Ajay Singh Deol (born 19 October 1956), better known by his stage name Sunny Deol, is an Indian film actor, director, producer, politician current member of parliament from Gurdaspur (Lok Sabha constituency) of Punjab State.Referred to as the 'Angry Man of Bollywood', he has won two National Film Awards and two Filmfare Awards.Deol made his debut opposite fellow debutante Amrita Singh in Betaab (1983), for which he received a Filmfare Best Actor Award nomination. Subsequently, he went on to star in numerous successful films in the 1980s and 1990s and is considered one of the most successful stars of that time. With his portrayal of an amateur boxer wrongly accused of his brother's murder in Rajkumar Santoshi's Ghayal in 1990, Deol gained wide recognition and praise and won the Filmfare Award for Best Actor and the National Film Award – Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Feature Film).
