Background
Deol was born into a Jat Sikh family to Ajit Singh Deol and Usha Deol.
Deol was born into a Jat Sikh family to Ajit Singh Deol and Usha Deol.
His family has a long history in the Hindi cinema. Abhay Deol stated in an interview with Rediff that he is not into acting because of his father, but because he was involved in theatre since school. "At 18, I decided to take the plunge.
lieutenant took me 10 years because I didn"t want to leave my education to get into films.
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Debut and breakthrough (2005-2007)
He made his film debut in the 2005 Imtiaz Ali film Socha Na Tha. His second film was Ahista Ahista in 2006.
His first 2007 release was Honeymoon Travels Private Limited. which had a multi-star cast and emerged as a box office success.
His second release for the year was Ek Chalis Ki Last Local.
Success (2008-2011)
Deol devised and enacted the title role of Devdas in the 2009 film Development.D. Nikhat Kazmi, the critic for Times of India gave the movie a perfect 5 out 5 stars in her review. Abhay Deol has been the cover of Manitoba"s World and Time Out Mumbai, with titles such as The New Face of Indian Cinema. He was placed seventh on Zoom"s "50 Most Desirable Hotties" poll for 2009.
He did Road, Movie with Tannishtha Chatterjee.
Deol has also started producing films through his company Forbidden Films. Foreign Basra, the first film under his new production company, Deol learned the Israeli martial art Krav Maga.
Abhay did a special Item number for the movie Tera Kya Hoga Johnny in 2010. Critical acclaim (2011–present)
Deol trained to be a deep-sea diver for his 2011 film Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara which was filmed in Spain.