In 2016, Deol directed and starred in a sequel to Ghayal, but was an average hit commercially. 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). In the same year, he worked in another highly successful action thriller film Indian (2001). The film became the highest-grossing Hindi film up until then in mainstream cinema earning over ₹1.3 billion (US$17 million) worldwide and he was nominated for Filmfare Award for Best Actor once again. 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. 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. Though his 1998 film Salaakhen didn't perform well, Deol was critically acclaimed for his role. He also worked with Santoshi a third time in the super-duper successful Ghatak (1996). However, his films in 19 were unable to attract audience at the box office, but he again became box office king in 1996 appearing as a criminal on Raj Kanwar's action film Jeet. 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. 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.
He was listed as the top action hero of this decade, loved by the public for his action scenes and also appreciated for his dialogues. It established and won him the Filmfare Award for Best Actor and National Film Award for Best Actor. ĭeol began the new decade with lead role of a boxer in another of his father's productions Ghayal, directed by debutante Rajkumar Santoshi, which became the year's 2nd top-grossing film. 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. It was followed by numerous roles in some other films of that decade including Arjun (1985), Sultanat (1986) and Dacait (1987). ĭeol debuted in his father's production Betaab (1983) directed by Rahul Rawail, which was a blockbuster at the box office. 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.
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