Sanjay Dutt marks mother Nargis' death anniversary, shares throwback picture

Actor Sanjay Dutt took a trip down memory lane as he remembered his late mother the legendary actress Nargis Dutt on her death anniversaryThe actor on Saturday took to his Instagram account to share a post paying tribute to his mother with a touching message and a few rare blackandwhite family photosThe pictures showed some special moments from Sanjay Dutts childhood with his parents Nargis and Sunil DuttIn one of the photos a young Sanjay is seen peeking into a cradle while his smiling parents look on Another photo shows Nargis Dutt holding a book and smiling warmly while the third captures a happy family moment with Sanjay as a toddler standing between his parentsYou may not be here but your love never left Miss you everyday Maa Sanjay wrote in the captionTake a lookView this post on InstagramA post shared by Sanjay Dutt duttsanjayIn the early 80s Nargis was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and she died on May 3 1981Nargis and actor Sunil Dutt fell in love after a fire broke out on the sets of their 1957 film Mother India and he reportedly rescued her They were said to have come closer while recuperating from the injuries The couple tied the knot on March 11 1958Her bestknown role was that of Radha in the Academy Awardnominated Mother India 1957 a performance that won her the Filmfare Award for Best Actress She would appear infrequently in films during the 1960s Some of her films of this period include the drama Raat Aur Din 1967 for which she received the inaugural National Film Award for Best ActressAlong with her husband Nargis formed the Ajanta Arts Culture Troupe which hired several leading actors and singers of the time and held stage shows in border areas The award for Best Feature Film on National Integration in the Annual Film Awards ceremony is called the Nargis Dutt Award in her honourIn the early 1970s Nargis became the first patron of The Spastic Society of India and her subsequent work with the organisation brought her recognition as a social worker and later a Rajya Sabha nomination in 1980Nargis Dutt was the second actor the first being Prithvi Raj Kapoor to be nominated and she was in Rajya Sabha for two years 1980 and 1981 She was also awarded the Padma Shri in 1958This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoeveratOptionskeyd0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7formatiframeheight90width728params