Sunny Deol: Difference between revisions

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| residence          = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]

| occupation        = {{hlist|Actor|[[film director]]|[[film producer]]|politician|boxer}}

| birth_name        = Ajay Singh Dharmendra Deol

| birth_date        = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1956|10|19}}<ref name="telegraph">{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/i-have-never-bothered-about-my-age-sunny-deol/story-Z1zK9SplQPHy1HGHcRW0aI.html|title=I have never bothered about my age: Sunny Deol|date=14 January 2016|access-date=14 January 2016|archive-date=14 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160114183128/http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/i-have-never-bothered-about-my-age-sunny-deol/story-Z1zK9SplQPHy1HGHcRW0aI.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

| birth_place        = [[Sahnewal]], [[East Punjab]], [[India]] {{small|(present-day [[Punjab, India|Punjab]])}}<ref>{{cite news|title=In my 30-year career, I have spent five years in bed due to my backache: SDeol|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/In-my-30-year-career-I-have-spent-five-years-in-bed-due-to-my-backache-Sunny-Deol/articleshow/25126235.cms?curpg=2|access-date=11 February 2013|work=The Times Of India|archive-date=25 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225165914/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/In-my-30-year-career-I-have-spent-five-years-in-bed-due-to-my-backache-Sunny-Deol/articleshow/25126235.cms?curpg=2|url-status=live}}</ref>

'''Ajay Singh Dharmendra Deol''' (born 19 October 1956),<ref name="telegraph" /><ref name="IE Deol Bday">{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/sunny-deol-birthday-dance-action-3091005/|title=Happy Birthday Sunny Deol: This is why Sunny paaji is a non-dancer's icon|date=19 October 2016|access-date=18 April 2019|archive-date=18 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190418184034/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/sunny-deol-birthday-dance-action-3091005/|url-status=live}}</ref> better known by his stage name '''Sunny Deol''', is an Indian actor, film director, producer, politician and incumbent [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]] from [[Gurdaspur (Lok Sabha constituency)]] of [[Punjab, India]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Members : Lok Sabha|url=http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=5167&lastls=17|access-date=30 August 2020|website=164.100.47.194|archive-date=11 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011214529/http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=5167&lastls=17|url-status=live}}</ref> As an actor, he has worked in more than 100 [[Hindi]] films and earned the image of an angry action hero.<ref name="Angry5Deol">{{Cite news|title=5 of Sunny Deol's 'Angry Young Man' avatars that can still make us 'Ghayal Once Again'|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-5-of-sunny-deol-s-angry-young-man-avatars-that-can-still-make-us-ghayal-once-again-2174336|date = 5 February 2016|access-date = 4 June 2022|publisher=DNAIndia}}</ref> He went on to star in numerous successful films in the 1980s and 1990s and is considered as one of the top stars of that time.<ref name="top90Star">{{Cite news|title=When Salman Khan said he piggybacked on Sunny Deol if he felt gadbad in his career|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/celebrities/story/when-salman-khan-said-he-piggybacked-on-sunny-deol-if-he-felt-gadbad-in-his-career-on-tuesday-trivia-1866627-2021-10-19|date = 19 October 2021|access-date = 4 June 2022|publisher=IndiaToday}}</ref> Deol has won two [[National Film Awards]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=40th nff 1993|date=9 March 2016|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/40th_nff_1993.pdf|access-date=30 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309053748/http://dff.nic.in/2011/40th_nff_1993.pdf|archive-date=9 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=22 June 2017|title=27 years of Ghayal: Sunny Deol film succeeded despite clash with Aamir-Madhuri's Dil|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/27-years-of-ghayal-sunny-deol-film-succeeded-despite-clash-with-aamir-madhuri-s-dil/story-ndhnmXcrY5KsuTtM8YzgyJ.html|access-date=30 August 2020|website=Hindustan Times|language=en|archive-date=30 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330070508/https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/27-years-of-ghayal-sunny-deol-film-succeeded-despite-clash-with-aamir-madhuri-s-dil/story-ndhnmXcrY5KsuTtM8YzgyJ.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and two [[Filmfare Awards]].<ref name="filmfare 1953 to 2020">{{Cite web|title=Filmfare Awards Winners From 1953 to 2020|url=https://www.filmfare.com/awards/filmfare-awards/winners|access-date=30 August 2020|website=filmfare.com|language=en|archive-date=4 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180204095338/https://www.filmfare.com/awards/filmfare-awards/winners|url-status=dead}}</ref>

 

Deol made his debut opposite fellow debutante [[Amrita Singh]] in ''[[Betaab]]'' (1983), for which  he received a [[Filmfare Best Actor Award]] nomination.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Nominations&nbsp;– 1982 |url=http://filmfareawards.indiatimes.com/articleshow/articleshow/367131.cms |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708212739/http://filmfareawards.indiatimes.com/articleshow/articleshow/367131.cms |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 July 2012 |publisher=filmfareawards.indiatimes.com |access-date=15 December 2011 }}</ref> With his portrayal of an amateur boxer wrongly accused of his brother's murder in [[Rajkumar Santoshi]]'s ''[[Ghayal (1990 film)|Ghayal]]'' in 1990, Deol gained wide recognition and praise and won the [[Filmfare Award for Best Actor]]<ref name="filmfare 1953 to 2020" /> and the [[National Film Award – Special Jury Award (Feature Film)|National Film Award&nbsp;– Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Feature Film)]].<ref>{{cite news|title=The Winners&nbsp;– 1990|url=http://filmfareawards.indiatimes.com/articleshow/articleshow/articleshow/368594.cms|publisher=filmfareawards.indiatimes.com|access-date=15 December 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120710185851/http://filmfareawards.indiatimes.com/articleshow/articleshow/articleshow/368594.cms|archive-date=10 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Ghayal|website=[[IMDb]]|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099652/|access-date=28 June 2011|archive-date=27 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111027172810/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099652/|url-status=live}}</ref> His portrayal of a lawyer in the film ''[[Damini&nbsp;– Lightning]]'' (1993) won him the [[National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=40thNationalAwards|url=http://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/77_40thNfacatalogue.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725214037/http://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/77_40thNfacatalogue.pdf|archive-date=25 July 2020}}</ref> and the [[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor]].<ref name="filmfare 1953 to 2020" /> He starred in several other blockbuster movies such as ''[[Darr]]'' (1993), ''[[Jeet (1996 film)|Jeet]]'' (1996), ''[[Ghatak: Lethal|Ghatak]]'' (1996), ''[[Ziddi (1997 film)|Ziddi]]'' (1997), ''[[Border (1997 film)|Border]]'' (1997), ''[[Arjun Pandit (1999 film)|Arjun Pandit]]'' (1999) and ''[[Indian (2001 film)|Indian]]'' (2001).<ref name="boxofficeindia.com">{{cite web|url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=2678|title=Border - Movie - Box Office India|website=boxofficeindia.com|access-date=6 April 2018}}</ref><ref name="Angry65Deol">{{Cite news|title=Actor Sunny Deol turns 65: Fans take to Twitter to wish the 'King of Action' on his birthday|url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/viral/actor-sunny-deol-turns-65-fans-take-to-twitter-to-wish-the-king-of-action-on-his-birthday|date = 19 October 2021|access-date = 4 June 2022|publisher=Freepressjournal}}</ref>  

Another milestone for Deol was ''[[Gadar: Ek Prem Katha]]'' (2001), in which Deol portrayed a patriotic Indian truck driver, and the movie became the highest-grossing [[Bollywood]] film ever at the time of its release, garnering him a [[Filmfare Best Actor Award]] nomination.<ref>{{cite web|title=Box Office India|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=127&catName=MjAwMC0yMDA5|access-date=28 June 2011|archive-date=23 July 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120723203502/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=127&catName=MjAwMC0yMDA5|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Box Officex|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=207&catName=MjAwMQ==|access-date=28 June 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014132444/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=207&catName=MjAwMQ%3D%3D|archive-date=14 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=The Nominations&nbsp;– 2001|url=http://filmfareawards.indiatimes.com/articleshow/articleshow/368737.cms|publisher=www.filmfareawards.indiatimes.com|access-date=15 December 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708020250/http://filmfareawards.indiatimes.com/articleshow/articleshow/368737.cms|archive-date=8 July 2012}}</ref> Later, Deol appeared alongside his father [[Dharmendra]] and brother [[Bobby Deol]] together for the first time in the 2007 hit, ''[[Apne]]'';<ref>{{cite news|title=Apne|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-01-09/news-interviews/28357801_1_film-yamla-pagla-deewana-yamla-pagla-deewana|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708073549/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-01-09/news-interviews/28357801_1_film-yamla-pagla-deewana-yamla-pagla-deewana|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 July 2012|access-date=29 June 2011|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=1 January 2011}}</ref> followed by a family comedy, ''[[Yamla Pagla Deewana]]'' (2011), which was also successful.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hits 2011|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=108&catName=QUxMIElORElB|publisher=[[Box Office India]]|access-date=26 July 2011|archive-date=27 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121227120140/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=108&catName=QUxMIElORElB|url-status=live}}</ref>

Sunny Deol was born as Ajay Singh Dharmendra Deol on 19 October 1956, in the village of [[Sahnewal]] in [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], [[India]] in a [[Punjabi people|Punjabi]] [[Jat people|Jat]] family,<ref>{{cite web |title=Ajay Singh Dharmendra Deol (Sunny Deol) (Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)): Constituency- Gurdaspur (Punjab) - Affidavit Information of Candidate |url=https://myneta.info/LokSabha2019/candidate.php?candidate_id=13532 |website=My Neta |access-date=10 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2 May 2019|title=Lok Sabha elections 2019: Sunny Deol banks on Punjabi roots, patriotic |website=Hindustan Times|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/lok-sabha-elections/lok-sabha-elections-2019-sunny-deol-banks-on-punjabi-roots-patriotic-image/story-1j3GdhDo7k9AdK571PYzHO.html |language=en|archive-date=5 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200305174646/https://www.hindustantimes.com/lok-sabha-elections/lok-sabha-elections-2019-sunny-deol-banks-on-punjabi-roots-patriotic-image/story-1j3GdhDo7k9AdK571PYzHO.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p010z34s|access-date=30 August 2020|website=www.bbc.co.uk|title=BBC Asian Network – Bobby Friction & Anushka Arora, Diwali special with the Deols, Watch in Conversation with the Deols|date=12 November 2012 |archive-date=3 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190803012041/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p010z34s|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=6 June 2011|title=Vijayta Films|url=http://www.vijaytafilms.com/thedeols.html|access-date=30 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606081153/http://www.vijaytafilms.com/thedeols.html|archive-date=6 June 2011}}</ref> to Bollywood actor Dharmendra<ref>{{cite web|title=The Deols|url=http://vijaytafilms.com/thedeols.html|publisher=vijaytafilms|access-date=13 July 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606081153/http://www.vijaytafilms.com/thedeols.html|archive-date=6 June 2011}}</ref> and Parkash Kaur.

He has a younger brother Bobby Deol and two sisters Vijayta and Ajeeta who are settled in California, USA. [[Hema Malini]]<ref>{{cite web|title=He's like my teddy bear |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/He-s-like-my-teddy-bear/Article1-711213.aspx |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125200003/http://www.hindustantimes.com/He-s-like-my-teddy-bear/Article1-711213.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 January 2013 |publisher=hindustantimes |access-date=13 July 2011 }}</ref> is his step-mother. Actress [[Esha Deol]] and Ahana Deol are his half-sisters.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sunny Deol pawan |url=http://www.starboxoffice.com/stars/Default.aspx?bid=actors_Sunny_Deol |publisher=starboxoffice |access-date=13 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110423200443/http://www.starboxoffice.com/stars/Default.aspx?bid=actors_Sunny_Deol |archive-date=23 April 2011 }}</ref> His cousin [[Abhay Deol]] is also an actor.

=== Debut, breakthrough, & rise to prominence (1983-1989) ===

Deol made his debut in the 1983 romantic film ''[[Betaab]]'' in which role he was praised and he was nominated for best actor at [[Filmfare Awards]]. Deol has appeared in [[Rahul Rawail]]'s ''[[Arjun (1985 film)|Arjun]]'' (1985), in which he played the titular role of an unemployed youngster. The film went on to become a major hit and established Sunny Deol's status as an action hero. In 1986 he appeared alongside his [[Dharmendra|father]] in ''[[Sultanat (1986 film)|Sultanat]]''. In the final years of the decade he appeared in several hits including ''[[Paap Ki Duniya]]'' (1988), ''[[Tridev]]'' (1989) and ''[[ChaalBaaz]]'' (1989).<ref>{{cite web|title=Box Office 1988|url=http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=194&catName=MTk4OA==|publisher=Box Office India|access-date=14 December 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090131224648/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=194&catName=MTk4OA==|archive-date=31 January 2009}}</ref>

Deol won his first [[Filmfare Awards|Filmfare Award]] for Best Actor in [[Rajkumar Santoshi|Rajkumar Santoshi's]] 1990 film ''[[Ghayal (1990 film)|Ghayal]]''. He paired with [[Aditya Pancholi]] in ''[[Vishnu-Devaa|Vishnu-Devaa]]''. From 1992 to 1997, he gave back to back hits with films like ''[[Vishwatma]]'', ''[[Darr]]'', ''[[Damini]]'', ''[[Lootere]]'', ''[[Jeet (1996 film)|Jeet]]'', ''[[Ghatak: Lethal|Ghatak]]'', ''[[Ziddi (1997 film)|Ziddi]]'' and ''[[Border (1997 film)|Border]]''. In 1999 he made his directorial debut with ''[[Dillagi (1999 film)|Dillagi]]'' starring himself, his [[Bobby Deol|brother]] and [[Urmila Matondkar]].

His first blockbuster hit in the millennium was 2001 film ''[[Gadar: Ek Prem Katha]]'', directed by [[Anil Sharma (director)|Anil Sharma]], in which Deol played the role of a patriotic Indian truck driver, Tara Singh who falls in love with a Muslim girl, Sakeena, in the backdrop of [[Partition of India | 1947 partition]] violence, and makes a dramatic trip to Pakistan to get back his beloved.<ref name="THG">{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/gadar-2-teaser-sunny-deol-returns-to-lahore-extracts-a-wheel/article66960828.ece | title=‘Gadar 2’ teaser: Sunny Deol returns to Lahore, extracts a wheel | newspaper=TH | date=12 June 2022 }}</ref> Gadar became the [[List of highest-grossing Indian films|highest-grossing Hindi film up until then]] in mainstream cinema earning over {{INRConvert|1.3|b}} worldwide and Deol was nominated for [[Filmfare Award for Best Actor]] once again.<ref>{{cite web|title=Top Hits Down The Years|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/cpages.php?pageName=top_hits|publisher=Box Office India|accessdate=9 August 2011}}</ref> In the same year, Deol also worked in another successful action thriller film ''[[Indian (2001 film)|Indian]]'' (2001).<ref>{{cite web|title=Top Actor|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/cpages.php?pageName=top_actors|publisher=[[Box Office India]]|accessdate=9 August 2011}}</ref> Then, in 2003, Deol teamed up with director [[Anil Sharma (director)|Anil Sharma]] yet again for ''[[The Hero: Love Story of a Spy]]'', which also starred [[Preity Zinta]] and [[Priyanka Chopra]].<ref>{{cite web|title=third highest grosser|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=209&catName=MjAwMw==|publisher=Box Office India|access-date=29 June 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120525225820/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=209&catName=MjAwMw==|archive-date=25 May 2012}}</ref> Released on 11 April, ''[[The Hero: Love Story of a Spy|The Hero]]'' was billed as [[Bollywood]]'s most expensive film at that time with an estimated budget of {{INRConvert|600|m}}.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Hero stunt most exacting, says Sunny Deol|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2003-03-17/mumbai/27288303_1_sunny-deol-anil-sharma-expensive-film|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120701135142/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2003-03-17/mumbai/27288303_1_sunny-deol-anil-sharma-expensive-film|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 July 2012|access-date=14 December 2011|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=17 March 2003}}</ref> The film became the third highest-grossing [[Bollywood]] film of that year.<ref>{{cite web|title=Box Office 2003|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=209&catName=MjAwMw==|publisher=www.boxofficeindia.com|access-date=15 December 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120525225820/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=209&catName=MjAwMw==|archive-date=25 May 2012}}</ref>

=== Box office fluctuations and expansion into comedies (2004-present) ===

Deol appeared alongside his father Dharmendra and brother Bobby Deol together for the first time in ''[[Apne]]'' (2007).<ref>{{cite news|title=Apne|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-01-09/news-interviews/28357801_1_film-yamla-pagla-deewana-yamla-pagla-deewana|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708073549/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-01-09/news-interviews/28357801_1_film-yamla-pagla-deewana-yamla-pagla-deewana|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 July 2012|access-date=29 June 2011|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=1 January 2011}}</ref> In 2008, he appeared with his [[Bobby Deol|brother]] again in the ensemble film ''[[Heroes (2008 film)|Heroes]]''.

Deol's first release of 2010 was Neeraj Pathak's crime thriller ''[[Right Yaaa Wrong]]'' which had him playing a [[Police Inspector|police inspector]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Right Ya Wrong is the surprise of the year.|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-03-15/news-interviews/28125267_1_characters-shades-sunny-deol|access-date=22 March 2012|archive-date=25 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131225164819/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-03-15/news-interviews/28125267_1_characters-shades-sunny-deol|work=[[The Times of India]]|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''[[Yamla Pagla Deewana]]'' which also featured him alongside his father and brother was Deol's only release in 2011 and was one of the biggest successes of the year.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hits 2011|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=108&catName=QUxMIElORElB|publisher=[[Box Office India]]|access-date=26 July 2011|archive-date=27 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121227120140/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=108&catName=QUxMIElORElB|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Top Grossers 2010–2011 OVERSEAS|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/boxnewsdetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=2766&nCat=box_office_news|publisher=Boxofficeindia.Com|access-date=30 June 2011|archive-date=17 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110417093800/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/boxnewsdetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=2766&nCat=box_office_news|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Top Hits|url=http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=368&catName=MjAxMQ==|access-date=30 June 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130604214749/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=368&catName=MjAxMQ==|archive-date=4 June 2013}}</ref> In 2011, he started working in ''[[Radhika Rao (director)|Radhika Rao]]'' and ''[[Vinay Sapru]]''{{'s}} ''[[I Love NY (2015 film)|I Love NY]]'' opposite [[Kangana Ranaut]] and in [[Chandraprakash Dwivedi]]'s ''[[Mohalla Assi]]'' opposite [[Sakshi Tanwar]], but due to some reason both films were delayed and released several years later.

For the first time in his career, Deol lent his voice (for [[Bhima|Bheem]]) in the Animated film ''[[Mahabharat (2013 film)|Mahabharata]]''; produced by ''[[Jayantilal Gada]]'' of [[Pen India Limited|PEN India Pvt Ltd.]]<ref>{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-reviews/yamla-pagla-deewana-2/movie-review/20439988.cms | title=Yamla Pagla Deewana 2 Review | work=The Times Of India | access-date=7 April 2020 | archive-date=7 April 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407154536/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-reviews/yamla-pagla-deewana-2/movie-review/20439988.cms | url-status=live }}</ref> It earned ₹16.9 millions<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mahabharat – Movie – Box Office India|url=https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=2005|access-date=29 August 2020|website=www.boxofficeindia.com|archive-date=28 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161228170406/http://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=2005|url-status=live}}</ref> whereas [[Yamla Pagla Deewana]] earned ₹887.25 millions.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Yamla Pagla Deewana – Movie – Box Office India|url=https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=35|access-date=29 August 2020|website=www.boxofficeindia.com|archive-date=16 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200616222905/https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=35|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Yamla Pagla Deewana 2]]'', a sequel to his 2011 hit was released in 2013 but the film was a critical and box office failure. In the end of 2013 Deol teamed up with [[Anil Sharma (director)|Anil Sharma]] yet again for ''[[Singh Saab The Great]]'' which was loved massively and created a big pandemonium in the cinema hall as well as on Facebook.<ref>{{Cite web|title = FIR Against Sunny Deol For Allegedly Abusive Language In Mohalla Assi – NDTV Movies|url = http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/fir-against-sunny-deol-for-allegedly-abusive-language-in-mohalla-assi-774064|access-date = 22 June 2015|archive-date = 22 June 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150622155654/http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/fir-against-sunny-deol-for-allegedly-abusive-language-in-mohalla-assi-774064|url-status = live}}</ref>

Having given a number of blockbuster hits earlier, from 2015 onwards, Deol has been getting several sequel movies. In 2016, ''[[Ghayal Once Again]] was released'' which was a sequel to his 1990 film ''[[Ghayal (1990 film)|Ghayal]]'' and is the second film directed by him. In 2017 he and his [[Bobby Deol|brother]] appeared in [[Shreyas Talpade]]'s comedy film ''[[Poster Boys]]'', which became a semi hit at the box office.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.koimoi.com/box-office/poster-boys-is-struggling-to-survive-at-the-box-office/|title=Poster Boys Is Struggling To Survive At The Box Office|date=14 September 2017|work=Koimoi|access-date=14 January 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=14 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180114184425/http://www.koimoi.com/box-office/poster-boys-is-struggling-to-survive-at-the-box-office/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2018, Deol appeared in ''[[Yamla Pagla Deewana: Phir Se]]'', the third film in the franchise. Also that year, two of his long delayed films ''[[Bhaiyyaji Superhitt]]'' (where he plays a double role for the first time),<ref>{{Citation|last1=Deol|first1=Sunny|title=Bhaiyyaji Superhitt|date=1 January 2000|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2150177/|last2=Zinta|last3=Mundi|last4=Warsi|first2=Preity|first3=Simran Kaur|first4=Arshad|access-date=21 February 2017|archive-date=22 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222111015/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2150177/|url-status=live}}</ref> and ''[[Mohalla Assi]]'' were released.  

Further, in 2023, the sequel of the 2001 blockbuster Gadar, [[Gadar 2]], is scheduled to be released on 11 August 2023; and film story is centered around the era of the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]], in which Deol as Tara Singh returns to [[Pakistan]] to bring back his son. It is directed and produced by [[Anil Sharma (director)|Anil Sharma]], and the film stars Sunny Deol, [[Ameesha Patel]], and [[Utkarsh Sharma]] in lead roles. <ref>{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/anil-sharma-wraps-lucknow-schedule-of-gadar-2/articleshow/91005397.cms | title=Anil Sharma wraps Lucknow schedule of 'Gadar 2' | newspaper=Times of India | date=22 April 2022 }}</ref> Another sequel to the 2007 hit family movie, Apne, ''Apne 2'' starring three generations of Deols with Dharmendra, Bobby Deol, and Karan Deol in under production; however, its release date is expected in late 2023/ early 2024. <ref>{{Cite web|title=Apne 2 Will Star 3 Generations Of Deols – Dharmendra, Sunny, Bobby, Karan|url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/apne-2-will-star-3-generations-of-deols-dharmendra-sunny-bobby-karan-2332037|access-date=30 November 2020|website=NDTV.com}}</ref>

Deol joined the [[Bharatiya Janata Party|Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)]] on 23 April 2019.<ref>{{cite news |last1=PTI |title=Bollywood actor Sunny Deol joins BJP |url=https://www.timesofindia.com/elections/news/bollywood-actor-sunny-deol-joins-bjp/amp_articleshow/69003734.cms |access-date=27 March 2019 |work=[[Times of India]] |date=23 April 2019 }}{{dead link|date=August 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He won the [[2019 Indian general election|2019 Lok Sabha Elections]] from [[Gurdaspur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Gurdaspur constituency]] in Punjab against his rival [[Sunil Jakhar]] of [[Indian National Congress|Indian national Congress]] with a margin of 82,459 votes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsnation.in/election/lok-sabha-election-2019/from-sunny-deol-to-urmila-matondkar-heres-how-star-candidates-fared-in-lok-sabha-polls-article-225290.html|title=From Sunny Deol to Urmila Matondkar, here's how star candidates fared in Lok Sabha Polls|date=24 May 2019|website=News Nation|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524112411/https://www.newsnation.in/election/lok-sabha-election-2019/from-sunny-deol-to-urmila-matondkar-heres-how-star-candidates-fared-in-lok-sabha-polls-article-225290.html|archive-date=24 May 2019|url-status=live|access-date=24 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/actor-sunny-deol-wins-the-lok-sabha-elections-2019-by-82459-votes/articleshow/69472584.cms|title=Actor Sunny Deol wins the Lok Sabha Elections 2019 by 82,459 votes – Times of India|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=24 May 2019|archive-date=28 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200128000400/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/actor-sunny-deol-wins-the-lok-sabha-elections-2019-by-82459-votes/articleshow/69472584.cms|url-status=live}}</ref>

Sunny Deol is married to Pooja Deol (aka Lynda Deol) and the couple has two sons, Karan and Rajveer. Karan was an assistant director on ''[[Yamla Pagla Deewana 2]]'' and has rapped in a song sung by [[Diljit Dosanjh]] in the film.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sunny Deol's son turns assistant director, wife writer for Yamla Pagla Deewana 2 – Indian Express|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/sunny-deols-son-turns-assistant-director-wife-writer-for-yamla-pagla-deewana-2/1094802/|website=archive.indianexpress.com|access-date=11 May 2020}}</ref> Karan Deol has made his [[Bollywood]] debut in 2019 with the [[Hindi|Hindi-language]] feature film ''[[Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas]]''.<ref>{{Citation|title=Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas Movie Review: Highs and lows of love|newspaper=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-reviews/pal-pal-dil-ke-paas/movie-review/71206141.cms|access-date=11 May 2020|archive-date=31 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200131153220/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-reviews/pal-pal-dil-ke-paas/movie-review/71206141.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> In June 2023, son Karan Deol got married to Drisha Acharya in the presence of the Deol family, including Sunny Deol, Dharmendra and Bobby Deol, among others.<ref>{{Cite news |title= Karan Deol shares dreamy first official wedding pics with wife Drisha Acharya|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/karan-deol-shares-first-official-wedding-pics-with-wife-drisha-acharya-101687096846936.html |work=Hindustan Times |date=18 June 2023 |accessdate=4 July 2023 }}</ref>