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Sunny Deol born as Ajay Singh Deol (Punjabi: ਅਜੈ ਸਿੰਘ ਦਿਓਲ 19 October 1956 is an Indian film actor, producer and director born in Jatt Sikh family. His father Dharmendra is also a Bollywood personality. He won two National Film Awards and two Filmfare Awards. He has two children Ranveer Singh Deol & Rajveer Singh Deol.

Career

Sunny Deol starred mainly in action movies. He had a successful debut with his home production Betaab in 1983. He went through a lean phase for a couple of years until Arjun (1985). What followed were a bunch of hits in Paap Ki Duniya (1988), Tridev (1989), Chaalbaaz (1989), Vishwatma (1992), Vardi, Ghayal, etc. His defining moment as an actor came with another home production Ghayal, a film that won him the National award along with the Filmfare Award for the Best Actor. Apart from that he has also appeared in some above average movies like Joshiley, Sultnaut, Sohni Mahiwal, Samundar. He was critically acclaimed for his hit movie Dacait which was directed by Rahul Rawail. Yateem is another movie which shows his capability as an actor.

Sunny Deol delivered huge hits through the 1990s in Ghayal (1990), Narsimha (1991), Vishwatma (1992), Lootere (1993), Damini (1993), Darr (1993). His supporting actor role of a drunk lawyer in ‘Damini’ (1993) fetched him all the awards & accolades in Bollywood. However his performance in Darr (1993) was not well received by critics and audiences alike leaving Shahrukh Khan to win overwhelming praise for his performance as the psychotic villain of the film. In the mid nineties he delivered five big hits in a row – Jeet (1996), Ghatak (1996), Ajay (1996), Ziddi (1997) & Border (1997).

Sunny Deol’s biggest blockbuster till date came in the year 2001, with the all time blockbuster Gadar: Ek Prem Katha. Among his last few movies Apne (2007) & Heroes (2008) have done well in box office. He has established himself as one of the most successful actors in Bollywood.

As a director

As a director, Sunny Deol’s maiden outing was unsuccessful at the box office. Sunny Deol made his directorial debut with Dillagi (1999) starring himself, younger brother Bobby Deol & Urmila Matondkar. Sunny Deol’s next directorial venture is The Man (2009), which is an action packed film & it also stars Shilpa Shetty.

Awards

Filmfare Awards

• 1983 – Nominated, Filmfare Best Actor Award for Betaab [1]
• 1991 – Winner, Filmfare Best Actor Award for Ghayal
• 1994 – Winner, Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for Damini – Lightning
• 1997 – Nominated, Filmfare Best Actor Award for Ghatak: Lethal
• 1998 – Nominated, Filmfare Best Actor Award for Border
• 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 Awards

• 2001 – Winner Best Actor for Gadar: Ek Prem Katha

IIFA Awards

• 2001 – Nominated, Best Actor for Gadar: Ek Prem Katha

Other awards

• National Film Award – Special Jury Award: Ghayal
• National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor: Damini – Lightning
• 2002 – Winner Best Actor Award for Gadar: Ek Prem Katha by the Sansui Viewers’ Choice Movie Awards.[2] [3]

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Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Other Notes
1983	Betaab	Sunny
1984	Sunny	Sunny Inderjit
	Sohni Mahiwal	Mahiwal
	Manzil Manzil	Vijay
1985	Zabardast	Shyam
	Arjun	Arjun
1986	Saveray Wali Gaadi	Ravidas
	Sultanat	Sultan
	Samundar	Ajit
1987	Dacait	Arjun Yadav
1988	Yateem	Inspector Krishna
	Inteqam
	Paap Ki Duniya	Suraj/Ashok
	Ram-Avtar	Ram
1989	Nigahen: Nagina Part II	Anand
	Majboor	inspector Sunil
	Main Tera Dushman	Gopal
	Joshilaay	Dara
	Tridev	Inspector Karan Saxena
	ChaalBaaz	SuraM
1990	Vardi	Ajay Kumar Singh
	Aag Ka Gola	Vikram Singh/Shankar ‘Shaka’
	Krodh	Ajay Shukla
	Ghayal	Ajay Mehra
1991	Yodha	Advocate Karan Srivastav
	Shankara	Shankara
	Narsimha	Narsimha(1991 film)
	Vishnu-Devaa	Insp.Vishnu Subramaniam/Jack D’Souza
1992	Vishwatma	Inspector Prabhat Singh
1993	Gunaah	Ravi Sohni
	Lootere (1993)
	Kshatriya	Vinay Pratap Singh
	Damini – Lightning	Govind
	Izzat Ki Roti (1993)
	Darr	Sunil Malhotra
1994	Insaniyat	Karim Lala
1995	Imtihaan	Raja
	Dushmani: A Violent Love Story	Suraj Singh
	Angrakshak	Ajay
1996	Himmat	Agent Ajay Saxena
	Jeet	Karan
	Ghatak: Lethal	Kashi Nath
	Ajay	Ajay
1997	Border	Major Kuldeep Singh
	Ziddi	Deva Pradhan
	Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya	Himself	Special Appearance (song)
	Qahar	Raja
1998	Zor	Arjun Singh
	Salaakhen	Vishal Agnihotri
	Iski Topi Uske Sarr	Bhangra dancer
1999	Pyaar Koi Khel Nahin	Anand
	Arjun Pandit	Arjun Dixit/Arjun Pandit
	Dillagi	Ranvir Singh
2000	Champion	Rajveer Singh
2001	Farz	DCP Karan Singh
	Gadar: Ek Prem Katha	Tara Singh
	Yeh Raaste Hain Pyaar Ke	Sagar
	Indian	DCP Rajshekhar Azad
	Kasam	Shankar
2002	Maa Tujhhe Salaam	Major Pratap Singh
	23rd March 1931: Shaheed	Chandrashekhar Azad
	Jaani Dushman: Ek Anokhi Kahani	Karan Saxena
	Karz: The Burden of Truth	Suraj Singh
2003	The Hero: Love Story of a Spy	Major Arun Khanna/Batra/Wahid
	Kaise Kahoon Ke Pyaar Hai
	Jaal: The Trap	Ajay Kaul
	Khel	A.C.P. Rajveer Scindia
2004	Lakeer – Forbidden Lines	Arjun Rana
	Rok Sako To Rok Lo	Kabir (Phantom)
2005	Jo Bole So Nihaal	Havaldar Nihaal Singh
2006	Naksha	Veer
	Teesri Aankh	ACP Arjun Singh
2007	Kaafila	Col. Sameer Ahmed Khan
	Fool and Final	Munna
	Big Brother	Devdhar Gandhi / Sharma
	Apne	Angad Singh Choudhary
2008	Heroes	Vikram Shergill
2009	Fox	Yashwant Deshmukh
	2010	Right Yaa Wrong
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