Celeb In The Spotlight - Bobby Deol

Born on January 27th, 1967, Bobby is the second son of the legendary actor, Dharmendra and...

Published: Friday,Jan 07, 2011 23:16 PM GMT-07:00

Harjot D.

Celeb In The Spotlight is back again and this time, we have an interesting one for you. It's none other than the romantic hero Bobby Deol!

Born on January 27th, 1967, Bobby is the second son of the legendary actor, Dharmendra and his first wife Prakash Kaur. He is the young

er brother of the macho Sunny Deol, who has also made a name for himself in the industry.

Being the son of an established and famous actor, Bobby didn't have to do much to enter the film industry. His very first appearance on the silver screen was at the mere age of ten where he starred in the 1977 film Dharam Veer. In the movie, he played the younger version of his own father, Dharmendra.

However, Bobby received his kick-start in Bollywood in 1995 with the release of his debut film, Barsaat. For this movie, Bobby was presented with the prestigious Filmfare Best Debut Award and as they say, the rest is history.

Bobby has gone on to star in many films with many actors from the film industry such as Gupt: The Hidden Truth, Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya, Kareeb, Dosti: Friends Forever, Jhoom Barabar Jhoom, Heroes, Dostana and many more but none have brought him the fame as his debut film did besides Humraaz, which had him nominated for the Best Actors award. Bobby also collaborated with Dharmendra and Sunny in family projects such as Dillagi, Ajnabee, 23rd March 1931: Shaheed, Apne and more recently in their upcoming comedy, Yamla Pagla Deewana.

Currently Bobby is happily married to Tanya Ahuja with whom he has two sons, Aryaman (June 2001) and Dharam (November 2004).

Did you know...

Born as Vijay Singh Deol
Hema Malini, tinsel town's dream-girl is his stepmother.
Bobby has two step-sisters, Esha and Ahana Deol.
He named his second son Dharam, after his father.
Bobby wasn't present to accept his Filmfare debut award as he was hospitalized with a broken leg.
Huge fan of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.

BollyCurry would also like to take this opportunity to wish the actor an early birthday which falls on the 27th of this month as well as wish him all the best for his upcoming film, Yamla Pagla Deewana that is set to release on the 14th!