45 Facts About Bobby Deol

Bobby Deol established himself as a lead with the top-grossing films Gupt, Soldier, Badal, Bichhoo, Ajnabee, and Humraaz.

Bobby Deol reinforced his critical success with acclaimed performances in digital ventures Class of '83, Love Hostel and Aashram.

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

Bobby Deol is the second son of Bollywood star 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 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.

Partly shot in Scotland, Bobby Deol broke his leg in an equestrian accident while filming and had to be flown to London to recuperate and had to call off several publicity shoots which documented his debut.

In 1997, Bobby Deol starred in Gupt: The Hidden Truth, a suspense thriller directed by Rajiv Rai, which is widely considered his breakthrough role.

In 1998, Bobby Deol starred opposite Neha in the Vidhu Vinod Chopra film, Kareeb.

Bobby Deol played the character of Birju, an irresponsible young man from an upper-middle-class family in Himachal Pradesh with a love of petty thievery and deceit.

Bobby Deol played the mysterious character of Vicky, later revealed as Raju, son of Vijay Malhotra who was convicted of arms smuggling.

In 1999, Bobby Deol starred in Dillagi, directed by and co-starring his brother Sunny Bobby Deol.

In 2000, Bobby Deol appeared in the action drama Badal alongside Rani Mukerji, under the director's helm of Raj Kanwar.

In Bichhoo, Bobby Deol plays Reno's role, Jeeva, a young man from a struggling middle-class family who has the misfortune of falling in love with the wealthy Kiran.

Bobby Deol's cruel, disapproving father in rage at their relationship, has Jeeva's mother and two sisters publicly arrested for prostitution, and eventually all three kill themselves.

The film and Bobby Deol's performance was panned by the critics, with Sakanya Verna of Rediff.

In 2001, Bobby Deol starred alongside Karisma Kapoor and Rahul Dev in Indra Kumar's Aashiq.

In 2002, Bobby Deol starred alongside his brother Sunny in the historical drama 23rd March 1931: Shaheed.

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

Later in 2002, Bobby Deol was nominated for Filmfare Award for Best Actor for his role as a suave, wealthy shipping businessman in Abbas-Mustan's romantic thriller Humraaz.

Bobby Deol played Shyam, a small-time crook who gets his hands on some diamonds worth millions.

In 2003, Bobby Deol took a hiatus from acting and returned to the screen in 2004 in Kismat opposite Priyanka Chopra.

In Bardaasht, a drama based on the screenplay written by Vikram Bhatt, Bobby Deol starred alongside Lara Dutta and Rahul Dev as Aditya Shrivastav, a deserted army officer.

In 2005, Bobby Deol starred in Vikram Bhatt's thriller Jurm as the wealthy businessman Avinash Malhotra who suspects his wife Sanjana of having an affair with Rohit.

Bobby Deol's performance was praised by a number of critics, with Vivek Fernandes of Rediff.

Bobby Deol followed this role by featuring in Suneel Darshan's romance film Barsaat as the ambitious young Indian Arav, who, in living in the United States, becomes involved in a love triangle with Priyanka Chopra and Bipasha Basu.

Bobby Deol plays a wealthy businessman but is down on his luck with his finances and romancing women.

In 2006, Bobby Deol starred in the romantic musical film Humko Tumse Pyaar Hai.

Bobby Deol played Raj, a character who falls in love with Durga, a beautiful blind woman with a talent for shaping pottery, but faces competition from Rohit.

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

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

Bobby Deol believed that Deol was overshadowed by his co-stars, remarking that the film, "belongs to Abhishek first and Preity next".

Bobby Deol next starred in the suspense thriller Naqaab, another Abbas-Mustan film which features him alongside Akshaye Khanna and Urvashi Sharma as another millionaire caught in a love triangle.

In 2008, Bobby Deol starred opposite Priyanka Chopra, Danny Denzongpa and Irrfan Khan in the crime drama Chamku, playing the lead character and titlesake of Chamku, a man raised by Baba, a Naxal leader based in the southern interiors of Bihar, after his family was brutally murdered.

Bobby Deol is assigned by a covert governmental program jointly conceived by RAW and the Intelligence Bureau to carry out political assassinations but after falling in love with the kindergarten teacher Shubhi, he decides to lead a reformed life but is later tempted to turn to crime again.

Bobby Deol next featured in Heroes as an army officer and Dhananjay "DJ" Shergill alongside a strong cast which included Salman Khan, Preity Zinta, Sunny Bobby Deol and Mithun Chakraborty.

Bobby Deol then starred in Yamla Pagla Deewana which was released on 14 January 2011.

Bobby Deol later starred in the film Thank You opposite Sonam Kapoor.

Bobby Deol's character is a businessman who is unfaithful to his wife.

Bobby Deol played the role of Ronnie, who has no experience in conning people, but is a master of illusions.

Bobby Deol was one of the most popular illusionists who abandoned magic after a tragic incident.

Bobby Deol has made his comeback in 2017 with Shreyas Talpade's directorial venture Poster Boys alongside his brother Sunny Deol.

In 2018, Bobby Deol played the role of Yash in the action thriller Race 3 alongside Salman Khan and Jacqueline Fernandez.

Bobby Deol starred as Kalaa in the comedy film Yamla Pagla Deewana: Phir Se co-starring his Dharmendra, Sunny Deol and Kriti Kharbanda.