Sunil Dutt was an Indian actor, film producer, director and politician. He was the Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports in the Manmohan Singh government. He was a former Sheriff of Mumbai. He is the father of actor Sanjay Dutt and politician Priya Dutt.
In 1968, he was honoured by the Padma Shri by the Government of India. In 1984 he joined the Indian National Congress party and was elected to the Parliament of India for five terms from the constituency of Mumbai North West.