ACTOR

Sunny Deol

1956 - Today

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Ajay Singh Deol (born 19 October 1956), better known as Sunny Deol, is an Indian actor, film director, producer, politician and incumbent Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of Indian Parliament. He was elected from the Gurdaspur constituency of Punjab. One of the highest grossing actors of Indian cinema, he has worked in more than 90 Hindi films in a career spanning over four decades and is particularly known for his angry action hero persona. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sunny Deol has received more than 14,224,051 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Sunny Deol is the 3,530th most popular actor (up from 4,217th in 2019), the 499th most popular biography from India (up from 521st in 2019) and the 47th most popular Indian Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 14M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Sunny Deols by language

Over the past year Sunny Deol has had the most page views in the with 3,565,252 views, followed by Hindi (161,407), and Persian (71,146). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Uzbek (405.14%), Maithili (333.11%), and Telugu (277.25%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Sunny Deol ranks 3,530 out of 13,578. Before him are Vanessa Hudgens, William Windom, Virginia Grey, Matthew Macfadyen, Ricky Bruch, and Sacheen Littlefeather. After him are Eric Dane, Choi Myung-gil, Julia McKenzie, Sergei Yursky, Geraldine Fitzgerald, and Jessica Walter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Sunny Deol ranks 214. Before him are Antonio Muñoz Molina, Said Belqola, Mark Rolston, Peter R. de Vries, Ann Dowd, and Mae Jemison. After him are Marie Colvin, Paulo Autuori, Michael Angelo Batio, Jack Sherman, Dominique Blanc, and Hans Enoksen.

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In India

Among people born in India, Sunny Deol ranks 499 out of 1,861. Before him are Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi (1887), Balaji Baji Rao (1720), Irrfan Khan (1967), Kumar Pallana (1918), Waheeda Rehman (1938), and Keshub Chandra Sen (1838). After him are Surendranath Banerjee (1848), Ilaiyaraaja (1943), Saalumarada Thimmakka (1911), Gangubai Hangal (1913), Dara Singh (1928), and Azim Premji (1945).

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Among ACTORS In India

Among actors born in India, Sunny Deol ranks 47. Before him are Madhuri Dixit (1967), Om Puri (1950), Nutan (1936), Irrfan Khan (1967), Kumar Pallana (1918), and Waheeda Rehman (1938). After him are Erick Avari (1952), Priyanka Chopra (1982), Jackie Shroff (1957), Vyjayanthimala Bali (1936), Sabu Dastagir (1924), and Amjad Khan (1940).

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Television and Movie Roles

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Amongst the communal riots that erupt in the city, Tara shelters a wayward Sakina from a crazed mob and a bond that blossoms into love is created. The two eventually get married and have a son. The happy family, now living in Amritsar, gets the shock of their lives when Sakina learns that her father (Amrish Puri), whom she previously believed died in the riots back in Amritsar, is still alive after seeing his picture in a tattered, old newspaper. Upon contacting him, Sakina's father, now the mayor of Lahore in Pakistan, arranges for his daughter to arrive in Lahore to see him. Sakina leaves for Lahore minus Tara and her son, and upon reaching the city, learns of her father's plans for her - plans that include forcing Sakina to forget about her family and start life anew in Pakistan. Then begins an extraordinary journey which will lead Tara to cross the border into Pakistan to find his love Sakina
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