Bobby Deol

Biography

Vijay Singh Deol (born 27 January 1967), known by his stage name Bobby Deol, is an Indian actor who works in Bollywood. A member of the Deol family, he is the younger son of actor Dharmendra. He won a Filmfare Award in 1996.

After appearing as a child artist in Dharam Veer (1977), Deol had his first lead role in the blockbuster romance Barsaat (1995) which won him the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut. He established himself as a lead with the top-grossing films Gupt (1997), Soldier (1998), Badal (2000), Bichhoo (2000), Ajnabee (2001), and Humraaz (2002).

It was followed by a brief career downturn, during which his only rarely successful films include multi-starters like Apne (2007), Yamla Pagla Deewana (2011), Race 3 (2018), and Housefull 4 (2019). He reinforced his critical success with acclaimed performances in digital ventures Class of '83 (2020) and Aashram (2020–present).

Deol with his father Dharmendra and brother Sunny Deol in 2011. Deol was born on 27 January 1967 into a Punjabi Jat family in Bombay. He is the second son of Bollywood star Dharmendra and Parkash Kaur. He is the younger brother of Sunny Deol and also has two sisters Vijayta and Ajeeta who live in California.

His stepmother is Hema Malini, through whom he has two paternal half-sisters, actress Esha Deol, and Ahana Deol. His cousin Abhay Deol is also an actor.

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