Following this, he starred alongside Karisma Kapoor in Hum To Mohabbat Karega (2000), and reunited with Rani Mukerji in Bichhoo (2000), a blatant remake of Luc Besson's 1994 film Leon, starring Jean Reno and Natalie Portman. The film is inspired by The Devil's Own (1997), starring Brad Pitt and Harrison Ford. Bobby plays the character of Badal, a boy who witnesses the massacre of his family and villagers by the corrupt Police Inspector Jai Singh Rana (Ashutosh Rana) and grows up to be a dreaded terrorist, fuelled by the anger and hatred of the authorities who wrongly deprived him of his family and friends.
The film is set in 1984 when riots were engulfing parts of Punjab and Delhi. In 2000, Bobby appeared in the action drama Badal alongside Rani Mukerji, under the director's helm of Raj Kanwar.
His step-mother is Hema Malini, through whom he has two paternal half-sisters, actress Esha Deol and Ahana Deol. He is the younger brother of Sunny Deol and also has two sisters Vijayta and Ajeeta who live in California. He is the second son of Bollywood star Dharmendra and Parkash Kaur.
His other notable work includes Kareeb (1998), Dillagi (1999), Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Saathiyo (2004), and Players (2012).īobby Deol was born on 27 January 1969 into a Punjabi Jatįamily in Bombay, Maharashtra, India. Subsequently, he appeared in several commercially successful films including Gupt (1997), Soldier (1998), Badal (2000), Bichhoo (2000), Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya (1997), Ajnabee (2001), Humraaz (2002), for which he was nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor, Barsaat (2005), Tango Charlie (2005), Jhoom Barabar Jhoom (2007), Apne (2007) and Yamla Pagla Deewana (2011). He is the recipient of a Filmfare Award.ĭeol first briefly appeared as a child actor in Dharam Veer (1977) and made his acting career debut as an adult in Barsaat (1995) which garnered him the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut. Vijay Singh Deol (born 27 January 1969), popularly known as Bobby Deol, is an Indian actor who works in Hindi films.