me think ,"would any other actor dare to play such role, especially when the meaty performance was by kishore kumar?". very often i used to wonder why i never got to see any film in which this man tried awkward steps or silly dances.because he never did.he may not be one of the greatest actors, by histrionics...but definitely he is one of the finest actors, whose performance was always decent, which is why, i think..he got to work with some great directors like Bimal Roy.he must have done some mediovcre films, but on one ever dared to comment on his performance. he was conferred Padmasree, way back in 1968.
As a producer, he produced some 5 films or so..all of them being critically acclaimed ones. i remember watching 2 films..Mujhe Jeene Do..which is one of the cult films on dacoit vs society drama..and Reshma aur Shera. the films the produced had fabulous music by Jaidev.
As a human being, i dont think there are many human beings of this nature. an inveterate philanthropist he was,he is known to have worked at the grass-root level for the upliftment of poor. infact,thousands of people rever him as a messiah.be it telephone booth owners or municipal sweepers, light-boys, watchmen etc.,. no film personality has got so many fans...(not for filmi antics ..but for humanitarian values) as this man has got. being a social activist, the social welfare programmes he initiated and undertook are numerous. the goodw-ill he got from people, by helping them, translated into votes..for 5 times..he won 5 times. he was always on the forefront to stand for the social causes. he never talked about the charitable and social-work and he was doing unlike so many stars who hog for screen presence and hype for the 3 km marathon they run every year.the last time i saw him was when he stood up for the livelihood of bar dancers of bombay, a month ago. his altruism is unequalled by anyone in film or political circles.
As a person, he had spot-less character. when Nargis was engulfed in fire, during the shooting for a fire-sequence in Mother India, he jumped into the flames and saved her life. Romance blossomed and they married a year later. he was broke when Nargis died of Cancer. he built a charitable cancer hospital in her memorial.
As a politician, he was the only MP who has resigned from parliament, to protest against the communal riots in bombay, during early 90s. and when his son sanjay dutt was on trial, for his alleged links with bomb blasts, he refused to contest in elections .not once..but twice..he could have won and got away with it..but he stuck to Values... as a completely non-controversial and non-political leader, he won immense respect even from opposition. at 74, he was given the sports ministry and yet, he carried it with much aplomb. one bombayite wrote about his political facet in the link here..
http://in.rediff.com/movies/2005/may/25dutt2.htm
an unblemished and honest politican(he is one among the very few who broke the myth of this paradox phrase...honest-politician) he was.
thousands of people flocked to see him today. be it film-makers, actors, writers, social activists, spot-boys, slum dwellers, auto, taxi & lorry drivers, etc.,. from all strata of society..including the prime minister. bombay has never seen a gathering like this. because bombay has never seen a man like this.
today, Sunil Dutt died.
2 comments:
My dad used to tell me that Sunil dutt was refused acting roles initially because he was a radio announcer and his voice was too deep to belong to a hero.
by the way, thanks for commenting on my blog...and keep up your phenomenal good work with this one.
I agree he was unblemished... which is why we rarely got to hear of him in the news!
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