Sunny Deol

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Sunny Deol

Date of Birth

: 10/19/1956

Place of Birth

: New Delhi

Awards

: National Film Awards : 1991 - Winner National Film Award - Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Feature Film) for Ghayal (Injured) 1993 - Winner National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for Damini. Filmfare Awards : 1983 - Nominated, Filmfare Best Actor Award for Betaab 1991 - Winner, Filmfare Best Actor Award for Ghayal 1994 - Winner, Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for Damini - Lightning 1998 - Nominated, Filmfare Best Actor Award for Ghatak 2002 - Nominated, Filmfare Best Actor Award for Gadar: Ek Prem Katha.

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Biography : Sunny Deol born as Ajay Singh Deol on October 19, 1956 in New Delhi, India is a National Film Awards winning film (Bollywood) actor of Punjabi descent.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, and two half-sisters, Esha Deol, an actress and Ahana Deol, from his father's re-marriage to famous actress Hema Malini.He and Bobby respect Hema Malini a lot. His wife is Pooja Deol and they have two children. His cousin Abhay Deol is also currently an actor. He always wanted to be an actor but being the son of the famous actor, Dharmendra, it was difficult being treated normal, so he went to England to study acting. He joined theatre called the Old Web Theatre in Birmingham, England where he studied theatre and acting,He was best in 1983,1991,1994,1998,2002.

Filmography : Sunny made his acting debut in the blockbuster movie Betaab in 1983. After some average movies he starred in an action film Arjun (1985). He played the role of a jobless youth who is forced to become a gangster by circumstances. This role established his image as the action hero of Bollywood. After another period of mixed success, Sunny's breakthrough role came with Ghayal (1990) directed by Rajkumar Santoshi. His role of a boxer who fights for his family received cult status. The government of India awarded him a national award for his role of a lawyer in 'Damini'. Many of his films in the action genre including Tridev (1989), Vishwatma (1992), Imtihaan (1995), Ghatak (1996), Ziddi (1997), Border (1998) and Indian (2001) were some of the biggest hits of his career. He has also had success in romantic and dramatic roles in films including Chaalbaaz (1989), Damini (1993), Darr (1993), Jeet (1996) and Gadar: Ek Prem Katha (2001). Gadar: Ek Prem Katha remains the most successful Bollywood film to date at the box office. His last release is Apne which brought him together with his father and brother together for the first time. The film was a box office hit. As a director : Sunny Deol has also tried his hand at direction with the (1999) film Dillagi starring himself and younger brother Bobby Deol & Urmila Matondkar.The film wasn't a box Office success but Sunny's direction was greatly appreciated.

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