Bobby Deol

Bobby Deol's career arc is one of my favorite stories in Hindi cinema. Being Dharmendra's son and Sunny Deol's brother opened the door, but it also set a trap: the industry quietly wrote him off when the leading-man roles dried up. Instead of fading into family nostalgia, he rebuilt himself in middle age as a magnetic, unsettling screen presence, and audiences rediscovered him on his own terms. I respect reinvention more than early success, and his is among the most convincing I have seen. The Filmfare trophy matters less to me than the patience it took to earn a second act.

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Name (English)

Bobby Deol

Name (Japanese)

ボビー・ディオル

Reading

ぼびー・でぃおる

Born

January 27, 1969 (age 57)

Origin

Mumbai, Bombay State, India

Occupation

actor / animator / film actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Rooster

University

Mithibai College

Awards & achievements

• Filmfare Awards

• Official sitehttps://vijaytafilms.com/
• Xhttps://x.com/thedeol
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby%20Deol
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9C%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q48619

Tags

• Bombay State
• actor
• animator
• film actor

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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