Denzongpa is most remembered for his roles as a villain though he started his career by singing Indian and Nepali songs and acting in Indian and Nepali movies. He has starred in some international projects, the most famous being Seven Years in Tibet where he acted alongside Hollywood actor Brad Pitt.
In 2003, Denzongpa was awarded the Padma Shree, India's fourth highest civilian honour for his contribution to art and cinema.
Denzongpa is also an ex-army men. His love of horses and horse riding began at an early age, as his family was into horse breeding . He had qualified for the prestigious Armed Forces Medical College but after the Sino-Indian War of 1962, his mother pleaded with him to give up joining the army after several people of their village were killed. Danny then enrolled in the Film institute in Pune.
During his early film career, Danny suffered with language problem but learned it with practice. The Urdu came in handy in films such as Sawan Kumar's Sanam Bewafa and Mukul Anand's Khuda Gawah.
He started out with B-grade movies such as Zaroorat in 1971, and later moved on to play the roles of the villain in numerous roles.
He got his major break in Gulzar's Mere Apne, and later in B R Chopra's Dhund where he played a crippled and frustrated husband. He missed out on one of the most famous villain roles in Indian Cinema, that of Gabbar Singh for Sholay. He was the original choice for the role but had to back out because of a clash of dates. The character later became an icon and made Amjad Khan a star overnight.
He is also an accomplished singer having sung with Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi and Asha Bhonsle, three stalwarts of Indian music. He is also a painter, a writer and a sculptor.
He is currently acting in his first South Indian film, Endhiran,Directed by S. Shankar , starring Rajinikanth and Aishwarya Rai in the lead
Danny, who married Gawa Denzongpa, a Bhutia woman from his hometown of Gangtok, currently resides in Juhu in Mumbai. Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for Khuda Gawah(1992) and Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for Sanam Bewafa(1991) was won by him.
He has worked in more than 150 movies and his journey continues.
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