Abhay Deol

Abhay Deol

Deol at the Toronto Film Festival

Born      Abhay Singh Deol

15 March 1976 (age 39)

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Nationality          Indian

Ethnicity               Punjabi[1]

Occupation         Actor, producer, Singer

Years active        2005–present

Height   1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)

Religion                Sikhism

Parent(s)             AD

Usha Deol

Relatives              See Deol family

Abhay Deol (also known as Abhay Singh Deol) born 15 March 1976 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 Hindi film industry; Dharmendra is his paternal uncle, and he is the cousin of Esha Deol, Bobby Deol and Sunny Deol.

Although he wanted to pursue a career in films from a young age, he decided to complete his education before doing so. He made his debut in the 2005 Imtiaz Ali film Socha Na Tha. The film opened to positive reviews and he received critical acclaim for his performance, with many critics branding him as promising. He followed it with roles in Ahista Ahista and Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd., where his performances received mostly praise. He received widespread acclaim for his performance in the 2007 thriller filmManorama Six Feet Under and as the main character Lucky in the 2008 film Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!. He then appeared in Dev.D, a revival of Devdas, and received mainly positive reviews for his performance.

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 since appeared in films such as Chakravyuh, Shanghai and Raanjhanaa, receiving critical acclaim and being described as an actor who continuously understands how to play complex characters.[2][3]

Contents

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•             1 Early life

•             2 Acting career

o             2.1 Debut and breakthrough (2005–07)

o             2.2 Success (2008–11)

o             2.3 Critical acclaim (2011–present)

•             3 Personal life

•             4 Filmography

o             4.1 Actor

•             5 References

•             6 External links

Early life[edit]

Deol was born into a Jat Sikh family to Ajit Singh Deol and Usha Deol.[4] He is the son of Bollywood actor Dharmendra's brother, and the cousin of Esha Deol and Ahana Deol.[5][6] 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. "[6]

Acting career[edit]

Debut and breakthrough (2005–07)[edit]

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.[7] 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)[edit]

His only 2008 release was Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! which became extremely popular.

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.[8] 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.[9] He did Road, Movie[10] with Tannishtha Chatterjee. Deol has also started producing films through his company Forbidden Films. For Basra, the first film under his new production company,[11] Deol learned the Israeli martial art Krav Maga.[12] Abhay did a special Item number for the movie Tera Kya Hoga Johnny in 2010.[13]

Critical acclaim (2011–present)[edit]

He also trained to be a deep-sea diver for his 2011 film Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara which was filmed in Spain.[14]

Personal life[edit]

Deol lives in Mumbai, where he also grew up. He is a fan of "cinema that has the 'real' element" and lists his favourite films as Chupke Chupke, Mother India, and Dr. Strangelove. Deol is in a relationship with Preeti Desai with whom he made the movie One by Two.

Filmography[edit]

Actor[edit]

Key

                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 Shaadi

Rohan   Delayed

2015       Bounty Hunter TBA        Announced

Also co-producer[15][16]

2015       Happy Bhaag Jayegi        TBA        Pre-production[17]