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Sunny Deol
Born
Ajay Singh Deol
Other namesSunny
Occupation(s)Actor, Director, Producer
Years active1983 - present
SpousePooja Deol
Childrenkaran deol , Rajveer deol

Sunny Deol (Born as Ajay Singh Deol) (Punjabi: ਅਜੈ ਸਿੰਘ ਦਿਓਲ, Hindi: अजय सिंह देओल, Urdu: اَجے سِںہ دِیول) Born on January 19, 1956 in New Delhi , India. He is a National Film Awards winning film actor of Punjabi descent. He has two sons Rajveer Singh and Ranveer Singh.

Biography

Sunny Deol was born in New Delhi, India, to veteran actor Dharmendra and Prakash Kaur. He has a younger brother, Bobby Deol, who is also an actor; two sisters who are settled in California; and two half-sisters, Esha Deol, an actress and Ahana Deol, from his father's Second marriage to actress Hema Malini. His wife is Pooja Deol and they have two children. After his marriage, he had a long standing affair with the actress Dimple Kapadia which ended as their respective kids grew up. As a gift to his lady love, he even launched Dimple's daughter opposite his own brother in the film "Barsaat". His cousin Abhay Deol is also currently an actor. He always wanted to be an actor being the son of the famous actor, Dharmendra. Sunny finished his schooling from Sacred Heart High School, Santacruz (Mumbai). He attended Podar College in Matunga (Mumbai).

Career

As an Actor

Sunny Deol had a superhit debut in his home production 'Betaab' (1983). He went through a lean phase for a couple of years until 'Arjun' (1985). What followed were a bunch of hits in 'Paap Ki Duniya' (1988), 'Tridev' (1989), 'Chaalbaaz' (1989), etc. His defining moment as an actor came with another home production 'Ghayal' (1990), a film that won him the National award for the Best actor along with the Filmfare Award for the Best Actor.

Sunny Deol delivered huge hits through the nineties in 'Narsimha' (1991), 'Lootere' (1993), 'Damini' (1993), 'Darr' (1993). His supporting actor role of a drunk lawyer in 'Damini' (1993) fetched him all the awards & accolades in Bollywood. In the mid nineties he delivered five big hits in a row - 'Jeet' (1996), 'Ghatak' (1996), 'Ajay' (1996), 'Ziddi' (1997) & 'Border' (1997).

Sunny Deol's biggest blockbuster till date came in the year 2001, with the all time blockbuster 'Gadar - Ek Prem Katha'. The film shattered all records at the Indian box-office. Sunny continued his streak with 'Indian' (2001) & 'The Hero' (2003). Among his last few movies 'Apne' (2007) & 'Heroes' (2008) have done well.

The most defining films of his career in chronological order are: 'Betaab' (1983) - Highly successful Debut, 'Arjun' (1985) - Obtained the Angry Young Man image, 'Ghayal' (1990) - Displayed his capabilities as an Actor, 'Gadar - Ek Prem Katha' (2001) - Bollywood's biggest blockbuster until Ghajini arrived (2008).

As a director

Sunny Deol made his directorial debut with Dillagi (1998) starring himself, younger brother Bobby Deol & Urmila Matondkar. The film was a box office disaster.

Awards

National Film Awards

Filmfare Awards

Zee Cine Awards

Star Screen Awards

IIFA Awards

Other Awards

Filmography

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