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Sunny Deol

ActorBollywood6 credits
77Star power

38th of 270 in Bollywood

4 films led, $157M in reported gross.

Gross led
76
Consistency
82
Body of work
60
Momentum
94
Audience rating
40
The biggest Bollywood names
Born
19 October 1956
Birthplace
Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Nationality
India
Industry
Bollywood
In their own file

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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The record

1Blockbuster2Hit1Flop

4 of 6 credits have a verdict, together taking $157M. The biggest was Gadar 2 at $84M. The rest are still counting, or never reported a budget.

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