Vijay Singh Deol (Punjabi: ਵਿਜੈ ਸਿੰਘ ਦਿੳਲ, Hindi:विजय सिंह देओल, Urdu: وِجے سِںہ دِیول, born 27 January, 1970) known as Bobby Deol, is an Indian actor. He was born in Mumbai, India. His father is the actor Dharmendra and his brother is actor Sunny Deol.
When he was 7 years old he made a very brief appearance in the 1977 movie Dharam Veer where he played the younger version of his father's character.
He made his debut as a leading man in Rajkumar Santoshi's Barsaat, for which he won a Filmfare Best Debut Award. The movie was a hit, and established his career in the industry. This was followed by the murder mystery Gupt: The Hidden Truth. The film was went on to become the fifth highest grossing movie of that year and was critically acclaimed. His following film Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya did not do well.
In 1998, Deol starred in two films: Kareeb and Soldier. The latter was a huge hit and Deol received much acclaim for his role as a mysterious killer.
In 1999, he starred with his brother Sunny...
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Jhoom Barabar Jhoom (English: Dance Baby Dance) is a Bollywood film starring Abhishek Bachchan, Preity Zinta, Lara Dutta and Bobby Deol. It is directed by Shaad Ali. The film is produced by Aditya Chopra and Yash Chopra under Yash Raj Films. The film released on June 15, 2007.The film begins with a mysterious gypsy-like musician (Amitabh Bachchan) leading the crowds at Waterloo station in London in a dance to the title song.At the station, two strangers, Rikki Thukral (Abhishek Bachchan) and Alvira Khan (Preity Zinta), wait for their respective fiancés. Rikki is a fun-loving Punjabi boy from Bhatinda who lives in Southall, while Alvira is a middle class Pakistani girl from Lahore who is more assimilated into British culture. The two share a table in a cafe together and to kill the time they talk about how they met their partners-to-be.Rikki, handsome but primitive in the desi way, says that he met his fiancé, Anaida Raza (Lara Dutta), at the Hôtel Ritz Paris, the same night that ...,
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Dosti: Friends Forever (Hindi: दोस्ती, Urdu: دوستی, translation: friendship) is a 2005 Hindi-Urdu romance film directed by Suneel Darshan and starring Akshay Kumar, Bobby Deol, Lara Dutta and Kareena Kapoor.
In India, the film did below average business. But in the UK, the film was a blockbuster. It was such a surprise from a film that was expected to do average, but not so well. It turned out to be the highest grosser of Bollywood in 2005 in the UK. It grossed around £888,000!
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Tango Charlie is a film directed by Mani Shankar, and released in summer of 2005. It got rave reviews and was well received by audiences, but did not perform well commercially. The movie aims to portray the different aspects of war and grief, and does not glorify these acts.
Tango Charlie is a 2005 Bollywood film. It begins with the unauthorised helicopter rescue of an unnamed Sepoy of the Border Security Force, an Indian paramilitary force (see Indian Armed Forces). The two unconventional pilots, Sqd Ldr Vikram Rathore (Sanjay Dutt) and Flt Lt Shehzad Khan (Sunil Shetty) discover a diary tucked away in the coat of the injured soldier while treating his injuries. To pass the time during their long journey back to base, Rathore and Khan read through their unfortunate comrade's thoughts and observations while serving his nation. The majority of the rest of the film consists of flashbacks that describe the young sepoy's experiences and thoughts up to the present.
The viewer learns...
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Barsaat: A Sublime Love Story (Hindi: बर्सात, Urdu: برسات, translation: rain) is a movie released on August 19, 2005 by the Bollywood film industry of India. It is directed by Suneel Darshan and stars Bobby Deol, Bipasha Basu, and Priyanka Chopra. It is not to be confused with two other Bollywood films of the same name: one made in 1949 starring Raj Kapoor, and the other made in 1995 also coincidentally starring Bobby Deol. Barsaat is a remake of the American film Sweet Home Alabama.Arav (Bobby Deol) is an ambitious young Indian whose dream is to design cars. He travels to the United States seeking greener pastures, where he meets the beautiful Anna (Bipasha Basu). Anna instantly goes head over heels for Arav, but Arav remains focused on his career. Over time, he mellows and the two fall in love. Moreover, Arav's ambitions go on the upswing as the Chairman of the BMW company in the U.S. (played by Shakti Kapoor) gives him a job as a designer. Coincidentally, the BMW chairman just...
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23rd March 1931: Shaheed is a 2002 Hindi film directed by Guddu Dhanoa which depicts the events leading up to the hanging of Indian freedom fighter Bhagat Singh on 23 March, 1931. The film stars Bobby Deol as Bhagat Singh, his elder brother Sunny Deol as Chandrashekhar Azad and Amrita Singh as Bhagat Singh's mother. Aishwarya Rai has a special appearance.
Set in 1931, British India, the film tells the story of freedom fighters Bhagat Singh and Chandrashekhar Azad who have only motive in mind: Freedom for India. They set about doing this task together with two other men, Sukhdev and Rajguru. Bhagat Singh is enraged when his mentor Lala Lajpatrai is mercilessly beaten to death by the police, and he sets about to avenge his death. He and his colleagues do succeed in killing one of the officials responsible, but they are identified and as a result Bhagat and Rajguru are arrested and held in prison where they are tortured relentlessly. When produced in Court, they dramatically admit to the...
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Ajnabee (Urdu: اجنبی, English: Stranger) is a 2001 Bollywood film directed by Abbas-Mustan. The film stars Akshay Kumar, Bobby Deol, Kareena Kapoor and Bipasha Basu in the lead roles.
Raj (Bobby Deol) and Priya Malhotra (Kareena Kapoor) are a newly married couple who have moved to Switzerland. They meet their neighbours Vicky (Akshay Kumar) and Sonia Bajaj (Bipasha Basu) who are also married. The couples spend a lot of time together and quickly become friends. They take a trip to Mauritius together where Vicky suggests that he and Raj swap their wives for a night. This angers Raj and he cuts all contact with Vicky and Sonia. However after some time the two become friends again and they all celebrate on Vicky's birthday. Raj incredibly drunk wanders into Vicky's home whilst Vicky goes to Raj's home.
The next day Raj wakes up and imagines that Vicky and Priya are making love and then finds out that Sonia has been murdered. Vicky accuses Raj that he killed her and the all evidence...
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Bichhoo (Hindi: बिछू, Urdu: بچو, literally "Scorpion") is an Indian Bollywood movie released on July 7, 2000, and directed by Guddu Dhanoa. It is a suspense film, and the lead roles are played by Bobby Deol and Rani Mukerji. It is a remake of the French production Léon.
Jeeva (Bobby Deol) comes from a middle-class & strugging family, and is employed as a salesman in a store. He has the misfortune of falling in love with Kiran (Malaika Arora), who comes from a wealthy and influential family. Her dad (Mohan Joshi) is enraged and livid at Jeeva, and as a result has Jeeva's mom (Farida Jalal) and two sisters publicly arrested for prostitution, and eventually all three kill themselves. Jeeva with the help of a colleague (Ishrat Ali) extracts vengeance against Kiran's dad and his men. He is unable to save Kiran from killing herself. Now Jeeva is a professional killer, who will kill anyone for a price. He is in between jobs in his small apartment, when his neighbor's daughter, Kiran Bali...
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Badal (Hindi: बादल, Urdu: بدل) is a 2000 Bollywood movie directed by Raj Kanwar. The film stars Bobby Deol and Rani Mukerji in lead roles. The movie is set in 1984 when riots were engulfing parts of Punjab and Delhi.The police are swarming the city looking for terrorists. One such terrorist is Mantavir (Aashish Vidyarthi). Who takes shelter in Badal's house, with his family. In return he is treated like a brother, by Badal's father (Alok Nath). However eventually the police arrive in the village in search of Mantavir. Badal's father tells him to run away and gives him some food as well. Mantavir manages to escape. However, Badal (Bobby Deol) sees his own family and the villagers being wiped out in a shooting encounter with Police Inspector Jai Singh Rana (Ashutosh Rana). Badal is saved by Mantavir who also witnesses the massacre. Years later, Badal becomes a dreaded terrorist and loots a bank. He is instructed to take the booty to Sundar Nagar where he comes into contact with a good...
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Dillagi (Hindi: दिलगि, Urdu: دِلگِ) is a Bollywood movie which was released in 1999. The film was directed by Sunny Deol. The film was a box office flop but Deol's first attempt at directing was appreciated.Also, the chemistry between the two brothers was remarkable as the two real life brothers played screen brothers. This pairing was repeated in 23rd March 1931: Shaheed, with the same dynamic (Sunny playing the older more responsible one-Chandrashekar Azaad and Bobby the passionate Bhagat Singh).Rajvir (Bobby Deol) and Ranvir (Sunny Deol) are devoted brothers. They along with their parents leave their village in Punjab to move to Mumbai. When their mother passes away, Ranvir takes on the responsibility of looking after his younger brother. After some hardship Ranvir manages to turn everything around and he becomes really wealthy. Rajvir on the other hand lives recklessly and without a care in the world.Both brothers find love with Urmila Matondkar. Happy for Rajvir, he arranges the...
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Soldier is a Bollywood movie starring Raakhee, Bobby Deol and Preity Zinta. The film was released in 1998 and went on to do well at the box office.[1]. This movie was technically Preity Zinta's debut. Mani Ratnam however cast her in his movie Dil Se which was released before Soldier and ended up being her debut.
Captain Vijay Malhotra, attempted to defend himself when army officials intercept a truck-load of arms and ammunition being sold illicitly to gangsters by officers in the Indian army, he is found guilty and is shot down and killed.
A subsequent inquiry into this incident revealed that Vijay was indeed guilty of this offence. His dead body was stripped of all medals, and commendations, and left for cremation by his wife, Geeta, and a young son, Raju. The local villagers refused to permit Geeta from even cremating the body of a traitor, and left his body to rot in the hot desert climate.
Years later, a young man named Vicky seeks revenge for the people that were involved with...
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Kareeb (Hindi: करीब, Urdu: قریب, translation: near) is a 1998 Bollywood film directed by Vidhu Vinod Chopra. It stars Bobby Deol and Neha.Birju is a young man who lives with his mother, father, sister, and a younger brother in an upper middle class home in Kashmir. His father would like him to work and be responsible. Birju is instead interested in petty thievery, lies, and romancing a beautiful young woman named Neha. On the other hand, Neha is a simple, beautiful, and responsible girl from a poor family. Birju sees neha for the first time on a river bank during a 'Sandhya Aarti' with lots of 'diya's' lightening around her. Birju falls in love with neha from that moment. Neha also starts liking birju but she hides her feelings. Birju tries everything to impress neha but every effort of his makes fun of himself at the end. But eventually neha accepts that she loves birju and can't live without him.Birju's father was particularly interested in getting birju married to a rich family so...
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Gupt: The Hidden Truth' (English: Secret) is a Bollywood movie released in 1997, directed by Rajiv Rai. The film starred Bobby Deol, Manisha Koirala, Kajol, Paresh Rawal, Om Puri and Raj Babbar. It was a thriller, and one of the biggest success of 1997.Gupt: The Hidden Truth was highly acclaimed for its storyline and soundtrack. It was Rajiv Rai's third blockbuster after Tridev and Mohra.Sahil (Bobby Deol) does not get along with his stepfather (Raj Babbar), the Governor and goes out of his way to antagonise him, even though his stepfather makes every effort to reach out to him.Around this time he meets the beautiful Sheetal (Manisha Koirala) and is reacquainted with his childhood friend, Isha (Kajol). Sahil and Isha soon fall in love. At the same time, Sheetal begins to fall for him. Knowing this, her father arranges the engagement between her and Sahil, to be announced at his birthday party. Sahil, however, intends to announce his marriage to Isha on the same day.Upon hearing his...
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Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya is a Hindi movie released in 1997. The film starred Bobby Deol and Aishwarya Rai. This movie was the first Hindi movie for Aishwarya Rai, and also featured two songs by the celebrated Qawwali singer, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. It was very successful and won many awards....
Barsaat (Hindi: बर्सात, Urdu: برسات, translation: rain) is a 1995 Bollywood film which was the debut of Bobby Deol, son of veteran actor Dharmendra and Twinkle Khanna, daughter of veteran actor Rajesh Khanna. The film was directed by Rajkumar Santoshi.
Badal (Bobby Deol) is a naive but intelligent young man who comes from a small village to the big city. He is introduced to city life by Damru (Harish Patel) who now calls himself Danny. When Badal attends college, he meets with pretty and percocious, Tina Oberoi (Twinkle Khanna), and after a few misunderstanding and misadventures, both fall in love. This is not taken well by Tina's dad, (Raj Babbar), who hopes to marry Tina with his friend's (Bharat Kapoor) son. Tina's dad complains to the college principal (Vijay Kashyap), but Tina testifies in favour of Badal. Tina's dad then asks a corrupt cop, Neghi, who is the city's Assistant Commissioner of Police, for assistance. Neghi arrests Badal on trumped up charges and imprisons him....
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Dharam-Veer is a 1977 Indian Hindi film, produced and directed by Manmohan Desai. It was part of Desai'four big hits of the year based on the "separated and reunited" theme (the others being Parvarish, Chacha Bhatija and Amar Akbar Anthony). The movie stars Dharmendra, Zeenat Aman, Jeetendra, Neetu Singh and Pran. Dharmendra's young son Bobby Deol appears briefly playing the younger version of his father's character. Dharam-Veer takes place in a mythical kingdom and tells the tale of twin brothers separated at birth who still become best friends when there older not knowing they are real brothers. It also tells about their adventures, Dharam winning the love of a beautiful princess, court intrigues, and has a host of villains which they have to face. Maharani Meenakshi is a Queen who is one day rescued from a tiger by a hunter/warrior Jwala Singh (Pran) who lives alone in the jungle, accompanied only by his pet falcon, Sheroo. She spends a one night stand with him but tells him that...
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Barsaat (Hindi: बर्सात, Urdu: برسات, Also known as Rain in English) is a 1949 Bollywood film directed by Raj Kapoor. The film stars the famous duo of Kapoor and Nargis as well as Premnath and Nimmi. Barsaat was one of the first major hit films directed by Kapoor. This success allowed Kapoor to buy RK Studios in 1950.The film revolves around the love triangle between Pran (Kapoor), Gopal (Premnath) and Reshma (Nargis). Two friends with opposite personalities, the rich but sensitive Pran and the womanizing Gopal both fall in love with the same woman. The woman is Reshma, a poor and innocent country girl. However, while Pran's love is pure, Gopal only wants a fling.The music of Barsaat became famous upon the film's release in 1949. The film was the debut for music directors Shankar Jaikishan and established their careers. The famous playback singer Lata Mangeshkar famously sang for both Nargis and Nimmi in Barsaat.
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