All About Bobby Deol

Bobby Deol born as Vijay Singh Deol , on January 27, 1967, is a Bollywood actor. Born into an acting family of Jat ethnicity, Deol is the son of the acclaimed Bollywood actor Dharmendra and the brother of Sunny Deol, also a successful actor in the Mumbai based Indian film industry.

Deol has been featured mostly in thriller films, often playing wealthy but vulnerable middle class characters, affected by the corrupt establishment and women and often propelled into crime to avenge the deaths of loved ones. His films commonly involve themes of jealousy, deceit and revenge and in his more romantic thrillers often involve him caught in love triangles.

Deol was awarded the Filmfare Best Debut Award for his role in the 1995 film Barsaat and was later nominated for the Filmfare Best Actor Award for his performance in Humraaz in 2002.

Early life and background

Bobby Deol was born into a Jat family and is the second son of Bollywood movie star Dharmendra and Prakash Kaur. He is the younger brother of Sunny Deol (born 1956). Bobby Deol was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. He has two sisters, Vijeyta and Ajita, and two half sisters – from his father's second marriage to actress Hema Malini – Esha Deol and Ahana Deol. Actor Abhay Deol is his cousin.

Bobby Deol is married to Tanya Ahuja, with whom he has two sons. His eldest son Aryaman was born in June 2002. His second son was born on 5 November 2004 and was named Dharam, after his father.

Mini Biography

Bobby Deol is son of the popular film star Dharmendra. He made his debut as lead hero with the film "Barsaat" directed by Rajkumar Santoshi. The movie was successful at box office. His next movie was "Gupt", which also a big hit and became one of the highest grossing films of the year. Bobby's performance in this film was appreciated by critics and fans. His other movies like "Aur Pyar Ho Gaya", "Soldier", "Dillagi", "Kareeb", "Badal", "Bichoo" and "Ajnabee" has mixed success.

Bobby Deol was nominated for the Filmfare Best Actor Award for his performance in the film "Humraaz". Though his next movie "23rd March 1931: Saheed" failed at box office, where he portrayed the character of real life freedom fighter Bhagat Singh, yet his performance was well appreciated by critics. Boby Deol played a villainous role in the movie "Shakalaka Boom Boom", which failed in India but did better business overseas. Bobby along with his elder brother Sunny Deol and father Dharmendra starred together for the first time in the film "Apne". The film opened to good reviews and did well in India and overseas. His following released films "Naqaab' and "Nannhe Jaisalmer" did not do well.

Bobby Deol is married to Tanya Ahuja and has two sons named Aryaman and Dharam.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Other notes
1977	Dharam Veer	Young Dharam	Child Artist
1995	Barsaat	Badal	Winner, Filmfare Best Debut Award
1997	Gupt: The Hidden Truth	Sahil Sinha
	Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya	Bobby Oberoi
1998	Kareeb	Nandu 'Gundu' Menon
	Soldier	Vicky/Raju Malhotra
1999	Dillagi	Rajvir
2000	Badal	Raja/Badal
	Hum To Mohabbat Karega	Rajiv Bhatnagar
	Bichhoo	Jeeva
2001	Aashiq	Chander Kapoor
	Ajnabee	Raj Malhotra
2002	Kranti	Abhay Pratap Singh
	23rd March 1931: Shaheed	Bhagat Singh
	Humraaz	Raj Singhania	Nominated, Filmfare Best Actor Award
	Chor Machaaye Shor	Shyam Singh/Insp. Ram Singh
2004	Kismat	Tony
	Bardaasht	Aditya Shrivastav
	Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Saathiyo	Kunaljit Singh/Vikramjeet Singh
2005	Jurm	Avinash Malhotra
	Tango Charlie	Sepoy Tarun Chauhan
	Barsaat	Arav
	Dosti: Friends Forever	Karan
2006	Humko Tumse Pyaar Hai	Raj
	Alag		Special appearance in song Sabse Alag
2007	Shakalaka Boom Boom	A.J.
	Jhoom Barabar Jhoom	Steve Singh/Satvinder Singh
	Apne	Karan Singh Choudhary
	Naqaab	Karan Khanna/Rohit Shroff
	Om Shanti Om	Bobby Deol	Special appearance
	Nanhe Jaisalmer	Bobby Deol
2008	Chamku	Chamku
	Heroes	Dhananjay "DJ" Shergill
	Dostana	Abhimanyu Singh
2009	Ek - The Power of One	Nandu
2010	Help
	Yamala Pagla Deewana		Filming
2011	Thank You (2011 Film)		Filming