Deep Sidhu
Biography
Sandeep Singh Sidhu (2 April 1984 – 15 February 2022), also known as Deep Sidhu, was an Indian film actor and Sikh separatist leader. He worked in Punjabi films, starting his acting career with the film Ramta Jogi produced by Dharmendra under his banner Vijayta Films.
Sidhu entered the political arena in 2019, campaigning for the BJP candidate Sunny Deol, and later trying to take a leading role in the 2020-2021 farmers' protest. A few months before he died in a road accident, he founded a Punjabi Sikh socio-political organization Waris Punjab De.
He worked in legal positions for a few years, as a legal advisor to Sahara India Pariwar, in the British legal firm Hammonds, and as the legal head of Balaji Telefilms. Later, he founded a law firm Lex Legal in Mumbai.
He made his acting debut in Ramta Jogi, which brought him the PTC Punjabi Film Award for Best Male Debut in Punjabi Cinema in 2016. He rose to greater prominence with Jora 10 Numbaria (2017), in which he played the lead role of a gangster, making him a star.
He followed that with Rang Panjab (2018), Desi (2019), Jora: The Second Chapter (2020) and Saade Aale (2022). The release of Jora: The Second Chapter, which was a sequel to the successful Jora 10 Numbaria, was affected by the COVID-19 lockdowns in India. Saade Aale was released in April 2022, two months after his death.
