39 Facts About Bobby Deol

Bobby Deol subsequently appeared in the commercially successful action thriller films Gupt, Soldier, Badal, Bichhoo, Ajnabee, and Humraaz.

Bobby Deol has since starred in the streaming projects Class of '83, Aashram and Love Hostel.

Bobby Deol then played a villainous role in the top-grossing action film Animal, which earned him a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Bobby Deol was born as Vijay Singh Bobby Deol on 27 January 1969 into a Punjabi Jat family in Bombay.

Bobby Deol grew up as a Hindu affiliated with the Arya Samaj.

Bobby Deol is the second son of Bollywood actor Dharmendra and Parkash Kaur.

Bobby Deol is the younger brother of Sunny Deol and has two sisters Vijayta and Ajeeta who live in California.

Bobby Deol's step-mother is Hema Malini, through whom he has two paternal half-sisters, actress Esha Deol and Ahana Deol.

Bobby Deol is the paternal uncle of Bollywood actors Karan Deol and Rajveer Deol.

Bobby Deol married Tanya Ahuja in 1996; the couple has two sons.

Bobby Deol made his acting debut as an adult alongside Twinkle Khanna in Rajkumar Santoshi's 1995 romance film Barsaat, where he played 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 Deol replicated this success with his next starring role in Rajiv Rai's suspense thriller Gupt: The Hidden Truth alongside Manisha Koirala and Kajol, as a man accused of murdering his stepfather over an engagement proposal and wrongly imprisoned.

Bobby Deol began the next century starring with Rani Mukerji in the financially successful action dramas Badal and Bichhoo.

Bobby Deol was later paired with Karisma Kapoor in Hum To Mohabbat Karega and Aashiq, both flops.

Bobby Deol reunited with Sunny Deol for the failed historical drama 23rd March 1931: Shaheed, where he and his brother portrayed the roles of freedom fighters Bhagat Singh and Chandra Shekhar Azad respectively.

Bobby Deol tries his best, but it is difficult to shout and act simultaneously.

Later in 2002, Bobby Deol was nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor for his role as a suave, wealthy shipping businessman in Abbas-Mustan's romantic thriller Humraaz, where he was involved in a love triangle with Ameesha Patel and Akshaye Khanna.

Bobby Deol went on to play army officers in his next two 2004 releases, Vikram Bhatt's Bardaasht and Anil Sharma's Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Saathiyo.

Bobby Deol reteamed with Vikram Bhatt for the thriller Jurm, hailing praise for his role as a wealthy businessman who suspects his wife of having an affair with Rohit.

Bobby Deol's final role of 2005 was Dosti: Friends Forever with Akshay Kumar, Lara Dutta, Kareena Kapoor and Juhi Chawla, which underperformed in India but was a major success in the United Kingdom.

In 2006, Bobby Deol reunited with Ameesha Patel in the romantic musical film Humko Tumse Pyaar Hai, where his characters falls in love with a beautiful blind woman who has a talent for shaping pottery.

Bobby Deol manages to register an impact in a film that belongs to Patel and Rampal primarily.

In 2007, Bobby Deol had a record 6 releases, including two cameos.

Bobby Deol's work has been consistent all through, but one tends to overlook this talented actor's abilities all the while.

The film had a hit soundtrack but received negative reviews for its "shallow screenplay", and even Bobby Deol was believed to have been overshadowed by Bachchan and Zinta.

Bobby Deol finally found a commercial success in Anil Sharma's boxing drama Apne, a family affair in which his father Dharmendra played a disgraced retired boxer who trains Bobby Deol and his brother to become champion boxers but in doing so creates a rift within the family.

In 2008, Bobby Deol starred as an orphan raised by a Naxal leader opposite Priyanka Chopra, Danny Denzongpa and Irrfan Khan in Kabeer Kaushik's crime drama Chamku, set in the interiors of Bihar.

Kaushik initially approached him to play the lead role in his debut film, Sehar, but despite liking the script, Bobby Deol had turned it down because at the time he was not prepared to work with a debutant director.

Bobby Deol worked in another failed ensemble film Heroes as an army officer with Salman Khan, Preity Zinta, Sunny Deol and Mithun Chakraborty.

Bobby Deol had a special appearance in the Karan Johar-produced romantic comedy Dostana starring Chopra, Bachchan and John Abraham.

In 2011, Bobby Deol had starring roles in the comedies Yamla Pagla Deewana, which spawned a sequel later in 2013, and Thank You.

Bobby Deol's following release, the heist film Players, featured him as a master of illusions.

Bobby Deol later spoke on Koffee with Karan where he confessed,.

Bobby Deol had a supporting role in the action thriller Race 3, alongside Salman Khan and Anil Kapoor.

Bobby Deol played a police officer in the Netflix film Class of '83.

Bobby Deol's performance earned him a Filmfare OTT Award for Best Actor in a Web Original Film nomination.

Bobby Deol achieved a significant turning point in his career portraying the main antagonist alongside Ranbir Kapoor and Anil Kapoor in Sandeep Reddy Vanga's action drama Animal.

Bobby Deol's performance earned him a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor, and garnered him both the IIFA Award and the Zee Cine Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role.

In 2024, Bobby Deol played a negative role opposite Suriya in the Tamil period action drama Kanguva, which ranks amongst the most expensive Indian films.