History Creator / SunnyDeol

Sunny is mainly known for movies in the action genre. Sunny Deol had a superhit debut in his home production ''Betaab'' (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'', ''Vardi'', ''Ghayal'' etc. His defining moment as an actor came with another home production ''Ghayal'', a film that won him the National award for the Best actor 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 nineties in ''Narsimha'' (1991), ''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 Creator/ShahRukhKhan 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''. The film shattered all records at the Indian box-office. Sunny continued his streak with ''Indian'' and ''Farz'' (2001) & ''The Hero'' (2003). Among his last few movies ''Apne'' (2007) & ''Heroes'' (2008) have done well in box office.

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Son of the legendary actor Creator/{{Dharmendra}} and older brother to Creator/BobbyDeol.

Son of the legendary actor {{Dharmendra}} and older brother to Creator/BobbyDeol.

Sunny Deol delivered huge hits through the nineties in ''Narsimha'' (1991), ''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 ShahRukhKhan 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).