Sunny Deol filmography
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 another of his father's productions "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, loved by the public for his action scenes and also  appreciated for his dialogues. 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. 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 a criminal on Raj Kanwar's action film "Jeet". He also  worked with Santoshi a third time in the super-duper successful "" (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. 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, "", opposite Amisha Patel. The film became the highest-grossing Hindi film up until then in mainstream  cinema earning over worldwide and he was nominated for Filmfare Award for Best Actor once again. In the same year, he worked in another highly successful action thriller film "Indian" (2001). 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 2016, Deol directed and starred in a to "Ghayal", but was an average hit commercially. After playing opposite Preity Zinta in "Bhaiaji Superhit" (2018), he launched and directed his elder son as an actor in the romantic thriller "Pal Pal Dil Ke  Paas" (2019). Films. ! |Year ! Scope="col"|Title ! Scope="col"|Role ! Scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes ! Scope="col" class="unsortable" | !|"Betaab" !|"Sunny" !|"Manzil Manzil" !|"Sohni Mahiwal" !|"Arjun" !|"Zabardast" !|"Sultanat" !|"Saveray Wali Gaadi" !|"Samundar" !|"Dacait" !|"Paap Ki Duniya" !|"Ram-Avtar" !|"Yateem" !|"Inteqam" !|"Vardi" !|"Joshilaay" !|"Tridev" !|"ChaalBaaz" !|"" !|"Main Tera Dushman" !|"Aag Ka Gola" !|"Majboor " !|"Kroadh" !|"Ghayal" !|"Badnam" !|"Vishnu-Devaa" !|"Yodha" !|"Shankara" !|"Narsimha" !|"Vishwatma" !|"Lootere" !|"Kshatriya" !|"Damini" !|"Izzat Ki Roti" !|"Veerta" !|"Gunaah" !|"Darr" !|"Insaniyat" !|"Imtihaan" !|"" !|"Angrakshak" !|"Himmat" !|"Jeet" !|"" !|"Ajay" !|"Ziddi" !|"Border"