Profile: Sunny Deol

Sunny Deol

Birth Date: October 19, 1956.
Place of Birth: New Delhi, India.

Biography: Sunny Deol (born as Ajay Singh Deol on October 19, 1956 in New Delhi) is a Bollywood actor and son of legendary actor Dharmendra. He is the brother of Bobby Deol and half-brother of Esha Deol and Ahana Deol. He was born in New Delhi, India but is of Punjabi descent. He 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.

He has won a couple of 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).

Sunny Deol has been associated with accomplished directors like Rahul Rawail (Betaab, Arjun, Samundar, Dacait & Arjun Pandit), Guddu Dhanoa (Ziddi, Salaakhen, 23 March 1931 Shaheed & Jaal - The Trap), J.P.Dutta (Yateem, Kshatriya & Border), Rajkumar Santoshi (Ghayal, Damini & Ghatak), Rajiv Rai (Tridev & Vishwatma), Anil Sharma (Gadar-Ek Prem Katha & The Hero) & Raj Kanwar (Jeet & Farz).

Sunny Deol tried his hand at direction with Dillagi (1999) starring himself, Bobby Deol & Urmila Matondkar. Though the film was a commercial failure, Sunny Deol's direction was critically acclaimed.

Filmography:

1. Fool and Final (2006) (pre-production)
2. Deodhar Gandhi (2006) (post-production)
3. Jo Bole So Nihaal (2005) .... Nihaal Singh
4. Rok Sako To Rok Lo (2004) .... Kabir (Phantom)
5. Lakeer - Forbidden Lines (2004) .... Arjun Rana
6. Khel (2003) .... Rajveer Scindia, A.C.P.
7. Jaal: The Trap (2003) .... Ajay Kaul
8. Kaise Kahoon Ke Pyaar Hai (2003)
9. The Hero: Love Story of a Spy (2003/I) .... Major Arun Khanna/Batra/Wahid
... aka The Hero (India: English title: short title)
10. Karz: The Burden of Truth (2002) .... Suraj
11. Jaani Dushman: Ek Anokhi Kahani (2002) .... Karan Saxena
12. 23rd March 1931: Shaheed (2002) .... Chandrashekhar Azad
13. Maa Tujhhe Salaam (2002) .... Major Pratap Singh
14. Kasam (2001) .... Shankar
15. Indian (2001) .... DCP Rajshekhar Azad
16. Yeh Raaste Hain Pyaar Ke (2001) .... Sagar (Special Appearance)
17. Gadar: Ek Prem Katha (2001) .... Tara Singh
... aka Gadar (India: Hindi title: short title)
... aka Mutiny: A Love Story (International: English title: informal literal title)
18. Farz (2001) .... DCP Karan Singh
19. Champion (2000) .... Rajveer Singh
20. Dillagi (1999) .... Ranvir
21. Arjun Pandit (1999) .... Arjun Dixit/Arjun Pandit
22. Pyaar Koi Khel Nahin (1999) .... Anand
23. Iski Topi Uske Sarr (1998) .... Bhangra dancer
24. Salaakhen (1998)
25. Qahar (1997) .... Raja
26. ...Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya (1997) .... Special Appearence
27. Ziddi (1997) .... Deva Pradhan
28. Zor (1997) .... Arjun Singh
29. Border (1997) .... Major Kuldeep Singh
30. Ajay (1996) .... Ajay
31. Ghatak: Lethal (1996) .... Kashi Nath
32. Jeet (1996) .... Karan
33. Himmat (1996) .... Ajay Saxena
34. Angrakshak (1995)
... aka Bodyguard (India: English title: literal title)
35. Dushmani: A Violent Love Story (1995) .... Suraj Singh
36. Imtihaan (1995) .... Raja
37. Insaniyat (1994) .... Karim Lala
38. Izzat Ki Roti (1993)
39. Damini - Lightning (1993) .... Govind
40. Kshatriya (1993) .... Vinay Pratap Singh (Surjangarh)
... aka Warriors (India: English title)
41. Darr (1993) .... Sunil Malhotra
... aka Fear
42. Gunaah (1993)
... aka The Crime
43. Lootere (1993)
44. Vishwatma (1992) .... Inspector Prabhat Singh
45. Vishnu-Devaa (1991) .... Vishnu Prasad/Insp. Vishnu Subramaniam/Jack D'Souza
46. Narasimha (1991) .... Narasimha
47. Shankara (1991) .... Shankara
48. Yodha (1991) .... Advocate Karan Srivastav
49. Krodh (1990) .... Ajay Shukla
50. Aag Ka Gola (1990) .... Vikram Singh/Shankar 'Shaka'
51. Ghayal (1990) .... Ajay Mehra
52. Vardi (1990) .... Ajay Kumar Singh
53. ChaalBaaz (1989) .... Suraj
54. Tridev (1989) .... Inspector Karan Saxena
55. Joshilaay (1989) .... Dara
56. Main Tera Dushman (1989) .... Gopal
57. Nigahen: Nagina Part II (1989) .... Anand
58. Ram-Avtar (1988) .... Ram
59. Inteqam (1988)
60. Paap Ki Duniya (1988) .... Suraj/Ashok
61. Yateem (1988) .... Krishna
62. Dacait (1987) .... Arjun Yadav
63. Samundar (1986) .... Ajit
64. Sultanat (1986) .... Sultan
... aka Karname Kamal Ke (India: Hindi title)
... aka The Sultanate
65. Saveray Wali Gaadi (1986) .... Ravidas
... aka The Morning Train
66. Arjun (1985) .... Arjun Malvankar
67. Zabardast (1985) .... Sunder
68. Manzil Manzil (1984) .... Vijay
69. Sohni Mahiwal (1984) .... Mirza Izzat Beg
... aka Legenda o lyubvi (Soviet Union: Russian title)
... aka Pechal lyubvi (Soviet Union: Russian title)
... aka The Legend of Love (International: English title: informal literal title)
70. Sunny (1984) .... Sunny Inderjeet
71. Betaab (1983) .... Sunny
72. Ghazab (1982)