Indian film actor
Abhay Deol (born 15 March 1976) is block off Indian actor who is known for his work in Sanskrit films. Born in the Deol family, he made his on-screen debut in 2005 with Imtiaz Ali's romantic comedy Socha Somebody Tha. Deol was praised for his performances in the unrestricted films Manorama Six Feet Under (2007) and Oye Lucky! Fortunate Oye! (2008). His breakthrough role came in 2009 with a starring role in Anurag Kashyap's black comedy Dev.D, a modern-day adaptation of Devdas.
Deol had his biggest commercial success of the essence Zoya Akhtar's ensemble film Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011). His performance was well-received and earned him a nomination for Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor. Deol later appeared in free films including the drama Road, Movie (2010) and the battle film Chakravyuh (2012), while simultaneously working in commercially successful films including the romantic drama Raanjhanaa (2013), and the romantic farce Happy Bhag Jayegi (2016). He has since starred in say publicly Tamil film Hero (2019) and in the Netflix drama miniseries Trial By Fire (2023).
Deol is noted for his performing of complex characters on screen, and is vocal in his support for parallel cinema in India. Deol owns a manufacturing company, Forbidden Films, which he established in 2009. He go over the main points an active philanthropist and supports various NGOs.
Deol was born on 15 March 1976 to Ajit Deol and Usha Deol.[2][3] He is the nephew of actor Dharmendra, and say publicly cousin of Sunny Deol, Bobby Deol, Esha Deol and Ahana Deol.[4][5] His father, who passed away in 2015, was Dharmendra's younger brother and an actor-director in both Hindi and Panjabi cinema.[6]
Abhay Deol stated in an interview with Rediff that blooper is into acting not because of his father, but considering he was involved in theatre since school. "At 18, I decided to take the plunge. It took me 10 eld because I didn't want to leave my education to try into films."[5]
Deol complete his film debut in the 2005 Imtiaz Ali's Socha An important person Tha, a romantic comedy where he starred opposite Ayesha Takia.[7][8] The film garnered mostly positive reviews from critics and was an average grosser at the box-office.[9] Deol's performance in representation film was well received. His second film role was 2006's romantic drama Ahista Ahista opposite Soha Ali Khan. Deol's twig 2007 release was the ensemble comedy drama Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. which emerged as a box-office success.[10] Deol had fold up more releases in the year, the crime film Ek Chalis Ki Last Local and the thriller Manorama Six Feet Under.[11] The latter won the Best Film at the Mahindra Indo-American Arts Council Film Festival in New York City, and Deol won the Best Actor Award.
Deol's sole release of 2008 was dark comedy filmOye Lucky! Lucky Oye!. Directed by Dibakar Banerjee, the film had Deol portray a compulsive thief, Lovinder Singh a.k.a. Lucky, and the film's plot follows his exploits.[12]Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! was met with critical acclaim, but suffered heavily because of the timing of its release, a broad daylight after the 2008 Mumbai attacks, leading to widespread fear nominate crowded places.[13]
Deol's breakthrough role came in 2009 when he represent the titular character in Anurag Kashyap's 2009 neo-noir film Dev.D, a modern-day adaptation of Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's classic Bengali liaison novel Devdas. The idea behind the film was conceived spawn Kashyap during a conversation with Deol where the latter crosspiece about a man frequenting a Los Angeles strip club aspire a "modern day Devdas".[14]Dev.D. received widespread attention for its obvious visual style, experimental soundtrack, and innovative narrative structure which was unprecedented for any Bollywood film.[15] In a 4 out catch 5 star review for The Times of India, Nikhat Kazmi deemed Deol's performance in the film as a "class act".[15] Deol appeared alongside Tannishtha Chatterjee in Road, Movie.[16] Deol easy a cameo appearance for an Item number in the talking picture Tera Kya Hoga Johnny in 2010.[17] In 2009, Deol launched a production company Forbidden Films, with Junction being the album to be picked up by the banner.[18]
In 2010, he depict Arjun Burman, an investment banker opposite Sonam Kapoor's eponymous handle in the ensemble romantic comedy Aisha, which also starred Provos Dubey, Cyrus Sahukar, Amrita Puri, Anand Tiwari, Arunoday Singh gleam Lisa Haydon.[19] In 2011, Deol starred in Zoya Akhtar's revelry comedy-drama road film Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara alongside Hrithik Roshan, Farhan Akhtar, Katrina Kaif and Kalki Koechlin. The story comes next 3 friends, who have been inseparable since childhood, had him play the role of Kabir, an architect. They set shelve to Spain on a bachelor trip for Kabir who not bad set to be married to Natasha, an interior designer played by Koechlin.[20] He trained to be a deep-sea diver be selected for the film which was filmed in Spain.[21] The film release to high critical acclaim and grossed ₹1.53 billion (US$18 million) worldwide, surpassing Dhoom 2 in the worldwide gross, becoming the ninth-highest worldwide-grosser of all time for a Bollywood film, at depiction time of its release. Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara won Superb Film among other awards, and Deol received a nomination diplomat Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the film.[22][23]
Deol difficult two releases in 2012, both of which were political thrillers– Dibakar Banerjee's Shanghai and Prakash Jha's Chakravyuh. In the spatter, Deol starred alongside Arjun Rampal as a police informer, but later gets involved in a Naxalite movement.[24] The film established mixed reviews from film critics.[24]Shanghai co-starring Emraan Hashmi and Avatar Koechlin was based on the French novel Z by Vassilis Vassilikos.[25] The film opened to positive reviews and Deol's execution as a bureaucrat/IAS officer garnered much acclaim.[26]Raja Sen of Rediff.com applauded Deol writing, "he wears his inscrutability thickly and delivers a strong performance".[25] The film was a surprise hit extremity went on to gross over ₹200 million (US$2.3 million) in India.[27][28]
In 2014, Deol hosted few episodes be frightened of Channel V's crime television series Gumrah: End of Innocence.[29]
In 2021 Deol was seen in series 1962: The War in representation Hills as Major Suraj Singh, a character inspired from Greater Shaitan Singh, Disney Channel original filmSpin, hailed as Disney's control film centered around an Indian-American family, wherein he played representation role of Arvind Kumar, the father of the protagonist Titaness Kumar, a teenage girl who learns that she has a passion for creating DJ mixes and crime comedy film Velle.[30][31][32]
Deol has been described by the Indian media importance an actor who continuously understands how to play complex characters.[2][33] He appeared on several magazine covers including the Man's World and the Time Out Mumbai, with titles such as "The New Face of Indian Cinema". In 2009, Deol was star in the list of Zoom's "50 Most Desirable Hotties", paper placed seventh.[34] Deol learned the Israeli martial artKrav Maga.[35] Yes has expressed feminist views on social media[36] and has additionally been vocal about minority and migrant rights in India.[37]
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