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Sunny Deol
Sunny Deol
(born as Ajay Singh Deol on October 19, 1961 in New Delhi, India) is a Bollywood actor.
Family
Sunny Deol was born to actor Dharmendra and his first wife Prakash Kaur. He has three siblings: his brother, Bobby Deol and his half-sisters Esha Deol and Ahana Deol. All three of them are actors. Sunny is the stepson to actress Hema Malini. He is married to Pooja and has two sons by the name Rajvir and Ranvir which are incidentally the names he chose for himself and his brotherBobby Deol in his directorial debut movie
Dillagi.
As an Actor
Sunny's first movie was Betaab (1982) which was a big hit. A series of movies followed and though there were many of box office failures among them, his action films such as Tridev (1989), Ghayal (1990), Ghatak (1996), Ziddi (1998), Border (1998) and Gadar - Ek Prem Katha (2000) are some of the biggest hits of his career.
Deol has also had success in romantic roles in films such as Damini (1993) and Jeet (1995).
As a director
Sunny Deol tried his hand at being a director with Dillagi (1999) starring himself, brother Bobby Deol & Urmila Matondkar. Though the film was a commercial failure, Deol's direction was critically acclaimed.
Awards
He has won a couple of Indian National Awards for his performances in Ghayal (Injured) (1990) & Damini (1993). He stars in the highest grossing film of Indian cinema, Gadar - Ek Prem Katha (2001). His other major hits include his debut film Betaab (1983), Arjun (1985), Paap Ki Duniya (1988), Tridev (1989), Chaalbaaz (1989), Darr (Fear) (1993), Jeet (Victory) (1996), Ghatak (1996), Ziddi (1997), Border (1997) & Indian (2001).
Awards of the International Indian Film Academy
2002: Nominated, Best Actor for Gadar: Ek Prem Katha
Filmfare Awards
2002: Nominated, Filmfare Best Actor Award for Gadar: Ek Prem Katha
1994: Won, Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for Damini - Lightning
1991: Won, Filmfare Best Actor Award for Ghayal
Zee Cine Awards
2002: Won, Zee Cine Special Award for Outstanding Performance- Male for Gadar: Ek Prem Katha
2002: Nominated, Zee Cine Award Best Actor- Male for Gadar: Ek Prem Katha
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