Sunny Deol Net Worth

What Is Sunny Deol's Net Worth?

Sunny Deol is an Indian actor, director, producer, and former politician who has a net worth of $10 million. Sunny Deol has appeared in over 100 Hindi films, including "Betaab" (1983), "Ghayal" (1990), "Damini" (1993), "Ghatak: Lethal" (1996), "Border" (1997), "Gadar: Ek Prem Katha" (2001), "Heroes" (2008), "Yamla Pagla Deewana" (2011), "I Love NY" (2015), and "Bhaiaji Superhit" (2018). He is one of India's most successful film actors, and he has also directed the films "Dillagi" (1999), "Ghayal Once Again" (2016), and "Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas" (2019). After joining the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2019, Deol represented the Gurdaspur Lok Sabha constituency as a Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha (House of the People). He had an attendance of less than 20% in the Parliament, and in September 2023, he announced that he wouldn't seek re-election, telling India TV News, "I am not fit for politics….I will not like to contest election anymore. It will be good if I continue to work only as an actor." In 2023, Sunny starred in his most commercially successful film, "Gadar 2," which was the year's fourth highest-grossing Hindi film.

Early Life

Sunny Deol was born Ajay Singh Deol on October 19, 1957, in Sahnewal, Punjab, India. He is the son of Prakash Kaur and Bollywood actor Dharmendra. Sunny grew up in a Punjabi Jat family with three siblings, Ajeeta, Bobby, and Vijayta. Dharmendra married actress Hema Malini in 1980 while still married to Prakash, and they had two daughters together. Deol attended Sacred Heart Boys High School and Ramniranjan Anandilal Poddar College of Commerce and Economics. He had difficulties at school due to his dyslexia, but he excelled at sports. As a college student, Sunny got into many fights and kept hockey sticks and metal rods in his car for protection. He also participated in street racing. After college, Deol studied theatre at the Old Rep Theatre in Birmingham, England.

Career

Deol's first feature film was 1983's "Betaab," and he followed it with "Sohni Mahiwal" (1984), "Sunny" (1984), "Manzil Manzil" (1984), "Arjun" (1985), "Zabardast" (1985), "Sultanat" (1986), "Saveray Wali Gaadi" (1986), "Samundar" (1986), "Dacait" (1987), "Paap Ki Duniya" (1988), "Ram-Avtar" (1988), "Yateem" (1988), "Inteqam" (1988), "Vardi" (1989), "Joshilaay" (1989), "Tridev" (1989), "ChaalBaaz" (1989), "Nigahen: Nagina Part II" (1989), and "Aag Ka Gola" (1989). In 1990, Sunny co-starred with his father in the vigilante action film "Ghayal," which earned him a National Film Award and a Filmfare Award. In the '90s, he also starred in films such as "Majboor" (1990), "Vishnu-Devaa" (1991), "Shankara" (1991), "Narsimha" (1991), "Vishwatma" (1992), "Kshatriya" (1993), "Darr" (1993), "Insaniyat" (1994), "Angrakshak" (1995), "Jeet" (1996), "Ajay" (1996), "Border" (1997), "Qahar" (1997), "Salaakhen" (1998), and "Arjun Pandit" (1999), and he won his second National Film Award for 1993's "Damini." Deol made his directorial debut with the 1999 romantic drama "Dillagi," which he co-starred in with his brother Bobby.

Sunny had a hit with 2001's "Gadar: Ek Prem Katha," which grossed ₹1.33 billion (approximately US$28.19 million) at the box office. He won a Screen Award, a Zee Cine Award, and a Sansui Viewers' Choice Movie Award for his performance. Next, Deol starred in the films "Indian" (2001), "Kasam" (2001), "23rd March 1931: Shaheed" (2002), "Karz: The Burden of Truth" (2002), "The Hero: Love Story of a Spy" (2003), "Khel – No Ordinary Game" (2003), "Rok Sako To Rok Lo" (2004), "Jo Bole So Nihaal" (2005), "Naksha" (2006), "Big Brother" (2007), "Kaafila" (2007), "Heroes" (2008), and "Fox" (2009). In 2010, he appeared in the films "Right Yaaa Wrong" and "Khuda Kasam," then he starred as Paramveer Singh Dhillon in the action-comedies "Yamla Pagla Deewana" (2011) and "Yamla Pagla Deewana 2" (2013). Sunny appeared in "Singh Saab the Great" (2013), "Dishkiyaoon" (2014), "I Love NY" (2015), "Poster Boys" (2017), "Yamla Pagla Deewana: Phir Se" (2018), "Mohalla Assi" (2018), "Bhaiaji Superhit" (2018), "Blank" (2019), "Chup: Revenge of the Artist" (2022), and "Jat" (2025), and he directed "Ghayal Once Again" (2016) and "Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas" (2019). In 2023, he reprised the role of Tara Singh in "Gadar 2." As of this writing, "Gadar 2" is the tenth highest-grossing Hindi film in history.

Personal Life

Sunny and his wife, Lynda Deol (also known as Pooja Deol), have welcomed sons Karan (born 1990) and Rajveer (born 1994) together. Lynda is the daughter of a British mother and Indian father. She wrote the story for Sunny's film "Yamla Pagla Deewana 2," and Karan worked as an assistant director on the film. He also appeared in the film, rapping in a song that was performed by Diljit Dosanjh. Sunny directed Karan in the film "Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas," and the two will co-star in the period drama "Lahore 1947." Rajveer is also an actor, and he appeared in the 2023 Hindi-language film "Dono."

Awards and Nominations

Deol has won National Film Awards for Best Performance for "Ghayal" (1991) and Best Supporting Actor for "Damini" (1993). He has earned eight Filmfare Award nominations, winning for Best Actor for "Ghayal" (1991) and Best Supporting Actor for "Damini" (1994). His other nominations were for "Betaab" (1984), "Darr" (1994), "Ghatak: Lethal" (1997), "Border" (1998), "Gadar: Ek Prem Katha" (2002), and "Gadar 2" (2024). Sunny won Zee Cine Awards for Outstanding Performance – Male for "Gadar: Ek Prem Katha" (2002) and Best Actor for "Gadar 2" (2024), and he was named GQ India Man of the Year in the Leading Man category in 2023. He won Best Actor awards at the Sansui Viewers' Choice Movie Awards and the Screen Awards for "Gadar: Ek Prem Katha" in 2002, and he received Lions Gold Awards for Favourite Charming Actor for "Yamla Pagla Deewana" (2012) and Male Action Star of the Year for "Chup" (2022). In 2024, Deol was named Entertainer of the Year for "Gadar 2" at the NDTV Indian of the Year awards.

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