Sunny Deol
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| Sunny Deol |
| Born | Ajay Singh Deol 19 October 1956 Sahnewal, Ludhiana, Punjab, India[1] |
|---|---|
| Residence | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Ethnicity | Punjabi |
| Occupation | Actor, director, producer |
| Years active | 1983 – Present |
| Religion | Sikhism |
| Children | Karan Deol Rajvir Deol |
| Parents | Dharmendra Deol Prakash Kaur |
| Relatives | Bobby Deol (younger brother) Abhay Deol (first cousin) Esha Deol (half-sister) Ahana Deol (half sister) Hema Malini(step-mother) |
Deol made his debut in the hit film Betaab for which he was nominated for the Filmfare Best Actor Award. From there, he went onto star in numerous successful films in the 80's and 90's like Tridev, Arjun, Kroadh, Ghayal, Vishwatma, Darr, Damini – Lightning, Jeet, Ghatak, Border, Ziddi, Arjun Pandit. After starring in numerous flops in the 2000s, he finally met success with Apne, Yamla Pagla Deewana, Singh Saab The Great, Indian, and the All-Time Blockbuster Gadar: Ek Prem Katha. Deol has established himself as a leading actor in bollywood delivering numerous critical and commercial hits.
He made his debut as director and producer with Dillagi, where he starred alongside his real life brother Bobby Deol. The venture didn't meet with commercial success, but was critically appreciated as it was Deols first attempt at directing. He has announced that he will also be the director his next film, Ghayal Returns which is a sequel to the 1990 film Ghayal.
Contents
- 1 Early life
- 2 Career
- 2.1 1980s
- 2.2 1990s
- 2.3 2000s
- 2.4 2010s
- 3 Personal life
- 4 Filmography
- 5 Awards and nominations
- 6 Dubbing career
- 7 See also
- 8 References
- 9 External links
Early life
Deol was born as Ajay Deol into a Sikh Jatt[2] family in the Sahnewal village of Punjab, India (near ludhiana) to Bollywood actor Dharmendra[3] and Prakash Kaur. Sunny is eldest son of Dharmendra. His stepmother is Hema Malini.[4] He has a brother Bobby Deol and two sisters Vijayta Deol and Ajeeta Deol who are settled in California, he also has two half-sisters, Esha Deol and Ahana Deol.[5] His cousin Abhay Deol is also a successful actor.Career
1980s
Deol made his debut opposite debutant Amrita Singh in Betaab (1984) which was a blockbuster & launched both Sunny & Amrita Singh's career's. His performance won him his first Filmfare Best Actor Award Nomination.[6] He then went through a lean phase for a couple of years until Rahul Rawail's Arjun (1985) came. He played the titular role of an unemployed youngster in Arjun. The film went on to become a major hit and established Sunny's status as an action hero. In 1986 he appeared alongside his father in Sultanat. What followed were a bunch of hits like Dacait (1987), Yateem (1988) and Paap Ki Duniya (1988)[7] In 1989, he had back to back hits with Rajiv Rai's Tridev and Pankaj Parashar's ChaalBaaz.1990s
With his portrayal of an amateur boxer wrongly accused of his brother's murder in Rajkumar Santoshi's Ghayal, Sunny proved that he still ruled the industry when it came to action sequences. Produced by the home banner Vijayta Films, the movie was an instant hit with the masses and went on to win seven Filmfare Awards.[8] His performance won him his second Filmfare Best Actor Award and also his first National Film Award.[9] In 1991, Sunny starred in about 5 films but only Narsimha was a success. Rajiv Rai's Vishwatma was Sunny's only release in 1992. His role of a lawyer in Damini – Lightning (1993) fetched him several awards and accolades in Bollywood. Shahrukh Khan shared screen space with Juhi Chawla and Sunny Deol in Yash Chopra's blockbuster Darr. In the mid-nineties he delivered four big hits in a row Jeet (1996), Ghatak: Lethal (1996), Ziddi (1997) and Border (1997)[10] In 1999, after starring opposite Juhi Chawla in Arjun Pandit, Sunny Deol tried his hand at direction and helmed Dillagi. He also acted alongside younger brother Bobby Deol and Urmila Matondkar in his directorial debut, which was very well appreciated by critics[11]2000s
In 2001, he starred in the film Farz opposite Preity Zinta.[12] Sunny played the role of lorry driver Tara Singh who falls in love with a Muslim girl in Anil Sharma's Gadar: Ek Prem Katha. The partition saga went to become an all time blockbuster and was the highest grossing Bollywood film ever that time as well as the biggest hit of the 21st century, earning Rs 973 million in India.[13][14] He was nominated for the Filmfare Best Actor Award for his portrayal.[15] His third release that year saw him playing the title role in the action film Indian, a remake of the Tamil film Vallarasu in which Sunny essayed the character of DCP Rajshekhar Azad, an honest police officer. The movie was a success.[12] Sunny's next few projects were extremely patriotic in nature and struck a chord with audiences across the country. He played the role of an Indian military officer in Maa Tujhhe Salaam and essayed the character of freedom fighter Chandrashekhar Azad in 23rd March 1931: Shaheed.In 2003 Sunny Deol teamed up with director Anil Sharma yet again for The Hero: Love Story of a Spy, which also starred Preity Zinta and Priyanka Chopra in her first onscreen appearance.[16] which released on 11 April and was billed as Bollywood's most expensive film that time with an estimated budget of
600 million (US$9.7 million)[17] The film received mostly positive reviews from critics and became the third highest-grossing Bollywood film of that year[18] Sunny made an appearance alongside Dharmendra and Bobby Deol in Apne (2007)[19] and then yet again in Yamla Pagla Deewana[20][21]2010s
Deol's first release of 2010 was Right Yaaa Wrong.[22] The film was critically successful, but moderately successful commercially.[23] Yamla Pagla Deewana was Sunny's only release in 2011 and one of the biggest successes of the year[24] In 2011, he started working in Radhika Rao and Vinay Sapru's I Love New Year opposite Tannishtha Chatterjee and in Chandraprakash Dwivedi's Mohalla Assi opposite Sakshi Tanwar but for some reason's both films have been delayed. For the first time in his career, Sunny will lend his voice (for Bheem) in the Animated film Mahabharata; produced by Jayantilal Gada of PEN India Pvt Ltd. His future ventures includes Neeraj Pathak's Bhaiyyaji Superhitt (where he plays a double role for the first time),[citation needed] Anil Sharma's Singh Sahab The Great and Rahul Rawail's Ghayal Returns . His next film Yamla Pagla Deewana 2 which was release June 2013, which was not appreciated by critics & Viewers. Although his role "Paramveer" was apriciated by everyone.[25] This film earns just US$6.7 million where as Yamla Pagla Deewana earns US$14 million. In the end of 2013 Sunny's movie Singh Saheb The Great made his fans a bit disappointed. This movie was an average earner. After this Sunny was in news for giving his voice to an animation movie Mahabharta for the character of Bheem. In 2014 Sunny's first release was Dishkiyaoon.Personal life
Sunny Deol has always maintained a low profile in the media about his personal life. He is married to Pooja Deol. The couple have two sons Karan Deol and Rajvir Deol. Karan Deol was an assistant director on the sets of Yamla Pagla Deewana 2 and he also rapped in a song sung by Diljit Dosanjh in the film YPD 2. Karan is to make his Bollywood debut by 2015 in Dharmendra's home production.Filmography
Main article: Sunny Deol filmography
Awards and nominations
Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Sunny Deol
Apart from National Film Awards, Filmfare Awards
and other competitive awards which Deol won for his performances
throughout the years, he has been awarded several honours for his
achievements in the Indian film industry.
