On the occasion of late Bollywood actor and politician Sunil Dutt’s 90th birth anniversary, his son Sanjay Dutt took to Instagram to wish his father. Sanjay Dutt posted a black and white throwback photo in which the late actor seems to be embracing his children, including little Sanjay Dutt.
“Happy Birthday Dad. I miss you!”, wrote Sanjay Dutt on Instagram.
Actor Prateik Babbar too commented on the Instagram post saying “ happy birthday dutt sahaab”.
Almost a week ago, Priya Dutt too had taken to Instagram to share a photo with father Sunil Dutt. A more recent photo of the two, Priya penned an emotional caption in which she says that she misses Sunil Dutt everyday.
“Parents are so precious, always treat them with loving care. You will only know their value when you see their empty chair. Its been 14 years today since his last hug and I miss him everyday”, she wrote on Instagram.
Sunil Dutt was a movie actor, producer, director and politician. He had worked in memorable films such as Sadhna, Ek Phool Char Kaante, Gumraah, Mera Saaya, Mother India and Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.
In 1968, he was honoured with the Padma Shri by the government. He died of a heart attack on 25 May, 2005 at his residence in Mumbai.
Sanjay's fans got a glimpse of the bond he shared with his father through Rajkumar Hirani's film Sanju that saw actor Paresh Rawal as Sunil Dutt and Ranbir Kapoor as Sanjay.
Earlier Sanjay Dutt had also shared a photo on his late mother’s (Nargis Dutt) birth anniversary. “Memories never fade! Happy Birthday Mom” he wrote on Instagram. Nargis Dutt passed away on 3 May, 1981.
(With inputs from IANS)
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