THE MOVIES OF SUNNY DEOL | hguy.blogspot.com

I hope you have not come here by mistake. It's Sunny Deol, not Sunny Leone.


1. Betaab 1983 

His debut. A big hit. Amrita Singh stood her ground and was sexy too. But the big surprise was Anu Kapoor. One of my fav songs - Shabbir Kumar's Parbaton se aaj me takra gaya - is in this movie.


2. Arjun 1985

A follow-up to Beetab by the director, Rahul Rawail. A good story, well told. It like fired up the youth with 'Kero Mama. Dimple K was his heroine here. Also has Paresh Rawal in his debut movie.
 

3. Sohni Mahiwal 1984

This was one of those Indo-Russian joint production. Russia comes all the way but ties up only with the Mehra's. God knows why? The music was good. The early work of Anu Malik. A tragic love story from Punjab. Have you noticed quite a few well-known tragic love stories come from here. Maybe it goes well with liquor. 


4. Saverey Wali Gaadi 1986 

One of the many unsuccessful attempts by Bhartiraja to make a mark in Hindi. I only mention it here coz I loved the Telugu version directed by Bapu and with Mohan in the lead and just can't visualise Sunny Deol in that role.


5. Sultanat 1986 

This was supposed to be a blockbuster that was to kick ass but it turned out to be a badly braying donkey. It was to be made in English and was given the title 'Chasing The Sword. Frankly, there was no sword-chasing in the movie. 

I remember the two-page ad. in Screen (A movie mag in the form of a newspaper). Karan Kapoor turned out to be a damp squib in his debit. The maker Mukul Anand could never craft a movie properly. And should be remembered as one of the worst directors ever and one to be given a chance again and again. Oh ya. Sunny Deol was also in this multi-starer bomb.


6. Dacait 1987 

Many big names were involved in the making of the movie but the story didn't go anywhere and so did the box office collection. The usual Bollywood behind-the-scene drama magnified the utter failure of the movie.



7. Joshilaay 1989 

This Shekar Kapur-directed movie was highly anticipated but it dragged out so long that people lost interest. It came and went without anyone even noticing it. They were to launch the next Gabbar Singh but that poor actor had to wait till Lagaan to make a name.




8. Tridev 1989 

They say that this movie has to be heard rather than seen. The music by Viju Shah was an instant hit with one song better than the other. Remember Oye Oye.. It had 3 heroes and 3 heroines but Nasserudin stands out hands down.


9. Chaalbaaz 1989 

An out and out Sridevi film but surprisingly Sunny Deol does a good job and gets noticed. Despite being surrounded by talents like Anupam Kher and Rajnikant.



10. Ghayal 1990 

A landmark movie made by Rajkumar Santoshi. Watch out for Om Puri.


11. Lootere 1993 

Mind-blowing action and melodious songs made this movie a big hit.


12. Damini 1993

An out and out Menakshi Seshadri movie. Sunny had a small but powerful role for which he was awarded too. The famous 'dhai kilo ka haat dialogue is from this movie.


13. Jeet 1996 

See it if you must for Sunny Deol's attempts to dance. Yet it turned out to be a good entertainer and a big hit. 




14. Ziddi 1997 

Action, emotion, songs everything you want is there in this movie. Why won't it be a big hit? Also, watch out for Ashish Vidyarthi



15. Gadar 2001

One of the biggest blockbusters of Bollywood. Not one song you remember but they also were a big hit those days.  Sadly, Sunny's biggest hit marked the end of his hit-giving days and he has since has acted in dozens of movies that don't add up to much.

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