Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Sunny Deol

Name: Sunny Deol
Birthday: Wednesday, October 11, 1961
Star Sign : Libra
Family: Dharmendra
Address: Plot no-22,11th road,JVPD scheme,Mumbai.
First Film : Ghazab







BIOGRAPHY

Sunny Deol (born as Ajay Singh Deol on October 19, 1956 in New Delhi) is a Bollywood actor and son of legendary actors Dharmendra and his first wife Prakash Kaur. He is the brother of Bobby Deol and half-brother of Esha Deol and Ahana Deol who are Hema Malini's daughters. 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.

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