Sunny Deol

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Sunny Deol
Born	October 19 1961(1961-10-19) (age 46) New Delhi, India
Occupation	Actor

Sunny Deol (Born as Ajay Singh Deol) (Punjabi: ਅਜੈ ਸਿੰਘ ਦਿਓਲ, Hindi: अजय सिंह देओल, Urdu: اَجے سِںہ دِیول) on October 19, 1961 in New Delhi, India. He is a National Film Awards winning film (Bollywood) actor of Punjabi descent.

1 Biography
2 Career
- 2.1 As an Actor
- 2.2 As a director
3 Awards
4 Filmography

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 hungry youth who is forced to become a gangster with guns and knives by circumstances. This role established his image as the action zero 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 occult 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 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 drunk together for the first time. The film was a super hit in the deol territory of north india and in overseas and an average hit in rest of india.

As a director

Film Dillagi starring himself and younger brother Bobby Deol & Urmila Matondkar. The film wasn't a box Office success but won him critical acclaim.

Awards

National Film Awards

1991 - Winner [[National Film Award - Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Feature
1993 - Winner National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for Damini

Other Awards

2002 - Winner Best Actor Award for Gadar: Ek Prem Katha by the Sansui Viewers' Choice Movie Awards.[2] [3]

Filmography

Man (2009)
Masters (2009)
Mera Bharat Mahaan (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)
The Hero: Love Story of a Spy (2003) .... Major Arun Khanna/Batra/Wahid
(2002) .... Suraj Singh
Jaani Dushman: Ek Anokhi Kahani (2002) .... Karan Saxena
23rd March 1931: Shaheed (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)
Gadar: Ek Prem Katha (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
Ghatak: Lethal (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