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| birth_place = ], ], India | birth_place = ], ], India
| occupation = Actor | occupation = ]
| years_active = 1995–2013<br/>2017–present | years_active = 1995–present
| works = ] | works = ]
| spouse = {{Marriage|Tanya Ahuja Deol|1996}} | spouse = {{Marriage|Tanya Ahuja Deol|1996}}
| children = 2 | children =2
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| relatives = See ] | relatives = See ]
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'''Vijay Singh Deol''' (born 27 January 1969), known by his screen name '''Bobby Deol''', is an Indian actor who primarily works in ].<ref name="birthdate">{{Cite news |title=I wish I get very busy with work this year: Bobby Deol |work=Daily News and Analysis |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/interview-i-wish-i-get-very-busy-with-work-this-year-bobby-deol-2296750 |url-status=live |access-date=28 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170130192229/http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/interview-i-wish-i-get-very-busy-with-work-this-year-bobby-deol-2296750 |archive-date=30 January 2017}}</ref><ref name="Britannica">{{Cite web |date=10 February 2010 |title=Dharmendra to have fun with his sons again |url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/bollywood/news/2010/dharmendra-sunny-bobby-100210.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212210537/http://entertainment.oneindia.in/bollywood/news/2010/dharmendra-sunny-bobby-100210.html |archive-date=12 December 2013 |access-date=11 March 2010 |publisher=Entertainment One India}}</ref> A member of the ], he is the younger son of actor ] and brother of actor ]. '''Vijay Singh Deol''' (born 27 January 1969), known by his screen name '''Bobby Deol''', is an Indian actor who primarily works in ].<ref name="birthdate">{{Cite news |title=I wish I get very busy with work this year: Bobby Deol |work=Daily News and Analysis |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/interview-i-wish-i-get-very-busy-with-work-this-year-bobby-deol-2296750 |url-status=live |access-date=28 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170130192229/http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/interview-i-wish-i-get-very-busy-with-work-this-year-bobby-deol-2296750 |archive-date=30 January 2017}}</ref><ref name="Britannica">{{Cite web |date=10 February 2010 |title=Dharmendra to have fun with his sons again |url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/bollywood/news/2010/dharmendra-sunny-bobby-100210.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212210537/http://entertainment.oneindia.in/bollywood/news/2010/dharmendra-sunny-bobby-100210.html |archive-date=12 December 2013 |access-date=11 March 2010 |publisher=Entertainment One India}}</ref> A member of the ], he is the younger son of actor ] and brother of actor ].


After appearing as a child artist in '']'' (1977), Deol had his first lead role in the romance '']'' (1995), which won him the ]. He subsequently appeared in the commercially successful action thriller films '']'' (1997), '']'' (1998), '']'' (2000), '']'' (2000), '']'' (2001), and '']'' (2002). It was followed by a career downturn, where he found success with only ensemble films like '']'' (2007), '']'' (2011), '']'' (2018) and '']'' (2019). After appearing as a child artist in '']'' (1977), Deol had his first lead role in the romance '']'' (1995), which won him the ]. He subsequently appeared in the commercially successful action thriller films '']'' (1997), '']'' (1998), '']'' (2000), '']'' (2000), '']'' (2001), and '']'' (2002). The last of these earned him a nomination for the ]. It was followed by a career downturn, during which his commercially successful projects were the ensemble films '']'' (2007), '']'' (2011), '']'' (2018) and '']'' (2019).


Deol has since earned critical acclaim for his performances in the streaming projects '']'' (2020), '']'' (2020–present) and '']'' (2022). He then played a villainous role in the top-grossing action film '']'' (2023), which established him as a remarkable antagonist.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web |date=2023-12-10 |title=Jamal Kudu: Bobby Deol's entry in Animal is a new rage, know about its origin and more {{!}} Bollywood News – India TV |url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/entertainment/bollywood/jamal-kudu-bobby-deol-entry-in-animal-is-a-new-rage-know-about-its-origin-and-more-2023-12-10-906698 |access-date=2023-12-11 |website=www.indiatvnews.com |language=en}}</ref> Deol has since starred in the streaming projects '']'' (2020), '']'' (2020–present) and '']'' (2022). He then played a villainous role in the top-grossing action film '']'' (2023), which earned him a nomination for the ].<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web |date=10 December 2023 |title=Jamal Kudu: Bobby Deol's entry in Animal is a new rage, know about its origin and more {{!}} Bollywood News – India TV |url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/entertainment/bollywood/jamal-kudu-bobby-deol-entry-in-animal-is-a-new-rage-know-about-its-origin-and-more-2023-12-10-906698 |access-date=11 December 2023 |website=www.indiatvnews.com |language=en}}</ref>


== Early life and family == == Early life and family ==
Deol was born as Vijay Singh Deol on 27 January 1969<ref name="WAO">{{cite web |url=http://www.modelspoint.com/stars/bobbydeol |title=Bobby Deol (Talent), Mumbai, India |publisher=Modelspoint.com |date=11 January 2016 |access-date=2 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160111091134/http://www.modelspoint.com/stars/bobbydeol|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 January 2016}}</ref><ref name="birthdate"/> into a ] ] family in ]. He grew up as a ] affiliated with the ] movement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bhattacharya |first=Roshmila |date=11 July 2018 |title=Bobby Deol: Too late for regrets but promise to work every day now |url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/bobby-deol-too-late-for-regrets-but-promise-to-work-every-day-now/articleshow/64936763.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241210091444/https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/bobby-deol-too-late-for-regrets-but-promise-to-work-every-day-now/articleshow/64936763.cms |archive-date=10 December 2024 |website=] |quote=Does he believe in a second coming himself, you wonder, and he points out that as a member of the Arya Samaj he doesn’t.}}</ref> He is the second son of ] actor ] and Parkash Kaur. He is the younger brother of ] and also has two sisters Vijayta and Ajeeta who live in California. His step-mother is ],<ref>{{Cite web |title=He's like my teddy bear |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/He-s-like-my-teddy-bear/Article1-711213.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125200003/http://www.hindustantimes.com/He-s-like-my-teddy-bear/Article1-711213.aspx |archive-date=25 January 2013 |access-date=13 July 2011 |website=Hindustan Times}}</ref> through whom he has two paternal half-sisters, actress ] and Ahana Deol.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sunny Deol pawan |url=http://www.starboxoffice.com/stars/Default.aspx?bid=actors_Sunny_Deol |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110423200443/http://www.starboxoffice.com/stars/Default.aspx?bid=actors_Sunny_Deol |archive-date=23 April 2011 |access-date=13 July 2011 |publisher=starboxoffice}}</ref> His cousin ] is also an actor.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Abhay Deol |url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/search.html?topic=abhay-deol |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708033110/http://entertainment.oneindia.in/search.html?topic=abhay-deol |archive-date=8 July 2012 |access-date=11 March 2010 |publisher=Entertainment One India}}</ref> He is the paternal uncle of Bollywood actors Karan Deol and Rajveer Deol.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 October 2023 |title=Rajveer Deol says Karan Deol's wife Drisha Acharya brought good fortune to the family: 'All of us at home believe that' |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/rajveer-deol-karan-deol-wife-drisha-acharya-good-fortune-family-101696135787123.html |access-date=4 December 2023 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref>

] and brother ] in 2011}}]] ] and brother ] in 2011}}]]
Deol was born as Vijay Singh Deol on 27 January 1969<ref name="WAO">{{cite web |url=http://www.modelspoint.com/stars/bobbydeol |title=Bobby Deol (Talent), Mumbai, India |publisher=Modelspoint.com |date=11 January 2016 |access-date=2 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160111091134/http://www.modelspoint.com/stars/bobbydeol|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 January 2016}}</ref><ref name="birthdate"/> into a ] family in ]. He is the second son of ] star ] and Parkash Kaur. He is the younger brother of ] and also has two sisters Vijayta and Ajeeta who live in California. His step-mother is ],<ref>{{Cite web |title=He's like my teddy bear |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/He-s-like-my-teddy-bear/Article1-711213.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125200003/http://www.hindustantimes.com/He-s-like-my-teddy-bear/Article1-711213.aspx |archive-date=25 January 2013 |access-date=13 July 2011 |website=Hindustan Times}}</ref> through whom he has two paternal half-sisters, actress ] and Ahana Deol.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sunny Deol pawan |url=http://www.starboxoffice.com/stars/Default.aspx?bid=actors_Sunny_Deol |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110423200443/http://www.starboxoffice.com/stars/Default.aspx?bid=actors_Sunny_Deol |archive-date=23 April 2011 |access-date=13 July 2011 |publisher=starboxoffice}}</ref> His cousin ] is also an actor.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Abhay Deol |url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/search.html?topic=abhay-deol |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708033110/http://entertainment.oneindia.in/search.html?topic=abhay-deol |archive-date=8 July 2012 |access-date=11 March 2010 |publisher=Entertainment One India}}</ref> He is the paternal uncle of Bollywood actors Karan Deol and Rajveer Deol.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-01 |title=Rajveer Deol says Karan Deol's wife Drisha Acharya brought good fortune to the family: 'All of us at home believe that' |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/rajveer-deol-karan-deol-wife-drisha-acharya-good-fortune-family-101696135787123.html |access-date=2023-12-04 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref>


He married Tanya Ahuja in 1996; the couple has two sons.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Meet Bobby Deol's lesser-known wife Tanya Deol, who is as beautiful as a Bollywood star, her millionaire father was... |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/bollywood/report-meet-bobby-deol-lesser-known-wife-tanya-deol-beautiful-as-bollywood-star-her-millionaire-father-devendra-ahuja-3048276 |publisher=DNA India|access-date=6 July 2023}}</ref> He married Tanya Ahuja in 1996; the couple has two sons.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Meet Bobby Deol's lesser-known wife Tanya Deol, who is as beautiful as a Bollywood star, her millionaire father was... |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/bollywood/report-meet-bobby-deol-lesser-known-wife-tanya-deol-beautiful-as-bollywood-star-her-millionaire-father-devendra-ahuja-3048276 |publisher=DNA India|access-date=6 July 2023}}</ref>
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== Acting career == == Acting career ==
=== Early success (1995–2003) === === Early success (1995–2003) ===
Deol made his acting debut as an adult alongside ] in ]'s 1995 romance film '']'', where he played a naive but intelligent young man who moves from a small village to the big city and gets caught up with corrupt police and criminal gangs amidst falling in love.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gE9DAAAAYAAJ&q=Barsaat+1995 |title=India Today, Volume 26 |publisher=Thomson Living Media India Ltd |year=2001 |page=96 |access-date=5 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808024602/https://books.google.com/books?id=gE9DAAAAYAAJ&q=Barsaat+1995 |archive-date=8 August 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> The film was a superhit at the box office and garnered him the ].<ref name="ti">{{Cite news |title=Bobby Deol's Homepage |work=] |url=http://photogallery.indiatimes.com/portfoliolist/4671695.cms |url-status=live |access-date=11 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100407063142/http://photogallery.indiatimes.com/portfoliolist/4671695.cms |archive-date=7 April 2010}}</ref> He replicated this success with his next starring role in ]'s ] '']'' (1997) alongside ] and ], as a man alleged of murdering his stepfather over an engagement proposal and wrongly imprisoned. Besides commercial profitability, ''Gupt'' was highly acclaimed for its storyline and soundtrack.<ref name="ti" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=2674 |title=Gupt: The Hidden Truth – Movie |publisher=Box Office India}}</ref> His other release of 1997 was '']'' alongside ], which flopped at the box office.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=2658 |title=Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya – Movie – Box Office India |website=boxofficeindia.com|access-date=6 April 2018|archive-date=6 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180406231254/https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=2658|url-status=live}}</ref> Deol made his acting debut as an adult alongside ] in ]'s 1995 romance film '']'', where he played a naive but intelligent young man who moves from a small village to the big city and gets caught up with corrupt police and criminal gangs amidst falling in love.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gE9DAAAAYAAJ&q=Barsaat+1995 |title=India Today, Volume 26 |publisher=Thomson Living Media India Ltd |year=2001 |page=96 |access-date=5 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808024602/https://books.google.com/books?id=gE9DAAAAYAAJ&q=Barsaat+1995 |archive-date=8 August 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> The film was a superhit at the box office and garnered him the ].<ref name="ti">{{Cite news |title=Bobby Deol's Homepage |work=] |url=http://photogallery.indiatimes.com/portfoliolist/4671695.cms |url-status=live |access-date=11 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100407063142/http://photogallery.indiatimes.com/portfoliolist/4671695.cms |archive-date=7 April 2010}}</ref> He replicated this success with his next starring role in ]'s ] '']'' (1997) alongside ] and ], as a man accused of murdering his stepfather over an engagement proposal and wrongly imprisoned. Besides commercial profitability, ''Gupt'' was highly acclaimed for its storyline and soundtrack.<ref name="ti" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=2674 |title=Gupt: The Hidden Truth – Movie |publisher=Box Office India}}</ref> His other release of 1997 was '']'' alongside ], which flopped at the box office.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=2658 |title=Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya – Movie – Box Office India |website=boxofficeindia.com|access-date=6 April 2018|archive-date=6 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180406231254/https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=2658|url-status=live}}</ref>


Deol's first release of 1998, ]'s '']'', became his second consecutive flop. He teamed up with ] for the first of many collaborations in the military thriller '']'' (1998), co-starring ] and ], in which played the son of a man who was convicted of arms smuggling.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/soldier|title=Soldier (1998)}}</ref> ''Soldier'' received highly positive response from critics and proved to be his third clean hit, post ''Barsaat'' and ''Gupt''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mittal |first1=Madhur |title=A salute to ''Soldier'' |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/1998/98nov15/sunday/bolywood.htm |accessdate=16 May 2020 |work=] |date=15 November 1998 |archive-date=28 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170428120606/https://www.tribuneindia.com/1998/98nov15/sunday/bolywood.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=2503 |title=Soldier – Movie |publisher=Box Office India|access-date=18 September 2022|archive-date=20 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920171803/https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=2503|url-status=live}}</ref> His sole release of 1999 was the unremarkable ] '']'', directed by his brother ]. Deol's first release of 1998, ]'s '']'', became his second consecutive flop. He teamed up with ] for the first of many collaborations in the military thriller '']'' (1998), co-starring ] and ], in which played the son of a man who was convicted of arms smuggling.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/soldier|title=Soldier (1998)}}</ref> ''Soldier'' received highly positive response from critics and proved to be his third clean hit, post ''Barsaat'' and ''Gupt''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mittal |first1=Madhur |title=A salute to ''Soldier'' |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/1998/98nov15/sunday/bolywood.htm |accessdate=16 May 2020 |work=] |date=15 November 1998 |archive-date=28 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170428120606/https://www.tribuneindia.com/1998/98nov15/sunday/bolywood.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=2503 |title=Soldier – Movie |publisher=Box Office India|access-date=18 September 2022|archive-date=20 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920171803/https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=2503|url-status=live}}</ref> His sole release of 1999 was the unremarkable ] '']'', directed by his brother ].


Deol began the next century starring with ] in the financially successful action dramas '']'' and '']'' (both 2000). In ''Badal'', set around the 1984 riots in engulfing parts of ] and Delhi, his character witnesses the massacre of his family and villagers by a corrupt inspector and grows up to be a dreaded terrorist.<ref name="auto">{{cite web |url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=717 |title=Badal – Movie |publisher=Box Office India|access-date=6 November 2020|archive-date=11 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111012032/https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=717|url-status=live}}</ref> In ''Bichhoo'', Deol's role as a young middle-class guy who falls in love with a wealthy woman was panned although the film hailed good box-office returns.<ref name="Rediff">{{Cite web |last=Verna, Sakanya |date=7 July 2000 |title=Oh, for an aspirin! |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2000/jul/07bich.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924141011/http://www.rediff.com/movies/2000/jul/07bich.htm |archive-date=24 September 2015 |access-date=11 March 2010 |website=]}}</ref> He was later paired with ] in '']'' (2000) and '']'' (2001), both flops. Deol next essayed a married guy entangled in a web of deceit and extra-marital affairs, in Abbas–Mustan's thriller '']'' (2001) alongside ], ] and ].<ref name="Hindu01">{{Cite web |date=28 September 2001 |title=Film Review: Ajnabee |url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/2001/09/28/stories/09280224.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107185228/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/2001/09/28/stories/09280224.htm |archive-date=7 November 2012 |access-date=11 March 2010 |website=]}}</ref><ref name="Hindu01" /> The film was an average grosser, but garnered praise for Kumar and Deol's performances. Deol began the next century starring with ] in the financially successful action dramas '']'' and '']'' (both 2000). In ''Badal'', set around the 1984 riots in engulfing parts of ] and Delhi, his character witnesses the massacre of his family and villagers by a corrupt inspector and grows up to be a dreaded terrorist.<ref name="auto">{{cite web |url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=717 |title=Badal – Movie |publisher=Box Office India|access-date=6 November 2020|archive-date=11 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111012032/https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=717|url-status=live}}</ref> In ''Bichhoo'', Deol's role as a young middle-class guy who falls in love with a wealthy woman was panned although the film hailed good box-office returns.<ref name="Rediff">{{Cite web |last=Verna, Sakanya |date=7 July 2000 |title=Oh, for an aspirin! |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2000/jul/07bich.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924141011/http://www.rediff.com/movies/2000/jul/07bich.htm |archive-date=24 September 2015 |access-date=11 March 2010 |website=]}}</ref> He was later paired with ] in '']'' (2000) and '']'' (2001), both flops. Deol next essayed a married guy entangled in a web of deceit and extra-marital affairs, in Abbas–Mustan's thriller '']'' (2001) alongside ], ] and ].<ref name="Hindu01">{{Cite web |date=28 September 2001 |title=Film Review: Ajnabee |url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/2001/09/28/stories/09280224.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107185228/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/2001/09/28/stories/09280224.htm |archive-date=7 November 2012 |access-date=11 March 2010 |website=]}}</ref> The film was an average grosser, but garnered praise for Kumar and Deol's performances.


He reunited with Sunny Deol for the failed historical drama '']'' (2002), where he and his brother portrayed the roles of freedom fighters ] and ] respectively. Set in ], the film depicts the events leading up to the hanging of Bhagat Singh and his companions ] and ] on 23 March 1931. With the film receiving polarizing reviews, ''Rediff.com'' believed the movie had plenty of good moments, and plenty of bad ones and believed the film was superior to that of the original on Bhagat Singh, although they believed the agony of Bhagat Singh's fight was underplayed, diminishing the brutality and anguish suffered in the real-life event.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Elley |first=Derek |date=28 June 2002 |title=The Legend of Bhagat Singh |work=] |url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117918109.html?categoryid=31&cs=1 |access-date=11 March 2010}}</ref><ref name="Rediff02">{{Cite web |date=7 June 2002 |title=Ajay steals a march over Bobby |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2002/jun/07bhag.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924141725/http://www.rediff.com/movies/2002/jun/07bhag.htm |archive-date=24 September 2015 |access-date=11 March 2010 |website=]}}</ref> While Deol was praised for some scenes, he was criticised for his loud acting and ''Rediff.com'' believed he was overshadowed by ] in '']'' remarking, "In terms of performance, ] is clearly the winner, with the advantage of a stronger script and a better director. Devgan, who reportedly lost weight to look the part, is today emerging as one of India's finest actors, willing to try out different roles. Deol tries his best, but it is difficult to shout and act simultaneously."<ref name="Rediff02" /> He reunited with Sunny Deol for the failed historical drama '']'' (2002), where he and his brother portrayed the roles of freedom fighters ] and ] respectively. Set in ], the film depicts the events leading up to the hanging of Bhagat Singh and his companions ] and ] on 23 March 1931. With the film receiving polarising reviews, ''Rediff.com'' believed the movie had plenty of good moments, and plenty of bad ones and believed the film was superior to that of the original on Bhagat Singh, although they believed the agony of Bhagat Singh's fight was underplayed, diminishing the brutality and anguish suffered in the real-life event.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Elley |first=Derek |date=28 June 2002 |title=The Legend of Bhagat Singh |work=] |url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117918109.html?categoryid=31&cs=1 |access-date=11 March 2010}}</ref><ref name="Rediff02">{{Cite web |date=7 June 2002 |title=Ajay steals a march over Bobby |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2002/jun/07bhag.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924141725/http://www.rediff.com/movies/2002/jun/07bhag.htm |archive-date=24 September 2015 |access-date=11 March 2010 |website=]}}</ref> While Deol was praised for some scenes, he was criticised for his loud acting and ''Rediff.com'' believed he was overshadowed by ] in '']'' remarking, "In terms of performance, ] is clearly the winner, with the advantage of a stronger script and a better director. Devgan, who reportedly lost weight to look the part, is today emerging as one of India's finest actors, willing to try out different roles. Deol tries his best, but it is difficult to shout and act simultaneously."<ref name="Rediff02" />


Later in 2002, Deol was nominated for the ] for his role as a suave, wealthy shipping businessman in Abbas-Mustan's romantic thriller '']'', where he was involved in a ] with ] and ].<ref name="Times02">{{Cite news |last=Deshmukh |first=Ashwini |date=3 July 2002 |title=Humraaz out to thrill with its mystery |work=] |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Humraaz-out-to-thrill-with-its-mystery/articleshow/14857942.cms |access-date=11 March 2010}}{{dead link|date=February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iGVUAAAAMAAJ&q=bobby+deol |title=Fairplay international shipping weekly, Volume 347 |publisher=Publisher Fairplay Publications Ltd. |year=2003 |access-date=5 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808025925/https://books.google.com/books?id=iGVUAAAAMAAJ&q=bobby+deol |archive-date=8 August 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> The film was moderately successful but received positive reviews from critics,<ref name="Times02" /><ref name="Hindu Humraaz">{{Cite web |last=Mahesh, Chitra |date=12 June 2002 |title=Humraaz |url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2002/07/12/stories/2002071200790201.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030627190346/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2002/07/12/stories/2002071200790201.htm |archive-date=27 June 2003 |access-date=11 March 2010 |website=]}}</ref> with Chitra Mahesh of '']'' saying, "Deol spends the entire first half looking moony eyed and spaced out, but overcomes the stupor towards the end where he actually gives a good performance."<ref name="Hindu Humraaz" /> His final act in 2002 was of a small-time crook who gets his hands on some diamonds worth millions, in ]'s '']'' alongside ], Bipasha Basu, ] and ].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bobby Deol, Shilpa Shetty, Om Puri, Bipasha Basu, Shekhar Suman in Chor Machaaye Shor |url=http://www.indiatraveltimes.com/cinema/chor.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808030052/https://www.indiatraveltimes.com/cinema/chor.html |archive-date=8 August 2021 |access-date=2 December 2020 |website=www.indiatraveltimes.com}}</ref> Later in 2002, Deol was nominated for the ] for his role as a suave, wealthy shipping businessman in Abbas-Mustan's romantic thriller '']'', where he was involved in a ] with ] and ].<ref name="Times02">{{Cite news |last=Deshmukh |first=Ashwini |date=3 July 2002 |title=Humraaz out to thrill with its mystery |work=] |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Humraaz-out-to-thrill-with-its-mystery/articleshow/14857942.cms |access-date=11 March 2010}}{{dead link|date=February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iGVUAAAAMAAJ&q=bobby+deol |title=Fairplay international shipping weekly, Volume 347 |publisher=Publisher Fairplay Publications Ltd. |year=2003 |access-date=5 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808025925/https://books.google.com/books?id=iGVUAAAAMAAJ&q=bobby+deol |archive-date=8 August 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> The film was moderately successful but received positive reviews from critics,<ref name="Times02" /><ref name="Hindu Humraaz">{{Cite web |last=Mahesh, Chitra |date=12 June 2002 |title=Humraaz |url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2002/07/12/stories/2002071200790201.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030627190346/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2002/07/12/stories/2002071200790201.htm |archive-date=27 June 2003 |access-date=11 March 2010 |website=]}}</ref> with Chitra Mahesh of '']'' saying, "Deol spends the entire first half looking moony eyed and spaced out, but overcomes the stupor towards the end where he actually gives a good performance."<ref name="Hindu Humraaz" /> His final act in 2002 was of a small-time crook who gets his hands on some diamonds worth millions, in ]'s '']'' alongside ], Bipasha Basu, ] and ].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bobby Deol, Shilpa Shetty, Om Puri, Bipasha Basu, Shekhar Suman in Chor Machaaye Shor |url=http://www.indiatraveltimes.com/cinema/chor.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808030052/https://www.indiatraveltimes.com/cinema/chor.html |archive-date=8 August 2021 |access-date=2 December 2020 |website=www.indiatraveltimes.com}}</ref>


=== Career setback and hiatus (2004–2017) === === Career setback and hiatus (2004–2017) ===
After a one-year gap, Deol returned with '']'' (2004) pairing ]. He went on to play army officers in his next two 2004 releases, ]'s '']'' and ]'s '']''. While the former dealt with themes of police brutality and corruption and justice, the latter was an ensemble film starring ], Akshay Kumar and Deol (in a double role). All these films did not perform well commercially.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Box Office India 2004 |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/2004.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071218132357/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/2004.htm |archive-date=18 December 2007}}</ref> However for the lattermost, he received praise for his role which had him wear a ], which gave him more of an audience from the ] crowd, and inspired comments saying he looks better in a turban. After a one-year gap, Deol returned with '']'' (2004) pairing ]. He went on to play army officers in his next two 2004 releases, ]'s '']'' and ]'s '']''. While the former dealt with themes of ] and corruption and justice, the latter was an ensemble film starring ], Akshay Kumar and Deol (in a double role). All these films did not perform well commercially.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Box Office India 2004 |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/2004.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071218132357/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/2004.htm |archive-date=18 December 2007}}</ref> However for the lattermost, he received praise for his role which had him wear a ], which gave him more of an audience from the ] crowd, and inspired comments saying he looks better in a turban.


Deol reteamed with Vikram Bhatt for the thriller '']'' (2005), hailing praise for his role as a wealthy businessman who suspects his wife of having an affair with Rohit. ''Rediff.com'' remarked "Bobby Deol, Bhatt's schoolmate, does his alma mater proud with his controlled performance. There's a sense of maturity about his candour, which is good news."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fernandes, Vivej |date=18 February 2005 |title=Jurm is gripping enough! |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2005/feb/18jurm.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924143150/http://www.rediff.com/movies/2005/feb/18jurm.htm |archive-date=24 September 2015 |access-date=11 March 2010 |website=]}}</ref> He also essayed a trooper operating in the northeastern Indian province fighting Bodo militants in ] alongside ], ] and Ajay Devgn in ]'s war film '']'' and an ambitious Indian living abroad with Chopra and Basu in ]'s ] '']'' (both 2005). Neither of these films resurged his commercial appeal, with Ziya us Salaam of ''The Hindu'' concluding for ''Barsaat'', "A moth-eaten love triangle with all the stereotypes Bollywood survives on – a devoted wife with her ''karva chauth ki thali'', the other woman with her mini-skirts, a joint family, songs, festivities..... No shower of rejuvenation, this ''Barsaat'' is just drenched in mediocrity."<ref name="Hindu 05">{{Cite web |date=21 August 2005 |title=The Week of the Wife Killer |url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/08/21/stories/2005082107220300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105221636/http://www.hindu.com/2005/08/21/stories/2005082107220300.htm |archive-date=5 November 2012 |access-date=11 March 2010 |website=]}}</ref> She was equally unimpressed with Deol's performance, remarking, "The girls are ready with their curls and curves, the guy just appears lost, making you wonder if Bobby has grown even an inch as an actor since he made his debut in Rajkumar Santoshi's film of the same name."<ref name="Hindu 05" /> Deol reteamed with Vikram Bhatt for the thriller '']'' (2005), hailing praise for his role as a wealthy businessman who suspects his wife of having an affair with Rohit. ''Rediff.com'' remarked "Bobby Deol, Bhatt's schoolmate, does his alma mater proud with his controlled performance. There's a sense of maturity about his candour, which is good news."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fernandes, Vivej |date=18 February 2005 |title=Jurm is gripping enough! |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2005/feb/18jurm.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924143150/http://www.rediff.com/movies/2005/feb/18jurm.htm |archive-date=24 September 2015 |access-date=11 March 2010 |website=]}}</ref> He also essayed a trooper operating in the northeastern Indian province fighting Bodo militants in ] alongside ], ] and Ajay Devgn in ]'s war film '']'' and an ambitious Indian living abroad with Chopra and Basu in ]'s ] '']'' (both 2005). Neither of these films resurged his commercial appeal, with Ziya us Salaam of ''The Hindu'' concluding for ''Barsaat'', "A moth-eaten love triangle with all the stereotypes Bollywood survives on – a devoted wife with her ''karva chauth ki thali'', the other woman with her mini-skirts, a joint family, songs, festivities..... No shower of rejuvenation, this ''Barsaat'' is just drenched in mediocrity."<ref name="Hindu 05">{{Cite web |date=21 August 2005 |title=The Week of the Wife Killer |url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/08/21/stories/2005082107220300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105221636/http://www.hindu.com/2005/08/21/stories/2005082107220300.htm |archive-date=5 November 2012 |access-date=11 March 2010 |website=]}}</ref> He was equally unimpressed with Deol's performance, remarking, "The girls are ready with their curls and curves, the guy just appears lost, making you wonder if Bobby has grown even an inch as an actor since he made his debut in Rajkumar Santoshi's film of the same name."<ref name="Hindu 05" />


His final role of 2005 was '']'' with Akshay Kumar, Lara Dutta, Kareena Kapoor and ], which underperformed in India but was a major success in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dosti: Friends Forever |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/855447?view=synopsis |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018080850/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/855447?view=synopsis |archive-date=18 October 2012 |access-date=11 March 2010 |publisher=]}}</ref> In 2006, Deol reunited with Ameesha Patel in the ] '']'', where his characters falls in love with a beautiful blind woman who has a talent for shaping pottery. Their pairing was hugely hyped and had been labelled as the "Bollywood equivalent of ] and ]".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Forman, Gayle |url=https://archive.org/details/youcantgettheref00form |title=You can't get there from here: a year on the fringes of a shrinking world |publisher=Rodale |year=2005 |isbn=978-1-59486-037-9 |page= |quote=bobby deol. |url-access=registration}}</ref> Although the film became his eighth consecutive failure, critics praised Deol's performance with ] commenting, "Bobby Deol is only getting better as an actor. He manages to register an impact in a film that belongs to Patel and Rampal primarily."<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 February 2006 |title=Humko Tumse Pyaar Hai |url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/bollywood/reviews/2006/humko-tumse-pyaar-hai-022706.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020132514/http://entertainment.oneindia.in/bollywood/reviews/2006/humko-tumse-pyaar-hai-022706.html |archive-date=20 October 2012 |access-date=11 March 2010 |publisher=Entertainment One India}}</ref> His final role of 2005 was '']'' with Akshay Kumar, Lara Dutta, Kareena Kapoor and ], which underperformed in India but was a major success in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dosti: Friends Forever |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/855447?view=synopsis |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018080850/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/855447?view=synopsis |archive-date=18 October 2012 |access-date=11 March 2010 |publisher=]}}</ref> In 2006, Deol reunited with Ameesha Patel in the ] '']'', where his characters falls in love with a beautiful blind woman who has a talent for shaping pottery. Their pairing was hugely hyped and had been labelled as the "Bollywood equivalent of ] and ]".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Forman, Gayle |url=https://archive.org/details/youcantgettheref00form |title=You can't get there from here: a year on the fringes of a shrinking world |publisher=Rodale |year=2005 |isbn=978-1-59486-037-9 |page= |quote=bobby deol. |url-access=registration}}</ref> Although the film became his eighth consecutive failure, critics praised Deol's performance with ] commenting, "Bobby Deol is only getting better as an actor. He manages to register an impact in a film that belongs to Patel and Rampal primarily."<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 February 2006 |title=Humko Tumse Pyaar Hai |url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/bollywood/reviews/2006/humko-tumse-pyaar-hai-022706.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020132514/http://entertainment.oneindia.in/bollywood/reviews/2006/humko-tumse-pyaar-hai-022706.html |archive-date=20 October 2012 |access-date=11 March 2010 |publisher=Entertainment One India}}</ref>


In 2007, Deol had a record 6 releases, including two cameos. The first, '']'', was shot in South Africa and addressed the themes of envy, jealousy, insecurity, anxiety, manipulation and anger.<ref name="Shaka 07">{{Cite web |last=Adarsh, Taran |date=7 April 2007 |title=Shakalaka Boom Boom |url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/bollywood/reviews/2007/shakalaka-boom-boom-review-070407.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020132628/http://entertainment.oneindia.in/bollywood/reviews/2007/shakalaka-boom-boom-review-070407.html |archive-date=20 October 2012 |access-date=11 March 2010 |publisher=Entertainment One India}}</ref> Co-starring ], ] and ], it was praised by critics, especially for its choreography;<ref name="Shaka 07" /> Taran Adarsh of '']'' said after viewing the film, "Both Bobby and Upen get fabulous roles and the two actors make the most of it. Bobby is one of the most under-rated actors around. His work has been consistent all through, but one tends to overlook this talented actor's abilities all the while. Watch him go negative in ''Shakalaka Boom Boom'' and you'd agree that he's amongst the best in the business today. His outburst in the end is remarkable."<ref name="Shaka 07" /> He next featured in ] and ]'s '']'' opposite ], ] and Lara Dutta.<ref name="yrffilms">{{Cite web |title=''Yash Raj Films announces Stellar Line-Up of Attractions for the year 2007'' |url=http://www.yashrajfilms.com/News/NewsDetails.aspx?NewsID=568cb754-15ca-43a8-9d7d-01da684d2896 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070306064808/http://www.yashrajfilms.com/News/NewsDetails.aspx?newsid=568cb754-15ca-43a8-9d7d-01da684d2896 |archive-date=6 March 2007 |access-date=11 March 2010 |website=Yash Raj Films}}</ref> The film had a hit soundtrack but received negative reviews for its "shallow screenplay", and even Deol was believed to have been overshadowed by Bachchan and Zinta.<ref name="Review of actors">{{Cite web |title=Abhishek and Preity rule JBJ |url=http://www.indiafm.com/movies/review/12947/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705143340/http://indiafm.com/movies/review/12947/index.html |archive-date=5 July 2008 |access-date=11 March 2010 |website=indiafm.com}}</ref> <ref name="Review of actors" /> Both films failed to do well, continuing the streak of decline for Deol. In 2007, Deol had a record 6 releases, including two cameos. The first, '']'', was shot in South Africa and addressed the themes of envy, jealousy, insecurity, anxiety, manipulation and anger.<ref name="Shaka 07">{{Cite web |last=Adarsh, Taran |date=7 April 2007 |title=Shakalaka Boom Boom |url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/bollywood/reviews/2007/shakalaka-boom-boom-review-070407.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020132628/http://entertainment.oneindia.in/bollywood/reviews/2007/shakalaka-boom-boom-review-070407.html |archive-date=20 October 2012 |access-date=11 March 2010 |publisher=Entertainment One India}}</ref> Co-starring ], ] and ], it was praised by critics, especially for its choreography;<ref name="Shaka 07" /> Taran Adarsh of '']'' said after viewing the film, "Both Bobby and Upen get fabulous roles and the two actors make the most of it. Bobby is one of the most under-rated actors around. His work has been consistent all through, but one tends to overlook this talented actor's abilities all the while. Watch him go negative in ''Shakalaka Boom Boom'' and you'd agree that he's amongst the best in the business today. His outburst in the end is remarkable."<ref name="Shaka 07" /> He next featured in ] and ]'s '']'' opposite ], ] and Lara Dutta.<ref name="yrffilms">{{Cite web |title=''Yash Raj Films announces Stellar Line-Up of Attractions for the year 2007'' |url=http://www.yashrajfilms.com/News/NewsDetails.aspx?NewsID=568cb754-15ca-43a8-9d7d-01da684d2896 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070306064808/http://www.yashrajfilms.com/News/NewsDetails.aspx?newsid=568cb754-15ca-43a8-9d7d-01da684d2896 |archive-date=6 March 2007 |access-date=11 March 2010 |website=Yash Raj Films}}</ref> The film had a hit soundtrack but received negative reviews for its "shallow screenplay", and even Deol was believed to have been overshadowed by Bachchan and Zinta.<ref name="Review of actors">{{Cite web |title=Abhishek and Preity rule JBJ |url=http://www.indiafm.com/movies/review/12947/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705143340/http://indiafm.com/movies/review/12947/index.html |archive-date=5 July 2008 |access-date=11 March 2010 |website=indiafm.com}}</ref> Both films failed to do well, continuing the streak of decline for Deol.


Deol finally found a commercial success in Anil Sharma's ] drama '']'' (2007), a family affair in which his father ] played a disgraced retired boxer who trains Deol and his brother (Sunny Deol) to become champion boxers but in doing so creates a rift within the family. He reteamed with Abbas–Mustan for his last release of 2007, the romantic thriller '']'', with Akshaye Khanna and ]. Deol received mixed reviews for his performance. For instance, Raja Sen of '']'' praised several of his scenes, remarking, "Bobby gets a considerably meaty role, and there are a couple of moments when he genuinely works the audience", but describes his character as "sensitive to an annoying hilt".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sen, Raja |date=13 July 2007 |title=Naqaab is a watchable thriller |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/jul/13naqaab.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607035233/http://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/jul/13naqaab.htm |archive-date=7 June 2011 |access-date=11 March 2010 |website=]}}</ref> ''Naqaab'' was a major commercial disaster. Deol finally found a commercial success in Anil Sharma's ] drama '']'' (2007), a family affair in which his father ] played a disgraced retired boxer who trains Deol and his brother (Sunny Deol) to become champion boxers but in doing so creates a rift within the family. He reteamed with Abbas–Mustan for his last release of 2007, the romantic thriller '']'', with Akshaye Khanna and ]. Deol received mixed reviews for his performance. For instance, Raja Sen of '']'' praised several of his scenes, remarking, "Bobby gets a considerably meaty role, and there are a couple of moments when he genuinely works the audience", but describes his character as "sensitive to an annoying hilt".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sen, Raja |date=13 July 2007 |title=Naqaab is a watchable thriller |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/jul/13naqaab.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607035233/http://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/jul/13naqaab.htm |archive-date=7 June 2011 |access-date=11 March 2010 |website=]}}</ref> ''Naqaab'' was a major commercial disaster.


In 2008, Deol starred as an orphan raised by a ] leader opposite Priyanka Chopra, ] and ] in ]'s crime drama '']'', set in the interiors of ].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chamku : Preview |url=http://www.indiafm.com/movies/preview/13773/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080809201026/http://indiafm.com/movies/preview/13773/index.html |archive-date=9 August 2008 |access-date=11 March 2010 |publisher=]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Chamku : Synopsis |url=http://www.chamkuthefilm.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828151839/http://www.chamkuthefilm.com/ |archive-date=28 August 2008 |access-date=11 March 2010}}</ref> Kaushik initially approached him to play the lead role in his debut film, '']'', but despite liking the script, Deol had turned it down because at the time he was not prepared to work with a debutant director.<ref name="IndiaFM">{{Cite web |title=Bobby Deol to play Bihari tramp in Chamkoo |url=http://www.indiafm.com/news/2007/07/25/9793/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080614021837/http://www.indiafm.com/news/2007/07/25/9793/index.html |archive-date=14 June 2008 |access-date=11 March 2010 |publisher=]}}</ref> He worked in another failed ensemble film '']'' (2008) as an army officer with ], Preity Zinta, Sunny Deol and ].<ref name="release">{{Cite web |title=Release Dates |url=http://www.indiafm.com/trade/releasedates/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070911204955/http://indiafm.com/trade/releasedates/index.html |archive-date=11 September 2007 |access-date=11 March 2010 |publisher=IndiaFM.com}}</ref> ''Heroes'' was filmed in ], ], ] and ].<ref name="heroes">{{Cite web |title=Shooting locations |url=http://www.indiafm.com/news/2007/06/18/9597/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070822215658/http://www.indiafm.com/news/2007/06/18/9597/ |archive-date=22 August 2007 |access-date=11 March 2010 |website=IndiaFilm.com}}</ref><ref name="Chandigarh">{{Cite web |title=Bobby Deol shot fight scenes in heavy rain |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/news-feed/chunk-ht-ui-entertainmentsectionpage-bollwood/bobby-deol-shot-fight-scenes-in-heavy-rain/article1-390588.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140127134040/http://www.hindustantimes.com/news-feed/chunk-ht-ui-entertainmentsectionpage-bollwood/bobby-deol-shot-fight-scenes-in-heavy-rain/article1-390588.aspx |archive-date=27 January 2014 |access-date=11 March 2010 |website=Hindustan Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Shooting in Delhi |url=http://www.screenindia.com/fullstory.php?content_id=16733 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071203200007/http://www.screenindia.com/fullstory.php?content_id=16733 |archive-date=3 December 2007 |access-date=11 March 2010 |publisher=ScreenIndia.com}}</ref> Deol had a special appearance in the ]-produced romantic comedy '']'' (2008) starring Chopra, Bachchan and ].<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 November 2008 |title=All you wanted to know about Dostana |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/features/2008/11/11/4490/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100323004240/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/features/2008/11/11/4490/index.html |archive-date=23 March 2010 |access-date=11 March 2010 |website=]}}</ref> ''Dostana'' is the first Bollywood film to be filmed entirely in Miami, United States and went on to become the eighth ] at the Indian box office in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Top Earners 2008 |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=215 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120721233004/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=215 |archive-date=21 July 2012 |access-date=11 March 2010 |website=Box Office India}}</ref> In 2008, Deol starred as an orphan raised by a ] leader opposite Priyanka Chopra, ] and ] in ]'s crime drama '']'', set in the interiors of ].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chamku : Preview |url=http://www.indiafm.com/movies/preview/13773/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080809201026/http://indiafm.com/movies/preview/13773/index.html |archive-date=9 August 2008 |access-date=11 March 2010 |publisher=]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Chamku : Synopsis |url=http://www.chamkuthefilm.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828151839/http://www.chamkuthefilm.com/ |archive-date=28 August 2008 |access-date=11 March 2010}}</ref> Kaushik initially approached him to play the lead role in his debut film, '']'', but despite liking the script, Deol had turned it down because at the time he was not prepared to work with a debutant director.<ref name="IndiaFM">{{Cite web |title=Bobby Deol to play Bihari tramp in Chamkoo |url=http://www.indiafm.com/news/2007/07/25/9793/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080614021837/http://www.indiafm.com/news/2007/07/25/9793/index.html |archive-date=14 June 2008 |access-date=11 March 2010 |publisher=]}}</ref> He worked in another failed ensemble film '']'' (2008) as an army officer with ], Preity Zinta, Sunny Deol and ].<ref name="release">{{Cite web |title=Release Dates |url=http://www.indiafm.com/trade/releasedates/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070911204955/http://indiafm.com/trade/releasedates/index.html |archive-date=11 September 2007 |access-date=11 March 2010 |publisher=IndiaFM.com}}</ref> ''Heroes'' was filmed in ], ], ] and ].<ref name="heroes">{{Cite web |title=Shooting locations |url=http://www.indiafm.com/news/2007/06/18/9597/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070822215658/http://www.indiafm.com/news/2007/06/18/9597/ |archive-date=22 August 2007 |access-date=11 March 2010 |website=IndiaFilm.com}}</ref><ref name="Chandigarh">{{Cite web |title=Bobby Deol shot fight scenes in heavy rain |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/news-feed/chunk-ht-ui-entertainmentsectionpage-bollwood/bobby-deol-shot-fight-scenes-in-heavy-rain/article1-390588.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140127134040/http://www.hindustantimes.com/news-feed/chunk-ht-ui-entertainmentsectionpage-bollwood/bobby-deol-shot-fight-scenes-in-heavy-rain/article1-390588.aspx |archive-date=27 January 2014 |access-date=11 March 2010 |website=Hindustan Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Shooting in Delhi |url=http://www.screenindia.com/fullstory.php?content_id=16733 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071203200007/http://www.screenindia.com/fullstory.php?content_id=16733 |archive-date=3 December 2007 |access-date=11 March 2010 |publisher=]}}</ref> Deol had a special appearance in the ]-produced romantic comedy '']'' (2008) starring Chopra, Bachchan and ].<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 November 2008 |title=All you wanted to know about Dostana |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/features/2008/11/11/4490/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100323004240/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/features/2008/11/11/4490/index.html |archive-date=23 March 2010 |access-date=11 March 2010 |website=]}}</ref> ''Dostana'' is the first Bollywood film to be filmed entirely in Miami, United States and went on to become the eighth ] at the Indian box office in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Top Earners 2008 |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=215 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120721233004/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=215 |archive-date=21 July 2012 |access-date=11 March 2010 |website=Box Office India}}</ref>


]'' in 2013]] ]'' in 2013]]


The following year, Deol portrayed an orphan-turned-assassin wrongly accused of a politician's murder in the unnoticed '']'' (2009).<ref>{{Cite news |title=Help (2010) – Post-Production / Ready for Release |work=Bollywood Hungama |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/cast/14215/index.html |url-status=dead |access-date=11 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100124090658/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/cast/14215/index.html |archive-date=24 January 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2 March 2010 |title=Mugdha Godse can't help shooting round the clock |url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/bollywood/gupshup/2010/mugdha-help-bobby-020310.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020132709/http://entertainment.oneindia.in/bollywood/gupshup/2010/mugdha-help-bobby-020310.html |archive-date=20 October 2012 |access-date=11 March 2010 |publisher=Entertainment One India}}</ref> His next film '']'' (2010), shot in ], too failed to make an impact. In 2011, Deol had starring roles in the comedies '']'' (co-starring Dharmendra and Sunny Deol), which spawned a ] later in 2013, and '']'' (co-starring Kumar, Irrfan Khan, Suniel Shetty and ]). His following release, the ] '']'' (2012), featured him as a master of illusions. After a long hiatus he tried to make a comeback with ]'s '']'' (2017) alongside Sunny Deol. Neither of these films except ''Yamla Pagla Deewana'' were critically and commercially profitable.<ref>{{Cite news |date=28 December 2015 |title=Bobby Deol, Monica Dogra comeback with 'Changez' |work=] |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/bobby-deol-monica-dogra-comeback-with-changez/ |url-status=live |access-date=19 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160607205701/http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/bobby-deol-monica-dogra-comeback-with-changez/ |archive-date=7 June 2016}}</ref> The following year, Deol portrayed an orphan-turned-assassin wrongly accused of a politician's murder in the unnoticed '']'' (2009).<ref>{{Cite news |title=Help (2010) – Post-Production / Ready for Release |work=Bollywood Hungama |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/cast/14215/index.html |url-status=dead |access-date=11 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100124090658/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/cast/14215/index.html |archive-date=24 January 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2 March 2010 |title=Mugdha Godse can't help shooting round the clock |url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/bollywood/gupshup/2010/mugdha-help-bobby-020310.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020132709/http://entertainment.oneindia.in/bollywood/gupshup/2010/mugdha-help-bobby-020310.html |archive-date=20 October 2012 |access-date=11 March 2010 |publisher=Entertainment One India}}</ref> His next film '']'' (2010), shot in ], too failed to make an impact. In 2011, Deol had starring roles in the comedies '']'' (co-starring Dharmendra and Sunny Deol), which spawned a ] later in 2013, and '']'' (co-starring Kumar, Irrfan Khan, Suniel Shetty and ]). His following release, the ] '']'' (2012), featured him as a master of illusions. Neither of these films except ''Yamla Pagla Deewana'' were critically and commercially profitable.<ref>{{Cite news |date=28 December 2015 |title=Bobby Deol, Monica Dogra comeback with 'Changez' |work=] |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/bobby-deol-monica-dogra-comeback-with-changez/ |url-status=live |access-date=19 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160607205701/http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/bobby-deol-monica-dogra-comeback-with-changez/ |archive-date=7 June 2016}}</ref>


After a slew of commercial failures, Deol went on a hiatus of three years due to lack of work. He later spoke on '']'' where he confessed,
=== Resurgence (2018–2022) ===
{{Blockquote|“I gave up. I started pitying myself and just took up drinking a lot. I was just sitting at home and I used to keep cursing and saying ‘Why don’t people take me? I am good.’ I think I became very negative about everything. I used to sit at home, my wife would work. And suddenly I heard my son saying ‘Mom, papa sits at home and you go to work everyday.’ And then something snapped in me and I said ‘No, I can’t do this anymore’.”<ref>{{Cite news |last=ANI |date=2024-04-30 |title=Sunny Deol, Bobby Deol get emotional on ‘The Great Indian Kapil Show’ |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/sunny-deol-bobby-deol-get-emotional-on-the-great-indian-kapil-show/article68124955.ece |access-date=2024-06-02 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>}}


Following the hiatus, he tried to make a comeback with ]'s '']'' (2017) alongside Sunny Deol. However, the film turned out to be another failure and failed to re-establish Deol.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The RISE, the FALL, and COMEBACK of Bobby Deol - Rediff.com |url=https://m.rediff.com/amp/movies/report/the-rise-the-fall-and-comeback-of-bobby-deol/20201005.htm |access-date=2 June 2024 |website=m.rediff.com}}</ref>
Deol had a supporting role in the action thriller '']'' (2018), alongside Salman Khan and ]. Despite receiving negative reviews, it grossed {{INR}}303 ] worldwide becoming the ].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=3785 |title=Race 3 – Movie – Box Office India |website=boxofficeindia.com|access-date=6 April 2018|archive-date=6 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180406231254/https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=3785|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=23 March 2018 |title=Ready for Race 3? |work=BollySpice.com – The latest movies, interviews in Bollywood |url=https://bollyspice.com/ready-for-race-3/ |url-status=live |access-date=9 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710040709/https://bollyspice.com/ready-for-race-3/ |archive-date=10 July 2018}}</ref> The threequel '']'' was his second release of the year, which tanked miserably at the box office repeating the fate of ''Yamla Pagla Deewana 2''.<ref>{{Citation |title=Reunion of Dharamendra and his boys with 'Yamla Pagla Deewana 3'! – Video |url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/videos/entertainment/hindi/reunion-of-dharamendra-and-his-boys-with-yamla-pagla-deewana-3/videoshow/59184649.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215175018/https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/videos/entertainment/hindi/reunion-of-dharamendra-and-his-boys-with-yamla-pagla-deewana-3/videoshow/59184649.cms |access-date=20 December 2018 |archive-date=15 December 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Ensemble films and streaming projects (2018–2022) ===

Deol had a supporting role in the action thriller '']'' (2018), alongside Salman Khan and ]. Despite receiving negative reviews, it grossed {{INR}}303 ] worldwide becoming the ].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=3785 |title=Race 3 – Movie – Box Office India |website=boxofficeindia.com|access-date=6 April 2018|archive-date=6 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180406231254/https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=3785|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=23 March 2018 |title=Ready for Race 3? |work=BollySpice.com – The latest movies, interviews in Bollywood |url=https://bollyspice.com/ready-for-race-3/ |url-status=live |access-date=9 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710040709/https://bollyspice.com/ready-for-race-3/ |archive-date=10 July 2018}}</ref> The threequel '']'' was his second release of the year, which tanked miserably at the box office repeating the fate of ''Yamla Pagla Deewana 2''.<ref>{{Citation |title=Reunion of Dharamendra and his boys with 'Yamla Pagla Deewana 3'! – Video |url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/videos/entertainment/hindi/reunion-of-dharamendra-and-his-boys-with-yamla-pagla-deewana-3/videoshow/59184649.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215175018/https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/videos/entertainment/hindi/reunion-of-dharamendra-and-his-boys-with-yamla-pagla-deewana-3/videoshow/59184649.cms |access-date=20 December 2018 |archive-date=15 December 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>


The ensemble comedy '']'' (2019) co-starring Akshay Kumar and ], was Deol's subsequent film. It grossed {{INR}}295 crore worldwide and became a superhit.<ref name="boxofficeindia.com">{{cite web |url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=5729 |title=Housefull 4 – Movie – Box Office India |website=boxofficeindia.com|access-date=6 April 2018|archive-date=6 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180406231254/https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=5729|url-status=live}}</ref> He played a police officer in the ] film '']'' (2020). His performance earned him a ] for Best Actor in a Web Original Film nomination. In 2020, his web series '']'' premiered on ] original series where he played the character of Baba Nirala. Deol's role of an antagonist earned him much critical praise and two nominations for the Filmfare OTT Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series, and this made him repeat villainous roles in his next films '']'' (2022), which also featured ] and ], and ''Animal'' (2023).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aashram Chapter 2 Release date, Cast, Story and EveryThing |url=https://indvox.com/aashram-chapter-2-release-date-cast-story-and-everything/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024180033/https://indvox.com/aashram-chapter-2-release-date-cast-story-and-everything/ |archive-date=24 October 2020 |access-date=21 October 2020 |website=indvox |date=19 October 2020 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=30 October 2020 |title=Bobby Deol has made a stellar return, but his absence was our loss : Bollywood News – Bollywood Hungama |website=] |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/features/bobby-deol-made-stellar-return-absence-loss/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127173900/https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/features/bobby-deol-made-stellar-return-absence-loss/ |archive-date=27 November 2020 |access-date=8 March 2021}}</ref> The ensemble comedy '']'' (2019) co-starring Akshay Kumar and ], was Deol's subsequent film. It grossed {{INR}}295 crore worldwide and became a superhit.<ref name="boxofficeindia.com">{{cite web |url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=5729 |title=Housefull 4 – Movie – Box Office India |website=boxofficeindia.com|access-date=6 April 2018|archive-date=6 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180406231254/https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=5729|url-status=live}}</ref> He played a police officer in the ] film '']'' (2020). His performance earned him a ] for Best Actor in a Web Original Film nomination. In 2020, his web series '']'' premiered on ] original series where he played the character of Baba Nirala. Deol's role of an antagonist earned him much critical praise and two nominations for the Filmfare OTT Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series, and this made him repeat villainous roles in his next films '']'' (2022), which also featured ] and ], and ''Animal'' (2023).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aashram Chapter 2 Release date, Cast, Story and EveryThing |url=https://indvox.com/aashram-chapter-2-release-date-cast-story-and-everything/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024180033/https://indvox.com/aashram-chapter-2-release-date-cast-story-and-everything/ |archive-date=24 October 2020 |access-date=21 October 2020 |website=indvox |date=19 October 2020 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=30 October 2020 |title=Bobby Deol has made a stellar return, but his absence was our loss : Bollywood News – Bollywood Hungama |website=] |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/features/bobby-deol-made-stellar-return-absence-loss/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127173900/https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/features/bobby-deol-made-stellar-return-absence-loss/ |archive-date=27 November 2020 |access-date=8 March 2021}}</ref>


===Career expansion (2023–present)=== ===Career expansion (2023–present)===
Deol achieved a significant ] in his career portraying the main antagonist alongside ] and Anil Kapoor in ]'s action drama '']'' (2023). The film emerged as a major commercial success at the box-office, grossing over {{INR}}917 crore worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web |website=Bollywood Hungama |date=2023-12-29 |title=Animal Box Office Collection {{!}} India {{!}} Day Wise |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/animal/box-office/ |access-date=2023-12-29|language=en}}</ref> Despite the film's mixed reception,<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-12-04 |title=Animal box office collection day 1: Ranbir Kapoor starrer beats Shah Rukh Khan's Pathaan and Sunny Deol's Gadar 2, to earn Rs 65 crore in India |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/box-office/animal-box-office-collection-day-1-ranbir-kapoor-starrer-beats-shah-rukh-khan-pathaan-and-sunny-deols-gadar-2-to-earn-rs-65-crore-in-india/articleshow/105664066.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2023-12-11 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> his portrayal of a ] was unanimously praised although several critics felt that his part was too brief.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-12-01 |title='Animal' public review: The audience loved Ranbir Kapoor, Rashmika Mandanna's chemistry, but feel Bobby Deol was wasted – WATCH |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/animal-public-review-the-audience-loved-ranbir-kapoor-rashmika-mandannas-chemistry-but-feel-bobby-deol-was-wasted-watch/articleshow/105657140.cms |access-date=2023-12-11 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=डेस्क |first=एबीपी एंटरटेनमेंट |date=2023-12-04 |title='एनिमल' में बॉबी देओल की परफॉर्मेंस ने जीता धर्मेंद्र का दिल, प्राउड फादर ने बेटे की तारीफ की |url=https://www.abplive.com/entertainment/bollywood/bobby-deol-performance-in-animal-praised-by-dharmendra-legendary-actor-shared-post-2552613 |access-date=2023-12-11 |website=www.abplive.com |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-04 |title=Animal: बॉबी देओल ने 'एनिमल' में कम स्क्रीन स्पेस मिलने पर तोड़ी चुप्पी, बोले- काश और सीन्स होते... |url=https://www.jansatta.com/entertainment/animal-bobby-deol-broke-his-silence-on-getting-less-screen-space-in-animal-said-i-wish-there-were-more-scenes/3103747/ |access-date=2023-12-11 |website=Jansatta |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Thanks To Animal, Bobby Deol's Swag Is Only Getting More Intense |url=https://news.abplive.com/web-stories/thanks-to-animal-bobby-deol-swag-is-only-getting-more-intense-1648010 |access-date=2023-12-11 |website=news.abplive.com |language=en}}</ref> '']'' called Deol's performance "menacing" and a standout element of the film, praising that " showcases remarkable emotive skills without the use of dialogues, leaving audiences in awe of his ability to convey emotions through expressions alone."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-01 |title=An actor reborn with 'Animal' – Bobby Deol's menacing performance gets rave reviews |url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/an-actor-reborn-with-animal-bobby-deols-menacing-performance-gets-rave-reviews-13456272.html/amp |access-date=2023-12-11 |website=Firstpost |language=en}}</ref> ''Animal'' solidified Deol's comeback in Hindi cinema.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Animal: कमबैक पर Bobby Deol ने तोड़ी चुप्पी, इस वजह से एक्टिंग की दुनिया में लौटे एक्टर |url=https://www.jagran.com/entertainment/bollywood-animal-actor-bobby-deol-break-silence-on-his-comeback-reason-read-here-23600408.html |access-date=2023-12-11 |website=Dainik Jagran |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The comeback bros: Sunny and Bobby deol |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/amp/story/magazine/2023/dec/10/thecomeback-brossunny-and-bobby-deol-2639470.html |access-date=2023-12-11 |website=www.newindianexpress.com|date=11 December 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-12-09 |title=Bobby Deol credits wife for his career, says he doesn't want to repeat dad Dharmendra's mistakes |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/bobby-deol-credits-wife-for-his-career-says-he-doesnt-want-to-repeat-dad-dharmendras-mistakes/articleshow/105859459.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2023-12-11 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> Deol achieved a significant ] in his career portraying the main antagonist alongside ] and Anil Kapoor in ]'s action drama '']'' (2023). The film emerged as a major commercial success at the box-office, grossing over {{INR}}917 crore worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web |website=Bollywood Hungama |date=29 December 2023 |title=Animal Box Office Collection {{!}} India {{!}} Day Wise |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/animal/box-office/ |access-date=29 December 2023|language=en}}</ref> Despite the film's mixed reception,<ref>{{Cite news |date=4 December 2023 |title=Animal box office collection day 1: Ranbir Kapoor starrer beats Shah Rukh Khan's Pathaan and Sunny Deol's Gadar 2, to earn Rs 65 crore in India |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/box-office/animal-box-office-collection-day-1-ranbir-kapoor-starrer-beats-shah-rukh-khan-pathaan-and-sunny-deols-gadar-2-to-earn-rs-65-crore-in-india/articleshow/105664066.cms?from=mdr |access-date=11 December 2023 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> his portrayal of a ] was praised although several critics felt that his part was too brief.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1 December 2023 |title='Animal' public review: The audience loved Ranbir Kapoor, Rashmika Mandanna's chemistry, but feel Bobby Deol was wasted – WATCH |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/animal-public-review-the-audience-loved-ranbir-kapoor-rashmika-mandannas-chemistry-but-feel-bobby-deol-was-wasted-watch/articleshow/105657140.cms |access-date=11 December 2023 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=डेस्क |first=एबीपी एंटरटेनमेंट |date=4 December 2023 |title='एनिमल' में बॉबी देओल की परफॉर्मेंस ने जीता धर्मेंद्र का दिल, प्राउड फादर ने बेटे की तारीफ की |url=https://www.abplive.com/entertainment/bollywood/bobby-deol-performance-in-animal-praised-by-dharmendra-legendary-actor-shared-post-2552613 |access-date=11 December 2023 |website=www.abplive.com |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=4 December 2023 |title=Animal: बॉबी देओल ने 'एनिमल' में कम स्क्रीन स्पेस मिलने पर तोड़ी चुप्पी, बोले- काश और सीन्स होते... |url=https://www.jansatta.com/entertainment/animal-bobby-deol-broke-his-silence-on-getting-less-screen-space-in-animal-said-i-wish-there-were-more-scenes/3103747/ |access-date=11 December 2023 |website=Jansatta |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Thanks To Animal, Bobby Deol's Swag Is Only Getting More Intense |url=https://news.abplive.com/web-stories/thanks-to-animal-bobby-deol-swag-is-only-getting-more-intense-1648010 |access-date=11 December 2023 |website=news.abplive.com |language=en}}</ref> '']'' called Deol's performance "menacing" and a standout element of the film, praising that " showcases remarkable emotive skills without the use of dialogues, leaving audiences in awe of his ability to convey emotions through expressions alone."<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 December 2023 |title=An actor reborn with 'Animal' – Bobby Deol's menacing performance gets rave reviews |url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/an-actor-reborn-with-animal-bobby-deols-menacing-performance-gets-rave-reviews-13456272.html/amp |access-date=11 December 2023 |website=Firstpost |language=en}}</ref> ''Animal'' solidified Deol's comeback in Hindi cinema.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Animal: कमबैक पर Bobby Deol ने तोड़ी चुप्पी, इस वजह से एक्टिंग की दुनिया में लौटे एक्टर |url=https://www.jagran.com/entertainment/bollywood-animal-actor-bobby-deol-break-silence-on-his-comeback-reason-read-here-23600408.html |access-date=11 December 2023 |website=Dainik Jagran |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The comeback bros: Sunny and Bobby deol |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/amp/story/magazine/2023/dec/10/thecomeback-brossunny-and-bobby-deol-2639470.html |access-date=11 December 2023 |website=www.newindianexpress.com|date=11 December 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=9 December 2023 |title=Bobby Deol credits wife for his career, says he doesn't want to repeat dad Dharmendra's mistakes |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/bobby-deol-credits-wife-for-his-career-says-he-doesnt-want-to-repeat-dad-dharmendras-mistakes/articleshow/105859459.cms?from=mdr |access-date=11 December 2023 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> His performance earned him a nomination for the ] for Best Supporting Actor,<ref>{{cite news |date=15 January 2024 |title=Nominations for the 69th Hyundai Filmfare Awards 2024 with Gujarat Tourism: Full list out |url=https://www.filmfare.com/news/bollywood/nominations-for-the-69th-hyundai-filmfare-awards-2024-with-gujarat-tourism-full-list-out-63822.html |access-date=30 October 2024 |work=Filmfare |language=en}}</ref> and garnered him both the ] and the ] for Best Performance in a Negative Role.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-29 |title=Bobby Deol shares heartfelt kiss with wife Tanya after IIFA 2024 win; fans’ thunderous cheers bring him to tears: ‘Your love spoke for Abrar’s silence’ |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/bobby-deol-shares-heartfelt-kiss-with-wife-tanya-after-iifa-2024-win-9594517/ |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}
</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/bobby-deol-says-theres-nothing-like-negative-or-positive-characters-when-i-played-abrar-i-didnt-think-of-myself-as-villain-9182357/|title=Bobby Deol says there's nothing like negative or positive characters: 'When I played Abrar, I didn't think of myself as villain'|date=26 February 2024}}</ref>

In 2024, Deol played a negative role opposite ] in the ] period action drama ], which ranks amongst the ]. However, it turned out to be a ] through negative reviews.


Deol is set to menace antagonist roles in his next films, including his venture into ] with the ] big-budget period film '']'', the ] action film '']'' and the Telugu two-part period actioner '']''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Comeback of Bobby Deol: From Lows to Lord Bobby – Peepoye |url=https://peepoye.com/social-awareness/blogs/the-comeback-of-bobby-deol-from-lows-to-lord-bobby |access-date=2023-12-11 |website=peepoye.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=From Bobby Deol to Anil Kapoor: Bollywood actors who made stunning comebacks |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/web-stories/from-bobby-deol-to-anil-kapoor-bollywood-actors-who-made-stunning-comebacks/photostory/105792375.cms |access-date=2023-12-11 |website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com}}</ref> He will enter the ] with a villainous role in an action film (co-starring ], ] and Anil Kapoor) and play an integral role in ]'s directorial debut web series ''Stardom''. His other projects in pipeline are ]'s untitled thriller, Abbas–Mustan's delayed film ''Penthouse'' and the sequel '']''. Deol will next star in the Telugu action dramas ] and ], the ] film ''Alpha'',{{efn|co-starring ], ] and ]}} Priyadarshan's next comedy thriller alongside ], ]'s yet-untitled thriller with Sanya Malhotra, ]'s long delayed ''Penthouse'' and ]'s ] ''Stardom''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Comeback of Bobby Deol: From Lows to Lord Bobby – Peepoye |url=https://peepoye.com/social-awareness/blogs/the-comeback-of-bobby-deol-from-lows-to-lord-bobby |access-date=11 December 2023 |website=peepoye.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=From Bobby Deol to Anil Kapoor: Bollywood actors who made stunning comebacks |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/web-stories/from-bobby-deol-to-anil-kapoor-bollywood-actors-who-made-stunning-comebacks/photostory/105792375.cms |access-date=11 December 2023 |website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com}}</ref>


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Indian actor (born 1967)

Bobby Deol
Deol in 2024
BornVijay Singh Deol
(1969-01-27) 27 January 1969 (age 55)
Bombay, Maharashtra, India
OccupationActor
Years active1995–present
WorksFull list
Spouse Tanya Ahuja Deol ​(m. 1996)
Children2
FatherDharmendra
RelativesSee Deol family

Vijay Singh Deol (born 27 January 1969), known by his screen name Bobby Deol, is an Indian actor who primarily works in Hindi cinema. A member of the Deol family, he is the younger son of actor Dharmendra and brother of actor Sunny Deol.

After appearing as a child artist in Dharam Veer (1977), Deol had his first lead role in the romance Barsaat (1995), which won him the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut. He subsequently appeared in the commercially successful action thriller films Gupt (1997), Soldier (1998), Badal (2000), Bichhoo (2000), Ajnabee (2001), and Humraaz (2002). The last of these earned him a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor. It was followed by a career downturn, during which his commercially successful projects were the ensemble films Apne (2007), Yamla Pagla Deewana (2011), Race 3 (2018) and Housefull 4 (2019).

Deol has since starred in the streaming projects Class of '83 (2020), Aashram (2020–present) and Love Hostel (2022). He then played a villainous role in the top-grossing action film Animal (2023), which earned him a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Early life and family

Deol was born as Vijay Singh Deol on 27 January 1969 into a Punjabi Jat family in Bombay. He grew up as a Hindu affiliated with the Arya Samaj movement. He is the second son of Bollywood actor Dharmendra and Parkash Kaur. He is the younger brother of Sunny Deol and also has two sisters Vijayta and Ajeeta who live in California. His step-mother is Hema Malini, through whom he has two paternal half-sisters, actress Esha Deol and Ahana Deol. His cousin Abhay Deol is also an actor. He is the paternal uncle of Bollywood actors Karan Deol and Rajveer Deol.

Deol with his father Dharmendra and brother Sunny Deol in 2011

He married Tanya Ahuja in 1996; the couple has two sons.

Acting career

Early success (1995–2003)

Deol made his acting debut as an adult alongside Twinkle Khanna in Rajkumar Santoshi's 1995 romance film Barsaat, where he played a naive but intelligent young man who moves from a small village to the big city and gets caught up with corrupt police and criminal gangs amidst falling in love. The film was a superhit at the box office and garnered him the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut. He replicated this success with his next starring role in Rajiv Rai's suspense thriller Gupt: The Hidden Truth (1997) alongside Manisha Koirala and Kajol, as a man accused of murdering his stepfather over an engagement proposal and wrongly imprisoned. Besides commercial profitability, Gupt was highly acclaimed for its storyline and soundtrack. His other release of 1997 was Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya alongside Aishwarya Rai, which flopped at the box office.

Deol's first release of 1998, Vidhu Vinod Chopra's Kareeb, became his second consecutive flop. He teamed up with Abbas–Mustan for the first of many collaborations in the military thriller Soldier (1998), co-starring Raakhee and Preity Zinta, in which played the son of a man who was convicted of arms smuggling. Soldier received highly positive response from critics and proved to be his third clean hit, post Barsaat and Gupt. His sole release of 1999 was the unremarkable love triangle Dillagi, directed by his brother Sunny Deol.

Deol began the next century starring with Rani Mukerji in the financially successful action dramas Badal and Bichhoo (both 2000). In Badal, set around the 1984 riots in engulfing parts of Punjab and Delhi, his character witnesses the massacre of his family and villagers by a corrupt inspector and grows up to be a dreaded terrorist. In Bichhoo, Deol's role as a young middle-class guy who falls in love with a wealthy woman was panned although the film hailed good box-office returns. He was later paired with Karisma Kapoor in Hum To Mohabbat Karega (2000) and Aashiq (2001), both flops. Deol next essayed a married guy entangled in a web of deceit and extra-marital affairs, in Abbas–Mustan's thriller Ajnabee (2001) alongside Kareena Kapoor, Akshay Kumar and Bipasha Basu. The film was an average grosser, but garnered praise for Kumar and Deol's performances.

He reunited with Sunny Deol for the failed historical drama 23rd March 1931: Shaheed (2002), where he and his brother portrayed the roles of freedom fighters Bhagat Singh and Chandra Shekhar Azad respectively. Set in British India, the film depicts the events leading up to the hanging of Bhagat Singh and his companions Rajguru and Sukhdev on 23 March 1931. With the film receiving polarising reviews, Rediff.com believed the movie had plenty of good moments, and plenty of bad ones and believed the film was superior to that of the original on Bhagat Singh, although they believed the agony of Bhagat Singh's fight was underplayed, diminishing the brutality and anguish suffered in the real-life event. While Deol was praised for some scenes, he was criticised for his loud acting and Rediff.com believed he was overshadowed by Ajay Devgan in The Legend of Bhagat Singh remarking, "In terms of performance, Devgan is clearly the winner, with the advantage of a stronger script and a better director. Devgan, who reportedly lost weight to look the part, is today emerging as one of India's finest actors, willing to try out different roles. Deol tries his best, but it is difficult to shout and act simultaneously."

Later in 2002, Deol was nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor for his role as a suave, wealthy shipping businessman in Abbas-Mustan's romantic thriller Humraaz, where he was involved in a love triangle with Ameesha Patel and Akshaye Khanna. The film was moderately successful but received positive reviews from critics, with Chitra Mahesh of The Hindu saying, "Deol spends the entire first half looking moony eyed and spaced out, but overcomes the stupor towards the end where he actually gives a good performance." His final act in 2002 was of a small-time crook who gets his hands on some diamonds worth millions, in David Dhawan's Chor Machaaye Shor alongside Shilpa Shetty, Bipasha Basu, Paresh Rawal and Om Puri.

Career setback and hiatus (2004–2017)

After a one-year gap, Deol returned with Kismat (2004) pairing Priyanka Chopra. He went on to play army officers in his next two 2004 releases, Vikram Bhatt's Bardaasht and Anil Sharma's Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Saathiyo. While the former dealt with themes of police brutality and corruption and justice, the latter was an ensemble film starring Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar and Deol (in a double role). All these films did not perform well commercially. However for the lattermost, he received praise for his role which had him wear a pugh/turban, which gave him more of an audience from the Punjabi crowd, and inspired comments saying he looks better in a turban.

Deol reteamed with Vikram Bhatt for the thriller Jurm (2005), hailing praise for his role as a wealthy businessman who suspects his wife of having an affair with Rohit. Rediff.com remarked "Bobby Deol, Bhatt's schoolmate, does his alma mater proud with his controlled performance. There's a sense of maturity about his candour, which is good news." He also essayed a trooper operating in the northeastern Indian province fighting Bodo militants in Upper Assam alongside Sanjay Dutt, Suniel Shetty and Ajay Devgn in Mani Shankar's war film Tango Charlie and an ambitious Indian living abroad with Chopra and Basu in Suneel Darshan's love triangle Barsaat (both 2005). Neither of these films resurged his commercial appeal, with Ziya us Salaam of The Hindu concluding for Barsaat, "A moth-eaten love triangle with all the stereotypes Bollywood survives on – a devoted wife with her karva chauth ki thali, the other woman with her mini-skirts, a joint family, songs, festivities..... No shower of rejuvenation, this Barsaat is just drenched in mediocrity." He was equally unimpressed with Deol's performance, remarking, "The girls are ready with their curls and curves, the guy just appears lost, making you wonder if Bobby has grown even an inch as an actor since he made his debut in Rajkumar Santoshi's film of the same name."

His final role of 2005 was Dosti: Friends Forever with Akshay Kumar, Lara Dutta, Kareena Kapoor and Juhi Chawla, which underperformed in India but was a major success in the United Kingdom. In 2006, Deol reunited with Ameesha Patel in the romantic musical film Humko Tumse Pyaar Hai, where his characters falls in love with a beautiful blind woman who has a talent for shaping pottery. Their pairing was hugely hyped and had been labelled as the "Bollywood equivalent of Hugh Grant and Renée Zellweger". Although the film became his eighth consecutive failure, critics praised Deol's performance with Taran Adarsh commenting, "Bobby Deol is only getting better as an actor. He manages to register an impact in a film that belongs to Patel and Rampal primarily."

In 2007, Deol had a record 6 releases, including two cameos. The first, Shakalaka Boom Boom, was shot in South Africa and addressed the themes of envy, jealousy, insecurity, anxiety, manipulation and anger. Co-starring Upen Patel, Kangana Ranaut and Celina Jaitley, it was praised by critics, especially for its choreography; Taran Adarsh of IndiaFM.com said after viewing the film, "Both Bobby and Upen get fabulous roles and the two actors make the most of it. Bobby is one of the most under-rated actors around. His work has been consistent all through, but one tends to overlook this talented actor's abilities all the while. Watch him go negative in Shakalaka Boom Boom and you'd agree that he's amongst the best in the business today. His outburst in the end is remarkable." He next featured in Shaad Ali and Yash Raj Films's Jhoom Barabar Jhoom opposite Abhishek Bachchan, Preity Zinta and Lara Dutta. The film had a hit soundtrack but received negative reviews for its "shallow screenplay", and even Deol was believed to have been overshadowed by Bachchan and Zinta. Both films failed to do well, continuing the streak of decline for Deol.

Deol finally found a commercial success in Anil Sharma's boxing drama Apne (2007), a family affair in which his father Dharmendra played a disgraced retired boxer who trains Deol and his brother (Sunny Deol) to become champion boxers but in doing so creates a rift within the family. He reteamed with Abbas–Mustan for his last release of 2007, the romantic thriller Naqaab, with Akshaye Khanna and Urvashi Sharma. Deol received mixed reviews for his performance. For instance, Raja Sen of Rediff.com praised several of his scenes, remarking, "Bobby gets a considerably meaty role, and there are a couple of moments when he genuinely works the audience", but describes his character as "sensitive to an annoying hilt". Naqaab was a major commercial disaster.

In 2008, Deol starred as an orphan raised by a Naxal leader opposite Priyanka Chopra, Danny Denzongpa and Irrfan Khan in Kabeer Kaushik's crime drama Chamku, set in the interiors of Bihar. Kaushik initially approached him to play the lead role in his debut film, Sehar, but despite liking the script, Deol had turned it down because at the time he was not prepared to work with a debutant director. He worked in another failed ensemble film Heroes (2008) as an army officer with Salman Khan, Preity Zinta, Sunny Deol and Mithun Chakraborty. Heroes was filmed in Ladakh, Chandigarh, Punjab and Delhi. Deol had a special appearance in the Karan Johar-produced romantic comedy Dostana (2008) starring Chopra, Bachchan and John Abraham. Dostana is the first Bollywood film to be filmed entirely in Miami, United States and went on to become the eighth highest-grossing film at the Indian box office in 2008.

Deol while promoting Yamla Pagla Deewana 2 in 2013

The following year, Deol portrayed an orphan-turned-assassin wrongly accused of a politician's murder in the unnoticed Ek: The Power of One (2009). His next film Help (2010), shot in Mauritius, too failed to make an impact. In 2011, Deol had starring roles in the comedies Yamla Pagla Deewana (co-starring Dharmendra and Sunny Deol), which spawned a sequel later in 2013, and Thank You (co-starring Kumar, Irrfan Khan, Suniel Shetty and Sonam Kapoor). His following release, the heist film Players (2012), featured him as a master of illusions. Neither of these films except Yamla Pagla Deewana were critically and commercially profitable.

After a slew of commercial failures, Deol went on a hiatus of three years due to lack of work. He later spoke on Koffee with Karan where he confessed,

“I gave up. I started pitying myself and just took up drinking a lot. I was just sitting at home and I used to keep cursing and saying ‘Why don’t people take me? I am good.’ I think I became very negative about everything. I used to sit at home, my wife would work. And suddenly I heard my son saying ‘Mom, papa sits at home and you go to work everyday.’ And then something snapped in me and I said ‘No, I can’t do this anymore’.”

Following the hiatus, he tried to make a comeback with Shreyas Talpade's Poster Boys (2017) alongside Sunny Deol. However, the film turned out to be another failure and failed to re-establish Deol.

Ensemble films and streaming projects (2018–2022)

Deol had a supporting role in the action thriller Race 3 (2018), alongside Salman Khan and Anil Kapoor. Despite receiving negative reviews, it grossed ₹303 crore worldwide becoming the sixth highest-earning Hindi film of 2018. The threequel Yamla Pagla Deewana: Phir Se was his second release of the year, which tanked miserably at the box office repeating the fate of Yamla Pagla Deewana 2.

The ensemble comedy Housefull 4 (2019) co-starring Akshay Kumar and Riteish Deshmukh, was Deol's subsequent film. It grossed ₹295 crore worldwide and became a superhit. He played a police officer in the Netflix film Class of '83 (2020). His performance earned him a Filmfare OTT Award for Best Actor in a Web Original Film nomination. In 2020, his web series Aashram premiered on MX Player original series where he played the character of Baba Nirala. Deol's role of an antagonist earned him much critical praise and two nominations for the Filmfare OTT Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series, and this made him repeat villainous roles in his next films Love Hostel (2022), which also featured Sanya Malhotra and Vikrant Massey, and Animal (2023).

Career expansion (2023–present)

Deol achieved a significant turning point in his career portraying the main antagonist alongside Ranbir Kapoor and Anil Kapoor in Sandeep Reddy Vanga's action drama Animal (2023). The film emerged as a major commercial success at the box-office, grossing over ₹917 crore worldwide. Despite the film's mixed reception, his portrayal of a mute psychopath was praised although several critics felt that his part was too brief. Firstpost called Deol's performance "menacing" and a standout element of the film, praising that " showcases remarkable emotive skills without the use of dialogues, leaving audiences in awe of his ability to convey emotions through expressions alone." Animal solidified Deol's comeback in Hindi cinema. His performance earned him a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor, and garnered him both the IIFA Award and the Zee Cine Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role.

In 2024, Deol played a negative role opposite Suriya in the Tamil period action drama Kanguva, which ranks amongst the most expensive Indian films. However, it turned out to be a box-office bomb through negative reviews.

Deol will next star in the Telugu action dramas Daaku Maharaj and Hari Hara Veera Mallu, the YRF Spy Universe film Alpha, Priyadarshan's next comedy thriller alongside Saif Ali Khan, Anurag Kashyap's yet-untitled thriller with Sanya Malhotra, Abbas–Mustan's long delayed Penthouse and Aryan Khan's web series Stardom.

Filmography

Main article: Bobby Deol filmography

Awards and nominations

List of Bobby Deol awards and nominations
Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
1996 Screen Awards Best Male Debut Barsaat Won
1996 Filmfare Awards Best Male Debut Won
2003 Best Actor Humraaz Nominated
2008 Zee Cine Awards Best Supporting Actor Jhoom Barabar Jhoom Nominated
2009 Stardust Awards Best Supporting Actor Dostana Nominated
2011 Bhaskar Bollywood Awards Jodi No. 1 Yamla Pagla Deewana Nominated
2012 Producers Guild Film Awards Best Actor in a Comic Role Nominated
2021 Filmfare OTT Awards Best Actor – Drama Series Aashram Nominated
Best Actor – Film Class of '83 Nominated
2021 Lions Gold Awards Best OTT Actor Won
2022 Filmfare OTT Awards Best Actor – Drama Series Aashram Nominated
2023 Zee Cine Awards Jury's choice – Best Villain Love Hostel Won
2024 Filmfare Awards Best Supporting Actor Animal Nominated
Zee Cine Awards Best Performance in a Negative Role Won
IIFA Awards Best Performance in a Negative Role Won

Notes

  1. co-starring Alia Bhatt, Sharvari and Anil Kapoor
  2. Jodi No. 1 shared with Dharmendra and Sunny Deol

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