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'''Ajay Singh 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 current [[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> In [[Bollywood]], he 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> with his lead roles in several blockbuster movies such as [[Ghayal (1990 film)|Ghayal]], [[Ghatak: Lethal|Ghatak]], [[Border (1997 film)|Border]] and [[Gadar: Ek Prem Katha]].<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> 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>
'''Ajay Singh 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 current [[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> In [[Bollywood]], he 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> with his lead roles in several blockbuster movies such as ''[[Ghayal (1990 film)|Ghayal]]'', ''[[Jeet (1996 film)|Jeet]]'', ''[[Damini]]'', ''[[Ghatak: Lethal|Ghatak]]'', ''[[Border (1997 film)|Border]]'' and ''[[Gadar: Ek Prem Katha]]''.<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> 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> Subsequently, 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> 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" /> [[Anil Sharma (director)|Anil Sharma]]'s ''[[Gadar: Ek Prem Katha]]'' (2001), in which Deol portrayed a lorry driver who falls in love with a Pakistani Muslim girl, was the highest-grossing [[Bollywood]] film ever at the time of its release, and garnered 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>
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> Subsequently, 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> 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" /> [[Anil Sharma (director)|Anil Sharma]]'s ''[[Gadar: Ek Prem Katha]]'' (2001), in which Deol portrayed a lorry driver who falls in love with a Pakistani Muslim girl, was the highest-grossing [[Bollywood]] film ever at the time of its release, and garnered 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>
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Sunny Deol was born 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|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|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.
Sunny Deol was born 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|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|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. His step-mother is [[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> through whom he has two paternal half-sisters, actress [[Esha Deol]] and Ahana Deol.<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.
He has a younger brother [[Bobby Deol]] and two sisters Vijayta and Ajeeta who are settled in California. [[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.


== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==

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Sunny Deol
Deol in 2012
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Assumed office
18 June 2019
Preceded bySunil Kumar Jakhar
ConstituencyGurdaspur
Personal details
ResidenceMumbai, Maharashtra, India
Born
Ajay Singh Deol

(1956-10-19) 19 October 1956 (age 69)[1]
Sahnewal, East Punjab, India (present-day Punjab)[2]
NationalityIndian
Other namesSunny Deol
CitizenshipIndian
Occupation
Years active1983–present
Works
Full list
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s)
Lynda Deol (aka Pooja Deol)
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(
m. 1984)
Children2
Parent(s)
RelativesSee Deol family
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Ajay Singh Deol (born 19 October 1956),[1][3] better known by his stage name Sunny Deol, is an Indian actor, film director, producer, politician and current Member of Parliament from Gurdaspur (Lok Sabha constituency) of Punjab, India.[4] In Bollywood, he earned the image of an angry action hero[5] with his lead roles in several blockbuster movies such as Ghayal, Jeet, Damini, Ghatak, Border and Gadar: Ek Prem Katha.[6] Deol has won two National Film Awards[7][8] and two Filmfare Awards.[9]

Deol made his debut opposite fellow debutante Amrita Singh in Betaab (1983), for which he received a Filmfare Best Actor Award nomination.[10] Subsequently, 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.[11] With his portrayal of an amateur boxer wrongly accused of his brother's murder in Rajkumar Santoshi's Ghayal in 1990, Deol gained wide recognition and praise and won the Filmfare Award for Best Actor[9] and the National Film Award – Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Feature Film).[12][13] His portrayal of a lawyer in the film Damini – Lightning (1993) won him the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor[14] and the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor.[9] Anil Sharma's Gadar: Ek Prem Katha (2001), in which Deol portrayed a lorry driver who falls in love with a Pakistani Muslim girl, was the highest-grossing Bollywood film ever at the time of its release, and garnered him a Filmfare Best Actor Award nomination.[15][16][17]

Early life

Sunny Deol was born on 19 October 1956, in the village of Sahnewal in Punjab, India in a Punjabi Jat family,[18][19][20] to Bollywood actor Dharmendra[21] and Parkash Kaur.

He has a younger brother Bobby Deol and two sisters Vijayta and Ajeeta who are settled in California. Hema Malini[22] is his step-mother. Actress Esha Deol and Ahana Deol are his half-sisters.[23] His cousin Abhay Deol is also an actor.

Personal life

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.[24] Karan Deol has made his Bollywood debut with the Hindi-language feature film Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas.[25] He was tested Positive for COVID-19 on 1 December 2020 in Manali.[26]

Acting career

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), 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 father in Sultanat. In the final years of the decade he appeared in several hits including Dacait (1987), Yateem (1988) and Paap Ki Duniya (1988).[27] In 1989, he had back to back hits with Rajiv Rai's Tridev and Pankaj Parashar's ChaalBaaz. He even won his first Filmfare Award for Best Actor in Rajkumar Santoshi's 1990 film Ghayal. He paired with Aditya Pancholi in Vishnu-Devaa (1991). From 1992 to 1997, he gave back to back hits with films like Lootere, Darr, Jeet, Ghatak, Border and Ziddi. In 1999 he made his directorial debut with Dillagi starring himself, his brother and Urmila Matondkar.

His first hit in the millennium was Anil Sharma's 2001 film Gadar. In 2003 he teamed up with director Anil Sharma yet again for The Hero: Love Story of a Spy, which also starred Preity Zinta and Priyanka Chopra.[28] Released on 11 April, The Hero was billed as Bollywood's most expensive film at that time with an estimated budget of ₹600 million (US$8.4 million).[29] The film became the third highest-grossing Bollywood film of that year.[30] Deol appeared alongside his father Dharmendra and brother Bobby Deol together for the first time in Apne (2007).[31] In 2008, he appeared with his brother again in the ensemble film Heroes.

Deol’s first release of 2010 was Neeraj Pathak's crime thriller Right Yaaa Wrong which had him playing a police inspector.[32] 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.[33][34][35] In 2011, he started working in Radhika Rao and Vinay Sapru's 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 Bheem) in the Animated film Mahabharata; produced by Jayantilal Gada of PEN India Pvt Ltd.[36] It earned ₹16.9 millions[37] whereas Yamla Pagla Deewana earned ₹887.25 millions.[38] 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 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.[39]

In 2016, Ghayal Once Again was released which is a sequel to his 1990 film Ghayal and is the second film directed by him. In 2017 he and his brother appeared in Shreyas Talpade's comedy film Poster Boys, which became a semi hit at the box office.[40] 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).[41] and Mohalla Assi were released. In 2019, he directed his third film Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas, marking the debut of his son Karan Deol. He will be seen in Apne 2 which will be releasing on Diwali 2021 it will also star Dharmendra, Bobby Deol and Karan Deol.[42]

Political career

Deol joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on 23 April 2019.[43] He won the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections from Gurdaspur constituency against his rival Sunil Jakhar of Indian national Congress with a margin of 82,459 votes.[44][45]

Filmography

Main article: Sunny Deol filmography

Accolades

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Sunny Deol

References

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  26. ↑ Service, Tribune News. "Sunny Deol tests Covid positive in Himachal's Manali". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
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  41. ↑ Deol, Sunny; Zinta, Preity; Mundi, Simran Kaur; Warsi, Arshad (1 January 2000), Bhaiyyaji Superhitt, archived from the original on 22 February 2017, retrieved 21 February 2017
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