Sinha was born in Patna, Bihar. He is an alumnus of the Film and Television Institute of India Pune. He moved to Mumbai to become an actor and established himself as a prominent member of the Indian film industry.

Personal life

Sinha is married to Poonam and they have a daughter Sonakshi Sinha, a model, and twin sons Luv Sinha, an actor and Kussh Sinha.

Biography

Mr Sinha hails from Patna, Bihar, a place not known for film personalities. He moved to Mumbai, struggled hard and established himself as a prominent member of the Indian film industry. He is an alumnus of the Film and Television Institute of India.

Movie career

Mr Shatrughan Sinha was one of the top male Bollywood film stars in the 1970s and 1980s. He began his career by playing villainous roles and was immensely successful in portraying stylised villains. He then switched over to playing the protagonist/main lead and was even more successful in solo starrers as well as multi-starrers. While he was at the peak of his acting career, in the mid-1980s, he decided that he should do something for his country. Inspired by the great politician from Bihar Mr. Jai Prakash Narayan, he decided to enter politics. 

It is to his credit that he chose to join an opposition party, the Bhartiya Janata Party, which was then a small outfit made up of two Members of Parliament. He faced many obstacles in his political career due to this and his attempts to do social work in Bihar were often obstructed by the ruling party at that time. His attempt to organise entertainment mega events with the help of film personalities from Mumbai to raise money for important social causes dear to him were stopped time and again under one false pretext or the other. It can be said that due to the hard work of BJP activists like him that the party flourished and become the largest single opposition party in just a decade. 

Mr Sinha is considered the most successful actor politician of India, having made history by being the first member of the film fraternity to become a cabinet minister with the Government of India. He has held two portfolios, the department of health, and the department of shipping. He is still a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and campaigns for the party all over India and is well known as a leader of the masses and a brilliant orator. As of May 2006, he has been appointed as the head of the BJP Culture and Arts Department.

Personal life

He was involved with famous actress Reena Roy during the 70's and early 80's, and with whom he co-starred in several films together, most notably his breakthrough film Kalicharan (1975) and later Naseeb (1980). However, their relationship ended, and he married one of his leading ladies, Poonam, in 1981 with whom he now has three children.http://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/mar/12dinesh.htm