Abhay Deol

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Abhay Deol
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Born Abhay Singh Deol
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Nationality Indian
Ethnicity Punjabi[1]
Occupation Actor, producer, Singer
Years active 2005–present
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Parent(s) AD
Usha Deol
Relatives See Deol family

Abhay Deol (also known as Abhay Singh Deol) is an Indian film actor and producer who is known for appearing in the Hindi language films of Bollywood. His family has a long history in the Bollywood film industry.[2]

His role in Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara was appreciated and earned him his first nomination for Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor and he has appeared in films such as Dev.D, Chakravyuh, Shanghai and Raanjhanaa, receiving critical acclaim and being described as an actor who continuously understands how to play complex characters.[3][4]

Early life

Deol was born into a Jat Sikh family to Ajit Singh Deol and Usha Deol.[5] He is the nephew of Bollywood actor Dharmendra, and the cousin of Esha Deol and Ahana Deol.[6][7] Abhay Deol stated in an interview with Rediff that he is not into acting because of his father, but because he was involved in theatre since school. "At 18, I decided to take the plunge. It took me 10 years because I didn't want to leave my education to get into films. "[7]

Acting career

Debut and breakthrough (2005–07)

He made his film debut in the 2005 Imtiaz Ali film Socha Na Tha. His second film was Ahista Ahista in 2006. His first 2007 release was Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. which had a multi-star cast and emerged as a box office success.[8] His second release for the year was Ek Chalis Ki Last Local. His third film in 2007 was Manorama Six Feet Under, which won the Best Film at the Mahindra Indo-American Arts Council Film Festival in New York City. He also won Best Actor award for his role for the same.

Success (2008–11)

Deol devised and enacted the title role of Devdas in the 2009 film Dev.D. Nikhat Kazmi, the critic for Times of India gave the movie a perfect 5 out 5 stars in her review.[9] Abhay Deol has been the cover of Man's World and Time Out Mumbai, with titles such as The New Face of Indian Cinema. He was placed seventh on Zoom's "50 Most Desirable Hotties" poll for 2009.[10] He did Road, Movie[11] with Tannishtha Chatterjee. Deol has also started producing films through his company Forbidden Films. For Basra, the first film under his new production company,[12] Deol learned the Israeli martial art Krav Maga.[13] Abhay did a special Item number for the movie Tera Kya Hoga Johnny in 2010.[14]

Critical acclaim (2011–present)

Deol trained to be a deep-sea diver for his 2011 film Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara which was filmed in Spain.[15]

Filmography

Actor

Key
Films that have not yet been released Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Title Role Notes
2005 Socha Na Tha Viren Oberoi
2006 Ahista Ahista Ankush Ramdev
2007 Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. Aspi
2007 Ek Chalis Ki Last Local Nilesh Rastogi
2007 Manorama Six Feet Under Satyaveer Singh Randhawa
2008 Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! Lovinder 'Lucky' Singh
2009 Dev.D Dev
2010 Road, Movie Vishnu
2010 Tera Kya Hoga Johnny Himself Special appearance in song 'Shaher Ki Rani'
2010 Aisha Arjun Burman
2011 Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara Kabir Dewan Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated—IIFA Award for Best Supporting Actor
Playback singer for the song Señorita
2012 Shanghai T. A. Krishnan
2012 Chakravyuh Kabir
2013 Raanjhanaa Jasjeet Singh Shergil
2013 The Lovers Udaji Formerly titled Singularity
English film
Post-production
2014 One By Two Amit Sharma Also co-producer
2015 Rock the ShaadiFilms that have not yet been released Rohan Delayed
2015 Bounty HunterFilms that have not yet been released TBA Announced
Also co-producer[16][17]
2015 Happy Bhaag JayegiFilms that have not yet been released TBA Pre-production[18]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/abhay-deol-goes-back-to-his-punjabi-roots/article1-760260.aspx
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