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Sunny Deol (b. 1956)

Alias:
सनी द्योल

Birthplace:
Ludhiana, Punjab, India

Born:
October 19, 1956

Biography from TheMovieDB

Sunny Deol is an Indian film actor, director and producer known for his works exclusively in Hindi cinema. He is the son of veteran actor Dharmendra, and the elder brother of actor Bobby Deol and Esha Deol and Ahana Deol  In a film career spanning over thirty years, Deol has won two National Film Awards, and two Filmfare Awards. Box Office India listed Deol as the overall star of the nineties.  Deol made his debut in the film Betaab for which he was nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor. From there, he went on to star in numerous films in the 1980s and 90s like Tridev, Arjun, Kroadh, Ghayal, Vishwatma, Lootere, Darr, Damini – Lightning, Jeet, Ghatak, Border, Ziddi, Arjun Pandit, and Indian. He made his debut as a director and producer with Dillagi, in which he also starred alongside his brother Bobby. Deol made his debut opposite fellow debutante Amrita Singh in Betaab (1982), which was a blockbuster that launched the careers of both actors. His performance won him his first Filmfare Best Actor Award Nomination.

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Film Production

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1990  Ghayal
2001  Indian
2005  Socha Na Tha

Director:
1990  Ghayal
1999  Dillagi
2001  Indian
2005  Socha Na Tha
2016  Ghayal Once Again
2019  Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas

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TV Performances

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