Bobby Deol (Vijay Singh Deol) is the second son of Bollywood mega-star Dharmendra. His older brother is another Bollywood mega-star, Sunny Deol. Deol began his career as a child artiste in the movie Dharam Veer (1977), playing a young Dharmendra.
He has two step-sisters, namely Bollywood actress Esha Deol and Ahana Deol. His step-mother is the Bollywood "Dreamgirl" Hema Malini. Bobby Deol married Tanya Ahuja and has been blessed with two sons. The second son was born on November 5, 2004 at 5:00 am, and is named "Dharam" after his grandpa. The elder son is named Aryaman.
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Bobby Deolm also known as Vijay Singh Deol is a Bollywood actor. He is said to be the second son of actor Dharmendra. Born on January 27, 1967, his eldest brother is Bollywood action hero, Sunny Deol. He has several sisters, one of whom is Bollywood actress, Esha Deol. Deol has made several films during his career which includes: Barsaat (1995), Gupt (1997), Bichhoo (2000) among others. He is an actor of comedy, action, romance among others. He is married to Tanya Ahuja, and has two children.
Son of Dharmendra and first wife, Prakash Kaur. His step-mother is Hema Malini and grandson of Jaya Chakravarthy.
Younger brother of Sunny Deol.
Half-brother of Esha Deol and Ahana Deol.
His wife Tanya is the daughter of finance guru, Dev Ahuja, owner of 21st Century Finance.
He made his on-screen debut in the romantic film Barsaat (1995), produced by his father Dharmendra and co-starring Twinkle Khanna. For his role in this film, he was awarded Best Debut as Discovery of the Year at the Filmfare Awards, however, he could not come to the function since he was hospitalized at the time.
Unlike his father and brother, he is not really known as an action hero. Although his breakthrough role came in the suspense thriller Gupt: The Hidden Truth (1997), these days he is acting in more romantic roles.
Has two sons, Aryaman, born June 2001 and Dharam, born on November 5, 2004. Dharam named after his Grandfather Dharmendra.
Nephew to actor , producer Kanwar Ajit Singh.
Nephew of Bollywood director Guddu Dhanoa.
Related to actor Rammi Dhillon ( Salaakhen, Prem Aggan). Rammi is married to Veerta . Veerta is the daughter of Ajit Singh Deol ( Dharmendra's brother). They are now based in Temecula California, USA.
Cousin of Producer , Actor Randeep Arya and Actor Ramandeep Arya ( Dharti -2011). They are the son's of actor Veerendra .
Cousin of Abhay Deol.
Nephew of Punjabi actor Veerndra ( Dad's cousin).
Uncle's Veerendra and Kanwar Ajit ( Ajit Singh Deol) married two sister' s on the same day. Veerendra to Pammi and Kanwar Ajit to Usha . Usha and Pammi are sister's.
Starred in JP Dutta's shelved film Choodiyan. Starring Tabu and Mamta Kulkarni. This was in 1996. The film was previously being made with Sanjay Dutt and Raveena Tandon in 1992.
Was born the same day Shammi Kapoor got married a second time.
Bobby Deol sister in law name is Monisha Malhotra ( Tanya's sister).
Actor Vicky Ahuja is often mistaken as his brother in law. This is because Bobby Deol has a brother in law with the name " Vikram Vicky Ahuja".
Sister's Ajeeta and Vijeta are married and settled in California, USA.
Sister Ahana Deol appeared in the film Na Tum Jaano Na Hum along with sister Esha Deol.
Niece's name is Nikita Chaudhri and Prianka Chaudhri ( Daughters of Ajeeta) .Prianka was born in 1995.
Brother in law name is Kiran Chaudhri ( A world famous dentist). He is married to sister Ajeeta.
Signed for Ek Vivaah Aisa Bhi with Vidya Balan but later opted out.
Was signed for Jab We Met with Ayesha Takia but opted out.
Shares the same date of birth including year (1969) with director Vikram Bhatt.
Starred in Vijay Galani's shelved film opposite Priyanka Chopra. Preeti Jhangiani was signed for the lead role but later opted out. Directed by Mahesh Manjrekar. This was in 2003.
Wife Tanya's brother Vicky was once engaged to Sohail Khan's wife Seema.
Signed Sangeeth Sivan's shelved film "Jab Jab Fools Mile" co starring Sanjay Dutt. After they both exited the film, Sangeeth attempted to start the film with Arshad Warsi, Tusshar, Kunal Khemu. That was also shelved.
Nephew of producer, actor Vijay Dhanoya (Dhanoa). He is the brother of Guddu Dhanoa and actor Narendra.
Starred in the shelved film, Naveen Films "Choodiyan"(1997) Starring Bobby Deol(replaced Sanjay Dutt), Tabu, Mamta Kulkarni, Anupam Kher.Music by Anand Milind,Directed by J.P Dutta. Reels :2.
Nephew of actor, producer Jagdarshan ( Samra). Jagdarshan is married to Bobby Deol's mother Prakash's sister.Jagdarshan son Raj Samra ( Bobby Deol's cousin) was to debut as an actor in the film "Kahi Hain Woh Aas Paas" (2006). It was a slick murder mystery .The film is completed and unreleased due to financial problems with the producers. Jagdarshan Samra is based in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. His son Raj is now based in Toronto Ontario, Canada.
Grew a heavy beard and long hair in 2015 for a upcoming film Changez opposite Monica Dogra. It was to be produced by Vijeta Films, to be directed by ad film maker Vivek Chauhan. It got shelved .
Sister Ajeeta Chaudri works as a school psychologist (Special Education Service/Teacher) at a elementary school in San Fransisco, USA.
Was engaged to Neelam.
Was close friends in school with Farah Ali Khan when he was 16.
Was engaged to Pooja Bhatt.
While Shekhar Kapur was directing Badal/Barsaat, Rajkumar Santoshi had started a film titled "Sarfarosh". Starring Bobby Deol and Pooja Bhatt. After a week's shooting, he shelved the film. It was eventually made as "Vinashak" with Sunil Shetty.
His uncle Narendra attempted to become a actor in the 1970s. Narendra starred in the film "Apne Dushman" opposite Reena Roy and the Punjabi film "Do Sher" and a few other films. Narendra is the elder brother of director Guddu Dhanoa and Vijay Dhanoa. Narendra's son is Vishal Dhanoa. Vishal had previously worked as a assistant on the film "Jaal -The Trap" and acted in a television serial .
In college he starred in a video film directed by both Ajay Devgan and Vikram Bhatt. The film had songs, action etc and was shot in Khandala. Fellow college school mate Lubna Siddique starred opposite him. Lubna later starred in the film Parbat Ke Us Paar. The other video movie made starred Atul Agnihothri.
Mother wanted to name him "Inderneil Singh Deol" after Neil Armstrong who was about to be the first man who walked on the moon . His aunt named him "Vijay".
Subhash Ghai wanted to launch Bobby Deol in Saudagar.But Dharmendra declined as he wanted to launch Bobby in a home production.
Was involved with Anjala Zaveri during the making of Himalay Putra. This upset Vinod Khanna as he wanted her to concentrate on her work.
In 1994,father Dharmendra had selected a girl named Ajanamjot Grewal to marry Bobby Deol. She was also known as Jyot .She now is a world famous Gynecologist and Obstetrician in California,USA.. She hailed from Yuba City near San Fransisco, USA. At the time she was studying medicine. She also studied medicine in India.Her father owned a huge farm in Yuba City. Jyot would visit India and live with her uncle Amrik. S. Bassi( He had a house in Ludhiana) Amrik lived originally in California USA. His nephew Bobby Grewal came from California to visit his uncle for a month. During this visit he got involved with Jyot. This ended when Bobby Grewal and Bobby Deol got involved in a bloody fight over Jyot . During Jyot stay in India she was involved in a brutal incident. She attacked local beauty queen Amrit Thandi with a metal pipe. This was days before a beauty contest. Amrit would under go several surgeries to fix her face. Jyot's uncle decided he had enough and sent her back to America. Bobby Deol later declined the arrangement after hearing many stories about her including shoplifting, several other broken engagements and gang related activities,drugs etc.
In 1995 Bobby Deol was involved with former supermodel and TV actress Rakshanda. Khan. She was the model in all the Roopam ads.
In 1995, Bobby Deol was involved with Pran's granddaughter , Sunaina Sikand . She is based in London England.
Proposed to Mamta Kulkarni in 1994.
After Khamoshi, Sanjay Leela Bhansali wanted to make Train To Pakistan with Bobby Deol. The film was made with another director and star cast due to unknown reasons.
Dharmendra 's sister ( who passed away in 1988) has a son named Goldie Singh ( Chaudhri) who produced the the song "Say Naiyo" with Chandan Roy Sanyal. Goldie has a sister named Swarn Chaudhri who has a You Tube channel called "Beauty And Health Box" where she shares health and beauty tips. Their father is producer,director Sher Jung Singh Panchii. He was the producer of Satyakam and several other films. He is now based in London after living in South Africa for several years.
Father Dharmendra's Maternal Cousin is producer Namrata Singh Dehal. She is the sister of director Guddu Dhanoa and was married to producer Bikram Singh Dehal. Namrata has passed away. Namrata' daughters names are Kavita Grewal ( Married to Neil and has a daughter named Indrishka), Tina Dehal Singh .Tina is a famous photographer who has posted several blogs of her work online. She is married to Sunil Singh and has a daughter named Isabella. Namrata also has a daughter named Mamta Dehal. Mamta worked as a producer in the film Elaan with Guddu Dhanoa.
Father Dharmendra was shooting for the movie Sharafat when he got the news that a 11 pound Bobby Deol was born.
In 1999, director Thampi Kananthanam announced a film titled Mujhe Kuch Kehna Hain with Arvind Swamy and Urmila. When Arvind left the film Bobby Deol was signed. The film had a mahurat. But the film did not progress further. Latee Vashu Bhagnani took that title and remade Tholi Prema as Mujhe Kuch Kehna Hain with Tusshar and Kareena Kapoor.
Dharmendra had met child actor in 1983 and was so impressed with him. He wanted to remake the film Escapade In Japan with Jugal Hansraj and his young teenage son Bobby Deol. But Dharmendra finally dropped the idea because he did not want Bobby to become a child actor.
Director Vivek Agnihothri was planning a film named Mazhab. It was based on soccer's players from different religions playing together. Nana Patekar was the head coach along with players Sunil Shetty, Bobby Deol,Arjun Rampal,Vivek Oberoi,Aftab Shivdasani,Sohail Khan.
Was signed for the film Ashok Tyagi's Bharat Bhagya Vidhaata in 1997. The film got shelved . The film restarted with Chandrachur Singh in 2001.
After Khamoshi, Sanjay Leela Bhansali wanted to make "Train To Pakistan" with Bobby Deol. It was going to be based on the famous novel by the same name. He later dropped the idea.