Nargis Dutt was a leading actress in Hindi cinema during the late 40s and 50s. But apart from the fame on the silver screen, she was a deeply loved wife of actor, Sunil Dutt and a mother of her children. Consequently, her demise after a prolonged battle with cancer left a major void in the hearts of her family. They were suffering from major grief, and Priya, who was just 14 at that time, recently recalled how her family, especially her father, Sunil Dutt and brother, Sanjay Dutt, were emotionally affected by the incident.
Priya Dutt reveals Sanjay Dutt’s substance addiction became severe after her mother, Nargis Dutt’s death
Priya Dutt recently sat down for an interview with Vicky Lalwani and shared that her father, Sunil Dutt held immense love for her mom, Nargis and her death left him broken. He became emotionally hollow and used to walk alone to her grave at 3 am. He simply used to sit there for a long time. Moroever, he was with her mom throughout her treatement in the US. Later, Sunil also looked after her and her siblings including Sanjay Dutt who was dealing with substance addiction. She said:
“My father was a broken man. He couldn’t do basic things. He would wake up at night and go to kabristan alone. He would sit there next to her grave. Sometimes, even at 3 in the morning. That’s how much he loved her.”