Sunny Deol

Sunny Deol (Born as Ajay Singh Deol) on October 19, 1961 in New Delhi, India. He is a National Film Awards winning film (Bollywood) actor of Punjabi descent.

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. 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 at the peak of his career during the nineties with 1983,1991,1994,1998 being his best years.

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 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: Lethal (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 - Lightning (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 with his father and brother 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.