Some unknown facts about Sunny Deol

Happy Birthday Sunny Deol..

On the eve of Sunny Praji's birthday, Here are some unknown facts that you might not be knowing..

1. Sunny Deol’s real name is Ajay Singh Deol.

2. Though Sunny has a very desi-image, he studied acting in England. He studied theatre and acting in Birmingham in the Old World Theatre. 

3. Sunny is mostly associated with action films and an aggressive image, in real life he is an absolute introvert and a soft-spoken person.

4. Sunny Deol is known for his brawny built and the credit goes to Hollywood action star Sylvester Stallone. Sunny trained himself in the Sylvester Stallone gym to tone his perfect physique. 

5. Sunny has always maintained a low profile in the media about his personal life. He got married at an early age and his wife Pooja Deol has never faced the media till date like other celebrity wives.

6. Sunny’s brother Bobby and cousin Abhay Deol are known to all, obviously for their Bollywood connections. But not many know that he was two ‘real’ sisters as well who are married and settled in California. 

7. Sunny Deol has a huge fanbase in hometown Punjab and his films sell in that territory for astronomical prizes. One of the biggest blockbusters of Bollywood Gadar – Ek Prem Katha played in Punjab for several weeks and such was the demand from the audiences that theatres had to organize special shows from 6am in the morning. 

8. Sunny Deol has won two National Awards. First was in 1990 as the Best Actor for Ghayal and second in 1993 as the Best Supporting Actor for Damini. Both the films were directed by Rajkumar Santoshi. 

9. Gurinder Chadha was to direct a film called London starring Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol together. Karisma Kapoor was signed as the lead actress. But due to some reasons the film got stalled. Later Sunny decided to turn director with the project and re-titled it as Dillagi. Urmila Matondkar replaced Karisma Kapoor as the lead actress. 

10. Sunny unfortunately has had a fallout with three of the biggest filmmakers he has worked with – J P Dutta, Rajkumar Santoshi and Suneel Darshan. J P Dutta gave him films like Yateem, Kshatriya and Border . And with Santoshi, Sunny worked in Ghayal , Damini and Ghatak.