Sunny Deol

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Sunny Deol
Born	Ajay Singh Deol 19 October 1956 (age 56) New Delhi, India[1]
Residence	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Ethnicity	Punjabi
Occupation	Actor, Director, Producer
Years active	1983 – Present
Parents	Dharmendra, Prakash Kaur
Relatives	Bobby Deol (younger brother) Vijayta Deol (younger sister) Ajeeta Deol (younger sister) Hema Malini (step-mother) Esha Deol (half-sister) Ahana Deol (half-sister) Abhay Deol (first cousin)

Sunny Deol (born Ajay Singh Deol, 19 October 1956) is an Indian film actor, producer and director. Often referred to as "Action King of Bollywood".^[2]Deol was born to Bollywood actor Dharmendra.^[3] He has won two National Film Awards^[4] and two Filmfare Awards.^[5] He went to England to study acting. He joined theater called the Old Rep Theater in Birmingham, England where he studied theatre and acting^[1]

Deol's films such as Border (1997) and Gadar: Ek Prem Katha (2001) remain some of Bollywood's biggest hits,^[6] while films like Betaab (1983), Arjun(1985), Paap Ki Duniya (1988), Tridev (1989), Ghayal (1990), Damini – Lightning (1993), Darr (1993), Jeet (1996), Ghatak: Lethal (1996), Ziddi (1997),Indian (2001), The Hero: Love Story of a Spy (2003), Apne (2007), Yamla Pagla Deewana (2011) are other successful films thus making him one of the successful leading actors of Bollywood.^[7][8] Gadar: Ek Prem Katha is the second-highest grossing movie of Indian film history, if inflation is taken into account ^[9] and also most watched Bollywood movie of modern era in theaters.^[10]

Early life [edit]

Deol was born into a Punjabi Sikh^[11] family in the Sahnewal village of Punjab, India (near ludhiana) to Bollywood actor Dharmendra^[12] and Prakash Kaur. Sunny is eldest son of Dharmendra. His stepmother is Hema Malini.^[13] He has a brother Bobby Deol and two sisters Vijayta Deol and Ajeeta Deol who are settled in California, he also has two half-sisters, Esha Deol and Ahana Deol.^[14] His cousin Abhay Deol is also a successful actor.