Nargis Dutt Birthday, Real Name, Age, Weight, Height, Family, Facts, Death Cause, Dress Size, Contact Details, Spouse(Husband), Children, Bio & More
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PERSONAL INFORMATION
REAL NAME
Fatima Rashid
NICK NAMES
Nargis
BIRTHDAY
BORN ON DAY
Saturday
BIRTHPLACE
Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India
DIED AT AGE
51 Years 11 Months 2 Days
DEATHDATE
May 3, 1981
DEATHPLACE
Bombay, Maharashtra, India
CAUSE OF DEATH
Pancreatic Cancer
NATIONALITY
PROFESSION
ZODIAC
GEMINI
Physical Stats
WAIST
N/A
Hip
N/A
DRESS SIZE
N/A
HEIGHT
N/A
WEIGHT
N/A
Nargis Dutt Family Members
Parents
FATHER
Uttamchand Mohanchand
BROTHER(S) NAME
Anwar Hussain
Nargis Dutt Marriage, Affairs and Children
SPOUSE
Suneel Dutt (1958-1981)
Child(ren) of Nargis Dutt and Suneel Dutt
Sanjay Dutt
Namrata Dutt
Priya Dutt
Fame & Address
DEBUT
Talashe Haq (1935)
FAMOUS FROM/AS
Education, Net Worth & More
RELIGION
Islam
FAVOURITE ACTOR
Raj Kapoor, Sunil Dutt
FAVOURITE SPORT(S)
Cricket
More Information
Career of Nargis Dutt
She appeared in numerous films like "Shree 420". She showed her best quality performance in the film "Mother India". Just after the film she married Sunil Dutt and left the acting career. She appeared in only one film after her marriage which was "Raat Aur Din". She was also nominated as a member of Rajya Sabha but died in her tenure due to cancer.
Some Lesser Known Facts About Nargis Dutt
- Did Nargis Dutt takes alcohol? NA.
- Was Nargis Dutt in the habit of Smoking? NA.
- Nargis Dutt was non vegetarian.She had cook matka gosht on sigdi and seal it with flour on Ajanta Arts' anniversary.
- She performed as a child artist in the film "Talash-E-Haq" when she was only six years old. In that film, her name was credited as Baby Nargis. And afterward, she became famous with this name.
- She was just twenty-eight when she was portrayed as Radha in the Academy Award-nominated Mother India. She played the role of mother of Sunil Dutt in the film however she married him just after the film.
- She formed the Ajanta Arts Cultural Troupe along with her husband Sunil Dutt which gave a platform to many leading actors and singers at the time.
- She was also active in charity and was the first trustee of Spastics Society of India. She was nominated for Rajya Sabha for her contribution to the society.
- She was a Tomboy in her childhood and had a huge interest in the sports. Not only she was an excellent swimmer but also she was good in cricket and football which she played with her brothers.
- She likes to eat street food and does not hesitate to go to eat paani puri from the chaatwallah down the road even though she was a star. She does not like the burqa.
- It is a very funny incident when she was gone for shopping in a mall in Delhi with her friend Indra Gidwani, Priya and her daughter. Indra got lost and innocently she asked every shopkeeper, "Nargis ko Dekha Kya?" which soon spread like a fire and crowd followed Nargis for her autograph.
- She left her career when she was at the peak of the stardom and she was not guilty of that. In fact, she was very happy with being a housewife and also learned to make food like a good housemaker.
- She did not like wearing a lot of jewelry. She liked to be simple and used to wear only small studs or pearls and two gold bangles. She also started wearing a rudraksha mala later on.
- Sunil Dutt saved her from the fire on the set of Mother India when a haystack accidentally caught fire.
- She also dated showman Raj Kapoor before marrying Sunil Dutt but he was already married and had five children with his marriage. Raj Kapoor refused to divorce his wife after which his relation with Nargis came to an end.
- She also tried to commit suicide before meeting Sunil Dutt as she had a successful acting career but she was not happy as she cannot fulfill her love life.
- She cared her children very much and was thinking about Sanjay Dutt even when she was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in New York and also wrote a letter to her husband Sunil Dutt to take care of Sanju.
- She was the first film actress to receive Padma Shri by the Government of India.
- She belongs to the family of the great politician of India and was Granddaughter of Motilal Nehru.
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