Bobby plays the character of Badal, a naive but intelligent young man who moves from a small village to the big city and gets caught up with corrupt police and criminal gangs amidst falling in love. Bobby then made his adult debut with Twinkle Khanna in the 1995 Bollywood film Barsaat, directed by Rajkumar Santoshi. Career 1990s īobby first briefly appeared as a child actor in the film Dharam Veer in 1977. His step-mother is Hema Malini, through whom he has two paternal half-sisters, actress Esha Deol and Ahana Deol. He is the younger brother of Sunny Deol and also has two sisters Vijayta and Ajeeta who live in California. He is the second son of Bollywood star Dharmendra and Parkash Kaur. His other notable work includes Kareeb (1998), Dillagi (1999), Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Saathiyo (2004), and Players (2012).īobby Deol was born on 27 January 1969 into a Punjabi Jat įamily in Bombay, Maharashtra, India. Subsequently, he appeared in several commercially successful films including Gupt (1997), Soldier (1998), Badal (2000), Bichhoo (2000), Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya (1997), Ajnabee (2001), Humraaz (2002) for which he was nominated for the Filmfare Best Actor Award, Barsaat (2005), Tango Charlie (2005), Apne (2007) and Yamla Pagla Deewana (2011). He is the recipient of a Filmfare Award and a Filmfare Best Actor Award nomination.ĭeol first briefly appeared as a child actor in the 1977 film Dharam Veer and made his acting career debut as an adult in Barsaat (1995) which garnered him the Filmfare Best Debut Award.
Vijay Singh Deol (born 27 January 1969), popularly known as Bobby Deol, is an Indian actor who works in Hindi films. Bombay, Maharashtra, India (present-day Mumbai)