SUNNY DEOL

'Sunny Deol' (Hindi: सनी देओल, Urdu: شنِ دِیول), born as 'Ajay Singh Deol' (Punjabi: ਅਜੈ ਸਿੰਘ ਦਿਓਲ, Hindi: अजय सिंह देओल, Urdu: اَجے سِںہ دِیول) on October 19, 1959 in New Delhi, India. He is a National Film Awards winning film (Bollywood) actor of Punjabi descent.

Contents

Biography

Career

As an Actor

As a director

Awards

Other Awards

Filmography

External links

Biography

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, two sisters who are settled in California, 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]

Career

As an Actor

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 '' (2001). ''Gadar: Ek Prem Katha'' remains one of the most successful Bollywood films 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.

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'' [1]

★ 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 ''
=== Zee Cine Awards ===

★ 2002 - 'Winner', Zee Cine Special Award for Outstanding Performance- Male for ''
=== Star Screen Awards ===

★ 2001 - 'Winner' Best Actor for ''
=== IIFA Awards ===

★ 2001 - Nominated, Best Actor for ''

Other Awards

★ 2002 - 'Winner' Best Actor Award for '' by the Sansui Viewers' Choice Movie Awards.[2] [3]

Filmography

★ ''Man (2009)

★ ''Masters (2009)

★ ''Mera Bharat Mahaan (2008)

★ ''Right or Wrong (2008)

★ ''Faasi (2008)

★ ''Gurudakshina (2008)

★ ''Ghayal 2 (2008)

★ ''Subway (2008)

★ ''Airport (2008)

★ ''The Challenge (2007) .... Transporter

★ ''Apne (2007) .... Angad Singh Choudhary

★ ''Big Brother (2007) ... Munna

★ ''Fool and Final (2007)

★ ''Kaafila (2007)

★ ''Teesri Aankh (2006) ....

★ ''Naksha (2006) ....

★ ''Jo Bole So Nihaal (2005) .... Havaldar Nihaal Singh

★ ''Rok Sako To Rok Lo (2004) .... Kabir (Phantom)

★ ''Lakeer - Forbidden Lines (2004) .... Arjun Rana

★ ''Khel (2003) .... A.C.P. Rajveer Scindia

★ '' (2003) .... Ajay Kaul

★ ''Kaise Kahoon Ke Pyaar Hai (2003)

★ '' (2003) .... Major Arun Khanna/Batra/Wahid

★ '' (2002) .... Suraj Singh

★ '' (2002) .... Karan Saxena

★ '' (2002) .... Chandrashekhar Azad

★ ''Maa Tujhhe Salaam (2002) .... Major Pratap Singh

★ ''Kasam (2001) .... Shankar

★ ''Indian (2001) .... DCP Rajshekhar Azad

★ ''Yeh Raaste Hain Pyaar Ke (2001) .... Sagar (Special Appearance)

★ '' (2001) .... Tara Singh

★ ''Farz (2001) .... DCP Karan Singh

★ ''Champion (2000) .... Rajveer Singh

★ ''Dillagi (1999) .... Ranvir

★ ''Arjun Pandit (1999) .... Arjun Dixit/Arjun Pandit

★ ''Pyaar Koi Khel Nahin (1999) .... Anand

★ ''Iski Topi Uske Sarr (1998) .... Bhangra dancer

★ ''Salaakhen (1998) .... Vishal Agnihotri

★ ''Qahar (1997) .... Raja

★ ''Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya (1997) .... Special Appearance

★ ''Ziddi (1997) .... Deva Pradhan

★ ''Zor (1997) .... Arjun Singh

★ ''Border (film) (1997) .... Major Kuldeep Singh

★ ''Ajay (1996) .... Ajay

★ '' (1996) .... Kashi Nath

★ ''Jeet (1996) .... Karan

★ ''Himmat (1996) .... Agent Ajay Saxena

★ ''Angrakshak (1995) .... Ajay

★ '' (1995) .... Suraj Singh

★ ''Imtihaan (1995) .... Raja

★ ''Insaniyat (1994) .... Karim Lala

★ ''Darr (1993) .... Sunil Malhotra

★ ''Izzat Ki Roti (1993)

★ ''Damini - Lightning (1993) .... Govind

★ ''Kshatriya (1993) .... Vinay Pratap Singh (Surjangarh)

★ ''Lootere (1993)

★ ''Gunaah (1993) .... Ravi Sohni

★ ''Vishwatma (1992) .... Inspector Prabhat Singh

★ ''Vishnu-Devaa (1991) .... Vishnu Prasad/Insp. Vishnu Subramaniam/Jack D'Souza

★ ''Narasimha (1991) .... Narasimha

★ ''Shankara (1991) .... Shankara

★ ''Yodha (1991) .... Advocate Karan Srivastav

★ ''Ghayal (1990) .... Ajay Mehra

★ ''Krodh (1990) .... Ajay Shukla

★ ''Aag Ka Gola (1990) .... Vikram Singh/Shankar 'Shaka'

★ ''Vardi (1990) .... Ajay Kumar Singh

★ ''ChaalBaaz (1989) .... Suraj

★ ''Tridev (1989) .... Inspector Karan Saxena

★ ''Joshilaay (1989) .... Dara

★ ''Main Tera Dushman (1989) .... Gopal

★ ''Majboor (1989) .... Inspector Sunil

★ '' (1989) .... Anand

★ ''Ram-Avtar (1988) .... Ram

★ ''Paap Ki Duniya (1988) .... Suraj/Ashok

★ ''Inteqam (1988)

★ ''Yateem (1988) .... Inspector Krishna

★ ''Dacait (1987) .... Arjun Yadav

★ ''Samundar (1986) .... Ajit

★ ''Sultanat (1986) .... Sultan

★ ''Saveray Wali Gaadi (1986) .... Ravidas

★ ''Arjun (1985) .... Arjun Malvankar

★ ''Zabardast (1985) .... Shyam

★ ''Manzil Manzil (1984) .... Vijay

★ ''Sohni Mahiwal (1984/I) .... Mirza Izzat Beg

★ ''Sunny (1984) .... Sunny Inderjeet

★ ''Betaab (1983) .... Sunny

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