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Sunny Deol

Sunny Deol (born Ajay Singh Deol, 19 October 1956) is an Indian film actor, director and producer known for his works exclusively in Hindi cinema. He is the son of veteran actor Dharmendra, and the elder brother of actor Bobby Deol and Esha Deol and Ahana Deol In a film career spanning over thirty years, Deol has won two National Film Awards, and two Filmfare Awards. Box Office India listed Deol as the overall star of the nineties. Deol made his debut in the film Betaab for which he was nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor. From there, he went on to star in numerous films in the 1980s and 90s like Tridev, Arjun, Kroadh, Ghayal, Vishwatma, Lootere, Darr, Damini – Lightning, Jeet, Ghatak, Border, Ziddi, Arjun Pandit, and Indian. He made his debut as a director and producer with Dillagi, in which he also starred alongside his brother Bobby. Deol made his debut opposite fellow debutante Amrita Singh in Betaab (1982), which was a blockbuster that launched the careers of both actors. His performance won him his first Filmfare Best Actor Award Nomination. With his portrayal of an amateur boxer wrongly accused of his brother's murder in Rajkumar Santoshi's Ghayal, Sunny added another hit movie to his movie career. Produced by the home banner Vijayta Films, the movie was an instant hit with the masses and went on to win seven Filmfare Awards. His performance won him Filmfare Award for Best Actor and also National Film Award – Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Feature Film). In 1991, Sunny starred in about five films but only Narsimha was a success. Rajiv Rai's Vishwatma in which he acted opposite Divya Bharti, was Sunny's only release in 1992. His role of a lawyer in Damini – Lightning (1993) fetched him several awards and accolades including National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor and Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor. In 1993, he starred in Yash Chopra's blockbuster Darr with Juhi Chawla. In the mid-nineties he delivered four big hits in a row Jeet (1996), Ghatak: Lethal (1996), Ziddi (1997) and Border (1997) 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. In 2001, he starred in the film Farz opposite Preity Zinta. Sunny played the role of lorry driver Tara Singh who falls in love with a Muslim girl played by Ameesha Patel 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 at that time as well as the biggest hit of the 21st century, earning Rs 973 million in India. He won Screen Award for Best Actor and was nominated for the Filmfare Best Actor Award for his portrayal. 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 played the character of DCP Rajshekhar Azad, an honest police officer. The movie was a success.[9] 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 played the character of freedom fighter Chandrashekhar Azad in 23rd March 1931: Shaheed.


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Born:
Oct 19, 1956
Movie/TV Credits:
62
First Appeared:
In the movie Betaab 1983-08-05
Latest Project:
Movie Apne 2 2024
Known For
Poster of Mahabharat
Poster of 23rd March 1931: Shaheed
Poster of Maa Tujhhe Salaam
Filmography
Movie Apne 2 2024
Movie Gadar 2 Tara Singh 2023-08-11
Movie Yamla Pagla Deewana: Phir Se Pooran 2018-08-31
Movie Mohalla Assi 2018-11-16
Movie Poster Boys Jagaavar Chaudhry 2017-09-08
Movie Ghayal Once Again Ajay Mehra 2016-02-05
Movie I Love NY Randhir Singh 2015-07-10
Movie Dishkiyaoon Lakwa 2014-03-28
Movie Yamla Pagla Deewana 2 Paramveer Singh Dhillon 2013-06-07
Movie Singh Saab the Great Saranjeet Singh 2013-11-22
Movie Mahabharat Bheem (voice) 2013-12-27
Movie Yamla Pagla Deewana Paramveer Singh Dhillon 2011-01-14
Movie Right Yaaa Wrong ACP Ajay Sridhar 2010-03-12
Movie Hello Darling 2010-08-25
Movie Khuda Kasam Hussain 2010-10-26
Movie Fox Yashwant Deshmukh 2009-09-04
Movie Heroes Vikram Shergill 2008-10-24
Movie Big Brother Devdhar S. 'Deva' Gandhi / Devdhar Sharma 2007-04-13
Movie Fool N Final Munna 2007-06-01
Movie Apne Angad Choudhary 2007-06-29
Movie Kaafila Colonel Sameer Ahmed Khan 2007-08-10
Movie Naksha Veer Malhotra 2006-09-08
Movie Rok Sako To Rok Lo 2004-12-10
Movie The Hero: Love Story of a Spy Ajay Chakravarty/Arun Khanna/Major Ravi Batra 2003-04-10
Movie Khel A.C.P. Rajveer Scindia 2003-11-11
Movie Jaal: The Trap Ajay Kaul 2003-07-18
Movie Maa Tujhhe Salaam Major Pratap Singh 2002-01-25
Movie 23rd March 1931: Shaheed Chandrashekhar Azad 2002-06-07
Movie Jaani Dushman: Ek Anokhi Kahani Karan Saxena 2002-08-16
Movie Karz 2002-12-06
Movie Farz DCP Karan Singh 2001-01-12
Movie Gadar: Ek Prem Katha Tara Singh 2001-06-15
Movie Indian DCP Rajshekhar Azad 2001-10-26
Movie Yeh Raaste Hain Pyaar Ke 2001-08-10
Movie Kasam 2001-10-12
Movie Pyaar Koi Khel Nahin Anand 1999-07-23
Movie Dillagi 1999-11-08
Movie Border Major Kuldip Singh Chandpuri 1997-06-13
Movie Ziddi Deva Pradhan 1997-04-11
Movie Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya Special Appearance 1997-08-15
Movie Ghatak: Lethal Kashi Nath 1996-11-08
Movie Jeet Karan 1996-08-23
Movie Ajay 1996-12-20
Movie Dushmani: A Violent Love Story Suraj Singh 1995-04-24
Movie Insaniyat Karim Lala 1994-03-11
Movie Imtihaan Raja 1994-05-02
Movie Kshatriya Vinay Pratap Singh (Surjangarh) 1993-03-26
Movie Damini Govind 1993-04-30
Movie Darr Sunil Malhotra 1993-12-23
Movie Vishwatma Inspector Prabhat Singh 1992-01-24
Movie Narsimha Narasimha 1991-07-05
Movie Nigahen: Nagina Part II Anand 1989-07-19
Movie Vardi Inspector Ajay Kumar Singh 1989-01-06
Movie Tridev Inspector Karan Saxena 1989-07-07
Movie Aag Ka Gola 1989-12-29
Movie Chaalbaaz Suraj 1989-12-08
Movie Ram Avtar Ram 1988-05-20
Movie Yateem Inspector Krishna 1988-12-02
Movie Dacait Arjun Yadav 1987-04-10
Movie Arjun Arjun Malvankar 1985-04-20
Movie Sunny Sunny Inderjeet 1984-09-28
Movie Betaab Sunny Kapoor 1983-08-05
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