Early life

 

Sinha was born in Patna, Bihar in a Kayastha family to Bhubaneswari Prasad Sinha & Shyama Devi Sinha. He is the youngest of four brothers — Ram, Lakshman, Bharat and himself. He was educated in Patna Science College. He is an alumnus of the Film and Television Institute of India Pune. Currently there's a scholarship being awarded on his name in the institute to Diploma students. He moved to Mumbai where he started his career in the film industry. He is married to former Miss India Poonam Sinha (née Chandiramani).

 

Acting career

 

Shatrughan Sinha's first acting opportunity was playing a Pakistani military officer in Dev Anand's Prem Pujari. Subsequently, he got a small role as a police inspector in Mohan Sehgal’s Sajan in 1969. The release of Prem Pujari was delayed, so his first released film was Sajan. He played supporting roles in many films before appearing in Gulzar’s Mere Apne in 1971. He was cast along with Poonam Sinha then Komal in the movie "Sabak" (1973).

 

He later appeared in Dulal Guha’s Dost in 1974 and in Kalicharan in 1976.

 

Sinha was selected by Rediff as one of the most unconventional actors in Hindi cinema (the others being Ajay Devgan, Amitabh Bachchan, Irfan Khan, Rajnikant, Shahrukh Khan, and Sunil Shetty).

 

In 2008, he joined as a judge on The Great Indian Laughter Challenge show, season 4 on STAR One TV. On 3 October 2009, Sinha appeared on Sony Entertainment Television Asia's show Dus Ka Dum season 2 as host for a special episode. He is currently hosting Bhojpuri version of the popular game show Kaun Banega Crorepati on Mahuaa channel.

 

He portrayed Chief Minister N.T. Rama Rao in Ram Gopal Varma's Rakta Charitra.

 

Political career

 

Sinha won the Indian general election from Patna Sahib in Bihar. He defeated another cinema celebrity Shekhar Suman. Out of a total of 552,293 votes polled, Sinha received 316,472 votes.

 

He become a cabinet minister with the Government of India in the 13th Lok Sabha, holding two portfolios, the department of Health and Family Welfare (Jan 2003-May 2004), and the department of shipping (August 2004).[8] He is currently a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. As of May 2006, he was appointed as the head of the BJP Culture and Arts Department.

 

Awards

 

Winner

 

    1973 - Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards - Best Supporting Actor for 'Tanhai'.

    2003 - "Pride of the Film Industry" at the Stardust Awards 2003.

    2003 - Stardust Award for Lifetime Achievement.

    2007 - National Kishore Kumar Samman.

    2011 - Zee Cine Award for Lifetime Achievement.

    2011 - "The ITA Scroll Of Honour" KBC regional at the Indian Television Academy Awards.

 

He has also received a Special Award for "contribution in Indian Cinema" at the Kalakar Awards.

 

Nominated

 

    Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor - Paras (1971)

    Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor - Dost (1974)

    Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor - Kaala Pathar (1979)

    Filmfare Award for Best Actor - Dostana (1980)

 

 

Health

 

On 2 July 2012, Shatrughan Sinha was admitted to Kokilaben Ambani Hospital in Andheri due to some respiratory disorder. However he was discharged on 6 July 2012 and was reported to be hale and hearty. He was hospitalised again on 11 July 2012 as he complained of breathlessness. The veteran actor underwent a bypass heart surgery in the hospital and was likely to remain there for a week. On 20 July 2012, Sinha was moved from the ICU to a private room.

 

Refrence : Wikipedia