Sunny Deol

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"Ajay Singh Deol (born 19 October 1956) better known as Sunny Deol is an Indian film actor, director and producer having acted in over 100 films in Bollywood, who made his image as a superstar in the 90s decade and has earned various accolades including two each National Film Awards and Filmfare Awards.

Deol debuted in his father's production Betaab (1983) directed by Rahul Rawail, which was a blockbuster at the box office. It was followed by numerous roles in some other films of that decade including Arjun (1985), Sultanat (1986) and Dacait (1987). In 1989, his role as a police officer in Tridev was highlighted and he also appeared in ChaalBaaz; both were among the top 5 highest earning films of the year.

Deol began the new decade with lead role of a boxer in his father's another production Ghayal directed by debutante Rajkumar Santoshi, which became the year's 2nd top-grossing film. It established and won him the Filmfare Award for Best Actor and National Film Award for Best Actor. He was listed as the top action hero of this decade getting love from public for his action scenes and also appreciated for his dialogues. In 1993, Deol reunited with Santoshi to play an alcoholic justice lawyer in the highly successful social drama Damini and was awarded the Filmfare Award and National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor. That year, his character of an lieutenant army officer in Yash Chopra's blockbuster psychological thriller Darr earned him a Filmfare Award for Best Act

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"Ajay Singh Deol (born 19 October 1956) better known as Sunny Deol is an Indian film actor, director and producer having acted in over 100 films in Bollywood, who made his image as a superstar in the 90s decade and has earned various accolades including two each National Film Awards and Filmfare Awards.

Deol debuted in his father's production Betaab (1983) directed by Rahul Rawail, which was a blockbuster at the box office. It was followed by numerous roles in some other films of that decade including Arjun (1985), Sultanat (1986) and Dacait (1987). In 1989, his role as a police officer in Tridev was highlighted and he also appeared in ChaalBaaz; both were among the top 5 highest earning films of the year.

Deol began the new decade with lead role of a boxer in his father's another production Ghayal directed by debutante Rajkumar Santoshi, which became the year's 2nd top-grossing film. It established and won him the Filmfare Award for Best Actor and National Film Award for Best Actor. He was listed as the top action hero of this decade getting love from public for his action scenes and also appreciated for his dialogues. In 1993, Deol reunited with Santoshi to play an alcoholic justice lawyer in the highly successful social drama Damini and was awarded the Filmfare Award and National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor. That year, his character of an lieutenant army officer in Yash Chopra's blockbuster psychological thriller Darr earned him a Filmfare Award for Best Act

"Ajay Singh Deol (born 19 October 1956) better known as Sunny Deol is an Indian film actor, director and producer having acted in over 100 films in Bollywood, who made his image as a superstar in the 90s decade and has earned various accolades including two each National Film Awards and Filmfare Awards.

Deol debuted in his father's production Betaab (1983) directed by Rahul Rawail, which was a blockbuster at the box office. It was followed by numerous roles in some other films of that decade including Arjun (1985), Sultanat (1986) and Dacait (1987). In 1989, his role as a police officer in Tridev was highlighted and he also appeared in ChaalBaaz; both were among the top 5 highest earning films of the year.

Deol began the new decade with lead role of a boxer in his father's another production Ghayal directed by debutante Rajkumar Santoshi, which became the year's 2nd top-grossing film. It established and won him the Filmfare Award for Best Actor and National Film Award for Best Actor. He was listed as the top action hero of this decade getting love from public for his action scenes and also appreciated for his dialogues. In 1993, Deol reunited with Santoshi to play an alcoholic justice lawyer in the highly successful social drama Damini and was awarded the Filmfare Award and National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor. That year, his character of an lieutenant army officer in Yash Chopra's blockbuster psychological thriller Darr earned him a Filmfare Award for Best Actor nomination. However, his films in 1994 and 1995 were unable to attract audience at the box office, but he again became box office king in 1996 appearing as an criminal on Raj Kanwar's action film Jeet. He also worked with Santoshi third time in the super-duper successful Ghatak (1996). Though his 1998 film Salaakhen didn't perform well, Deol was critically acclaimed for his role. Three years later, he produced and directed his brother's starrer Dillagi (1999) in which he had a lead role too but the film failed to gain success.