Sunny Deol Biography: Age, Family, Wife, Awards, Movies & More

Written by Rayden Sam Posted on 2024-02-29

Ajay Singh Deol, also known by his stage name Sunny Deol, was born on October 19, 1956, in Gurdaspur, Punjab, India. He is an Indian actor, diplomat, cinematographer, distributor, and member of the government.

Sunny Deol Personal life: In a Punjabi Jat household, Sunny Deol was born on October 19, 1956, in the Indian hamlet of Sahnewal to Bollywood stars Dharmendra and Parkash Kaur.

Sunny Deol Family

He has two younger sisters currently living in California, Vijayta and Ajeeta, and therefore a younger brother Bobby Deol. He has two biological half-sisters, celebrities Esha Deol and Ahana Deol, courtesy of his stepmother Hema Malini. Abhay Deol, his cousin, is also a veteran performer.

Karan and Rajveer, the couple’s two boys, are born to Sunny Deol and Pooja Deol (also known as Lynda Deol). On Yamla Pagla Deewana 2, Karan served as an associate director and rapped in a Diljit Dosanjh song. Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas, a feature film in Hindi, marks Karan Deol’s Bollywood debut.

Sunny Deol Acting profession

Sunny Deol made his acting debut in the 1983 love story Betaab, which received positive reviews and earned him a nomination for best actor at the Filmfare Awards. Deol made an appearance in Rahul Rawail’s 1985 film Arjun, in which he played the title character, a young man without a job. He costarred with his father in Sultanat in 1986.

He had multiple appearances in popular films throughout the decade’s latter years, such as Dacait (1987), Yateem (1988), and Paap Ki Duniya (1988). He scored back-to-back blockbusters in 1989 with Tridev by Rajiv Rai and ChaalBaaz by Pankaj Parashar.

Sunny Deol Major success

Gadar, directed by Anil Sharma, was his first blockbuster of the new millennium. For the 2003 film The Hero: Love Saga of a Detective, which further starring Preity Zinta and Priyanka Chopra, he once again collaborated with filmmaker Anil Sharma. With an estimated budget of 600 million (US$7.5 million),

The Hero was presented as being Bollywood’s most expensive movie when it was released on April 11. The flick ascended to the distinction of third-highest-grossing Bollywood movie that year. He re-appeared alongside his brother in the group movie Heroes in 2008.

Sunny Deol Government service

On April 23, 2019, Deol formally enrolled with the BJP.

With a percentage of 82,459 ballots, he trounced Indian National Congress rival Sunil Jakhar to clinch the Gurdaspur electorate in the 2019 General Election.