Sunny Deol filmography

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Indian actor Sunny Deol debuted in his father's production Betaab (1983) directed by Rahul Rawail, which was a commercial success. It was followed by numerous roles in some other films of that decade including Sohni Mahiwal (1984), Arjun (1985) and Paap Ki Duniya (1988). [1] 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. [2]

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Sunny Deol appeared in the lead role of a boxer in another of his father's productions Ghayal , directed by debutante Rajkumar Santoshi, which became the year's second top-grossing film. It established and won him the Filmfare Award for Best Actor and National Film Special Jury Award. [3] In 1993, Deol reunited with Santoshi to play an alcoholic lawyer in the highly successful social drama Damini and was awarded the Filmfare Award and National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor. [4] That year, his character of a lieutenant army officer in Yash Chopra's psychological thriller Darr earned him a Filmfare Award for Best Actor nomination. [5] In 1996 he appeared as a criminal in Raj Kanwar's action film Jeet . He also worked with Santoshi a third time in Ghatak . [6] 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. [7]

In 2001, Deol featured as a Sikh truck driver who loves a Muslim woman in Anil Sharma's patriotic action drama portraying the India-Pakistan partition of 1947, Gadar: Ek Prem Katha , opposite Amisha Patel. The film became the highest-grossing Hindi film up until then in mainstream cinema earning over ₹1.3 billion (US$15 million) worldwide and he was nominated for Filmfare Award for Best Actor once again. [8] In the same year, he worked in another highly successful action thriller film Indian (2001). [9] He went on to appear in several films co-starring his father and brother, such as Apne (2007) and the Yamla Pagla Deewana film series (2011–18). [10] In 2016, Deol directed and starred in a sequel to Ghayal. He launched and directed his elder son as an actor in the romantic thriller Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas (2019). [11]

Films

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
1983 Betaab Sunny Kapoor [12]
1984 Sohni Mahiwal Mahiwal / Mirza Izzat Beg [13]
Sunny Sunny Inderjit [14]
Manzil Manzil Vijay (Sonu) [15]
1985 Arjun Arjun Malvankar [16]
Zabardast Sunder Kumar / Shyam [17]
1986 Sultanat Sultan [18]
Saveray Wali Gaadi Ravi Das [19]
Samundar Ajit [20]
1987 Dacait Arjun Yadav [21]
1988 Paap Ki Duniya Suraj / Ashok [22]
Ram-Avtar Ram [23]
Yateem Krishna [24]
Inteqam Vijay / Birju [a] [25]
1989 Vardi Ajay Kumar Singh [26]
Joshilaay Dara [27]
Tridev Karan Saxena [28]
ChaalBaaz Suraj [29]
Nigahen: Nagina Part II Anand [30]
Aag Ka Gola Vikram Singh / Shankar (Shaka) [31]
Main Tera Dushman GopalCameo [32]
1990 Majboor Sunil [33]
Kroadh Ajay Shukla (Ajju) [34]
Ghayal Ajay Mehra [35]
Badnam DarshanCameo [36]
1991 Vishnu-Devaa Vishnu Prasad / Vishnu Subramaniam / Jack D'Souza [37]
Yodha Karan Srivastav [38]
Shankara Shankara [39]
Narsimha Narsimha [40]
1992 Vishwatma Prabhat Singh [41]
1993 Lootere Karan Chopra [42]
Kshatriya Vinay Pratap Singh [43]
Damini Advocate Govind Srivastava [44]
Izzat Ki Roti Jeet [45]
Veerta Mangal Singh [46]
Gunaah Ravi Soni [47]
Darr Sunil Malhotra [48]
1994 Insaniyat Karim Lala [49]
Imtihaan Raja [50]
1995 Dushmani: A Violent Love Story Suraj Singh [51]
Angrakshak Ajay [52]
1996 Himmat Ajay Saxena [53]
Jeet Karan [54]
Ghatak Kashi Nath [55]
Ajay Ajay [14]
1997 Ziddi Deva Pradhan [56]
Border Major Kuldip Singh Chandpuri, MVC, VSM [57]
Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya HimselfCameo [58]
Qahar Raja [59]
1998 Zor Arjun Singh [60]
Salaakhen Vishal Agnihotri [61]
Iski Topi Uske Sarr Bhangra DancerCameo [62]
1999 Pyaar Koi Khel Nahin Anand [63]
Arjun Pandit Prof. Arjun Dixit (Arjun Pandit) [64]
Dillagi Ranvir SinghAlso director [65]
2000 Champion Rajveer Singh [66]
2001 Farz DCP Karan Singh [67]
Gadar: Ek Prem Katha Tara Singh
Yeh Raaste Hain Pyaar Ke SagarCameo [68]
Indian DCP Rajshekhar Azad [69]
Kasam Shankar [70]
2002 Maa Tujhhe Salaam Pratap Singh [71]
23rd March 1931: Shaheed Chandrashekhar Azad [72]
Jaani Dushman: Ek Anokhi Kahani Karan Saxena [73]
Karz: The Burden of Truth Suraj Singh [74]
2003 The Hero: Love Story of a Spy Ajay Chakravarty / Arun Khanna / Major Ravi Batra / Wahid Khan / Roshanlal / Taneja [b] [75]
Kaise Kahoon Ke... Pyaar Hai Arjun SinghCameo [76]
Jaal: The Trap Ajay Kaul [77]
Khel – No Ordinary Game ACP Rajveer Scindia [78]
2004 Lakeer – Forbidden Lines Arjun Rana [79]
Rok Sako To Rok Lo Kabir (Phantom) Mukherjee [80]
2005 Jo Bole So Nihaal Nihaal Singh [81]
2006 Naksha Veer K. Malhotra [82]
Teesri Aankh: The Hidden Camera ACP Arjun Singh [83]
2007 Big Brother Devdhar Gandhi (Deva) / Devdhar Sharma [84]
Fool & Final Munna [85]
Apne Angad Singh Choudhary [86]
Kaafila Colonel Sameer Ahmed Khan [87]
2008 Tolly Lights HimselfCameo [88]
Heroes Squadron Leader Vikram Shergill [89]
2009 Fox Yashwant Deshmukh [90]
2010 Right Yaaa Wrong Ajay Shridhar [91]
Khuda Kasam Hussain [92]
Hello Darling Nikhil BajajCameo [93]
2011 Yamla Pagla Deewana Paramveer Singh Dhillon
2013 Yamla Pagla Deewana 2 Paramveer Singh Dhillon [94]
Singh Saab the Great Saranjit Singh Talwar / Singh Saab [95]
Mahabharat Bhima Voice [96]
2014 Dishkiyaoon Lakwa [97]
2015 I Love NY Randhir Singh [98]
2016 Ghayal Once Again Ajay MehraAlso director [99]
2017 Poster Boys Jagaavar Chaudhry [100]
2018 Yamla Pagla Deewana: Phir Se Puran [101]
Mohalla Assi Dharamnath Pandey [102]
Bhaiaji Superhit Lal Bhaisahab Dubey [103]
2019 Blank SS Dewan [104]
Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas —Director [105]
2022 Chup: Revenge of The Artist I.G.P Arvind Mathur [106]
2023 Gadar 2 Tara Singh [107]
2025 Jaat Brig. Baldev Pratap Singh/Jaat [108]
2026 Border 2 † Lt. Col. TBAPost-production [109]
Gabru†Filming [110]
Lahore 1947 †Sikander MirzaPost-production [111]
Ramayana: Part 1† Hanuman Post-production [112]
2027Ramayana: Part 2†Filming

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2023 The Romantics HimselfDocumentary series [113]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Deol played a character with two different names
  2. ↑ Deol plays an undercover spy using different names.

References

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