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. Over the years, he has been recognised for his performances, and has established himself as a leading contemporary actor of Hindi cinema.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 accalaim for his performance in the 2007 thriller film Manorama 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.
Ahana Deol, Bobby Deol, Esha Deol, Sunny Deol, See Deol family
Nominations
Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor, Guild Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, IIFA Award for Best Supporting Actor, BIG Star New Talent of the Decade (Male), GiMA Award for Best Film Song, Mirchi Music Awards for Listener’s Choice Song of the Year, BIG Star Most Entertaining Actor in ...
Movies
Happy Bhag Jayegi, Dev.D, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, Raanjhanaa, Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!, Manorama Six Feet Under, Socha Na Tha, Aisha, Ahista Ahista, One by Two, Ek Chalis Ki Last Local, Shanghai, Road, Movie, Chakravyuh, Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd., Rock the Shaadi, The Lovers, Idhu Vedhalam Sollum K...
TV Shows
Gumrah: End of Innocence, Connected Hum Tum
Star Sign
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Has done majority of work with debutant directors; rather unusual and daring in the context of "star driven" Hindi film industry
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Fact
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Was producing a film that got shelved Forbidden Films "Junction" (2009) .Starring Abhay Deol, Vidya Malvade, Shilpa Shukla, Produced by Abhay Deol and Soumal Ganguly, Directed by Atul Sabharwal.
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Starred in the shelved film iRock Films and Balaji Telefilms Ltd's "Rock The Shaadi" (2011). (Previiously titled Shaadi of The Dead). Starring Abhay Deol, Genelia D Souza, Kushal Punjabi, Produced by Amit Kapoor,Sidhartha M Jain,Shobha Kapoor,Ekta Kapoor, Directed by Navdeep Singh.
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In Arun Bakshi's debut Punjabi album ,"Bol Mitti De Bawya"(1999), Dharmendra gave Punjabi commentary. Lyrics were by Dharmendra's brother Ajit Singh Deol (Abhay's father).
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His uncle Narendra attempted to become a actor in the 1970s. Narendra starred in the film "Apne Dushman" opposite Reena Roy and the Punjabi film "Do Sher" and a few other films. Narendra is the elder brother of director Guddu Dhanoa and Vijay Dhanoa. Narendra's son is Vishal Dhanoa. Vishal had previously worked as a assistant on the film "Jaal -The Trap" and acted in a television serial .
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Starred in the shelved film "Snafu".(2014). Starring Abhay Deol, Puja Gupta, Majot Singh. Directed by Sethu Sriram.
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Nephew of actor, producer Jagdarshan ( Samra). Jagdarshan is married to Abhay Deol's aunt Prakash' Deol's sister.Jagdarshan son Raj Samra ( Bobby Deol' and Sunny Deol's cousin) was to debut as an actor in the film "Kahi Hain Woh Aas Paas" (2006). It was a slick murder mystery .The film is completed and unreleased due to financial problems with the producers.
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Was to be launched in the film " Kuch Dil Ne Kaha" directed by Saurabh Shukla and produced by Ajay Tuli. Saurabh got busy with acting assignments Hansal Mehta was approached. The film was eventually shelved.This was in 2001.
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Cousin Ahana Deol appeared in the film Na Tum Jaano Na Hum along side sister Esha Deol.
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Niece' s names are Nikita Chaudhri and Prianka Chaudhri . They are the daughters of cousin Ajeeta Deol ( Dharmendra' s daughter).Prianka was born in 1995.
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Brother in law name is Kiran Chaudhri ( World famous dentist). He is married to cousin Ajeeta Deol Chaudhri ( Dharmendra' s daughter).
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Author Sarjit Singh Sandhu wrote a book about his father Ajit Singh Deol (Kanwar Ajit Singh). The books name is " Jeete Seete De Jatt Jaffe". The book is written in Punjabi. The author's son Ajay Sandhu is close friends with the Deol family.He has posted several pictures of himself with the Deols on punjabiportal.com.
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Brother in law of Deepti Bhatnagar. Wife of Randeep Arya.
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Cousin of actor , producer Randeep Arya and actor, model Ramandeep Arya ( Dharti-2011). They are the children of Veerendra.
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Nephew of Punjabi actor Veerendra.
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His father acted using the screen name Kanwar Ajit Singh.
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His father Kanwar Ajit Singh ( Ajit Singh Deol) and his first cousin Veerendra married two sister's on the same day Ajit to Usha and Veerendra to Pammi.Usha and Pammi are sister's.
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Cousin to actor Rammi Dhillon.
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Nephew of Bollywood director Guddu Dhanoa.
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Father used the screen name Kanwar Ajit Singh during his acting career.
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Pet nick name at home is Dimpy due to his dimples.
Is in a relationship with Preeti Desai - Miss Great Britain 2006.
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In an interview, he said he had four professions in mind: acting, painting, philosophy and journalism. He chose acting.
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Abhay Deol said in an interview with Rediff that he didn't get into acting because of his famous cousins but that he was involved in theatre in school.
$16 Million
