Sunny Deol Biography

Sunny Deol was born on 19 October 1969 in New Delhi in India. His original name is Ajay Singh Deol and he is the eldest child of veteran actor superstar Dharmendra. His mother name is Prakash Kaur.Dharmendra sent him to England to study acting.There He joined theatre called the Old Web Theatre in Birmingham, England where he studied theater and acting.So it was Sunny Deol who was a diamond but it Dharmendra who polished this diamond.





Sunny Deol is married to Pooja and has two sons Rajvir and Ranvir, which are incidentally the names he chose for himself and Bobby Deol in his directorial debut Dillagi.Sunny made his debut as a romantic hero in Betab.This movie was released in 1983 & it was blockbuster hit.Deol became a superstar after the release of Betab.

After sometime Sunny Deol was casted for action film Arjun.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 Arjun Sunny Deol did some b-grade movies & no one was hit.

Then Rajkumar Santoshi noticed his talent & gave him a major role in his movie Ghayal. His role of a boxer who fights for his family received cult status. Ghayal was the first biggest breakthrough which satteld him as a top class action hero.Ghayal was released in 1990.This was blockbuster of its time.Sunny Deol was awarded with national award for his role of a lawyer in 'Damini'.

Sunny Deol's noted action movies are Tridev (1989), Vishwatma (1992),Imtihaan (1995), Ghatak: Lethal (1996), Ziddi (1997), Border (1998) and Indian (2001).Border was based on Indo-Pak warfare.This movi got a huge sucess on box office.Sunny Deol got his biggest breakthrough of his life in Gadar: Ek Prem Katha.Sunny deol has did a lot of movies but no one can beat his all
time greatest hit Gadar: Ek Prem Katha.This movie was a huge sucess on box office.Gadar was made at a budget of 18 crores but grossed around 70 crore rupees at the box office, making it one of the highest grossing Hindi movies of world. This was the biggest blockester 2001.Sunny Deol in Gadar - Ek Prem KathaGadar: Ek Prem Katha was greately loved by international viewers.

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.Sunny Deol directed some movies.

Awards

National Film Awards
1991 - Winner National Film Award - Special Jury Award / Special
Mention (Feature Film)
1993 - Winner National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for Damini
- Lightning

Filmfare Awards
1983 - Nominated, Filmfare Best Actor Award for Betaab
1991 - Winner, Filmfare Best Actor Award for Ghayal
1994 - Winner, Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for Damini - Lightning
1998 - Nominated, Filmfare Best Actor Award for Ghatak: Lethal
2002 - Nominated, Filmfare Best Actor Award for Gadar: Ek Prem Katha

Zee Cine Awards
2002 - Winner, Zee Cine Special Award for Outstanding Performance-
Male for Gadar: Ek Prem Katha

Star Screen AwardsSunny Deol in the role of Azad
2001 - Winner Best Actor for Gadar: Ek Prem Katha

IIFA Awards
2001 - Nominated, Best Actor for Gadar: Ek Prem Katha

Other Awards
2002 - Winner Best Actor Award for Gadar: Ek Prem Katha by the Sansui
Viewers' Choice Movie Awards

Sunny Deol is the action supremo of bollywood.