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Sunny Deol
BornOctober 19, 1961 (age 45)
New Delhi, India
OccupationActor

Sunny Deol (Hindi: शनि दियोल, Urdu: شنِ دِیول), born as Ajay Singh Deol (Hindi: अजय सिंह दियोल, Urdu: اَجے سِںہ دِیول) on October 19, 1961 in New Delhi, India) is an Indian film (Bollywood) actor. He is of Punjabi descent.


Biography

He is famous.So famous that people often do not even know that his starer Gadar became the top groser of all time in 2001.It was only in 2006 that a movie came even close to Gadar's collections.

Early life

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 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 theater called the Old Web Theater in Brimingham, England where he studied theatre and acting. By the time he came back to India, he was ready to face the camera.

Personal life

Sunny Deol is married to Pooja Deol. The couple have two sons together, Rajvir and Ranvir Deol. The names which he chose for himself and Bobby Deol in his directorial debut Dillagi. Their have been many rumours linking Sunny Deol to many of his co-stars but none of those rumours affected their marriage. They are happilly married and live close to their extended family in Mumbai, India.


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Career

As an Actor

Sunny made his acting debut in the blockbuster movie Betaab in 1983. A series of movies followed and though plenty of box office failures among them, many of his films in the action genre including Tridev (1989), Ghayal (1990), Vishwatma (1992), Imtihaan (1995), Ghatak (1996) and Border (1998) 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).

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.

Awards

National Film Awards

Winner for his performances in Ghayal (Injured) (1990)

winner for special performance in Damini (1993).

Filmfare Awards

Zee Cine Awards

IIFA Awards

Star Screen Awards

Filmography

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