Abhay Deol

Abhay Deol is the nephew of famous veteran actor Dharmendra and cousin of actors Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol and actress Esha Deol. He made his film debut in the 2005 film Socha Na Tha opposite Ayesha Takia which was produced by his uncle.
Abhay Deol said in an interview that he didn t get into acting because of his famous cousins but that he was involved in theatre in school. At 18, he decided to take the plunge. It took him 10 years because he didn t want to leave his education to get into films. Socha Na Tha didn t do great business at the box office, but it fetched him good reviews for his performance.
He managed to get good critical reviews for his second film Ahista Ahista in 2006 despite of it being a box office flop. His first 2007 release was Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. which has a multi star cast and has emerged to be his first major box office hit.
His recent release was Ek Chalis Ki Last Local which did moderately well in select Mumbai theatres. Abhay admitted he had four career option...

Abhay Deol is the nephew of famous veteran actor Dharmendra and cousin of actors Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol and actress Esha Deol. He made his film debut in the 2005 film Socha Na Tha opposite Ayesha Takia which was produced by his uncle.
Abhay Deol said in an interview that he didn t get into acting because of his famous cousins but that he was involved in theatre in school. At 18, he decided to take the plunge. It took him 10 years because he didn t want to leave his education to get into films. Socha Na Tha didn t do great business at the box office, but it fetched him good reviews for his performance.
He managed to get good critical reviews for his second film Ahista Ahista in 2006 despite of it being a box office flop. His first 2007 release was Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. which has a multi star cast and has emerged to be his first major box office hit.
His recent release was Ek Chalis Ki Last Local which did moderately well in select Mumbai theatres. Abhay admitted he had four career options before him: acting, painting, philosophy and journalism. He chose acting. The youngest Deol is a great fan of Iranian cinema as he believes they make something magical out of the simplest subjects. Abhay s most recent films also include Manorama Six Feet Under (2007), Oye Lucky, Lucky Oye (2008) and Dev D.

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