Sunil Dutt became famous for his role in the 1957 film "Mother India" in which he co-starred with Nargis. Dutt was one of the major stars of Hindi cinema in the 1960s .Films like "Sadhna" (1958), "Insan Jaag Utha" (1959), "Sujata" (1959), "Mujhe Jeene Do" (1963), "Khandan" (1965), "Mera Saaya" (1966) and "Padosan" (1967). He was B.R. Chopra's favorite actor films such as "Gumraah" (1963), "Waqt" (1965) and "Hamraaz" (1967).