Date of Birth (Birthday): February 25, 1948
Zodiac Sign: Pisces
Eye Color: Black
Hair Color: Black
Birth Place: Sikkim, India
Religion: Hindu
Marital Status: Married
Zodiac Sign: Pisces
Eye Color: Black
Hair Color: Black
Birth Place: Sikkim, India
Religion: Hindu
Marital Status: Married
Danny had his early schooling in the erstwhile kingdom of Sikkim (the
22nd state of India since 1975), thereafter completed his schooling
from Birla Vidya Mandir, Nainital, Uttarakhand in 1964. Denzongpa's love
of horses and horse riding began at an early age, as his family was
into horse breeding.
He nursed an ambition to join the Indian Army and won the Best Cadet award from West Bengal and participated in the Republic Day parade. In an interview to The Times of India newspaper, he said that he had qualified for prestigious Armed Forces Medical College, Pune but withdrew admission to join Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune. Actress Jaya Bhaduri,
his classmate at FTII, Pune decided to change his name to a simpler
sounding "Danny" as his original name was tough to be pronounced by
other students. The name has stuck since.[2]
Film and singing career
During his early film career, Danny used to practice learning Hindi by talking to the ocean. The Urdu came in handy in films such as Sawan Kumar's Sanam Bewafa and Mukul Anand's Khuda Gawah.
Danny's film career spans more than 4 decades. In the 1970s, he
played relatively smaller roles which got him noticed. After his
performance in the film Lahoo Ke Do Rang,
he started getting more significant lengthy roles. Through the 1980s
and 1990s, Danny mainly featured as the lead negative character opposite
all the leading actors of those times such as Amitabh Bachchan, Dharmendra, Jeetendra, Mithun Chakraborthy, Vinod Khanna, Anil Kapoor and Sunny Deol.
He had his first major role which he played in B.R.Chopra's
'Dhundh'(1973). This role shows his power, followed by 'Kanoon Kya
Karega'. His other most applauded negative characters are in Andar Baahar (1984) as Shera, Aandhi Toofan (1986), Bhagwaan Dada (1986) as Gangwaa, Agneepath (1990) as Kancha Cheena, Hum (1991) as Bakhtawar, Ghatak: Lethal as Kaatya, Krantiveer (1994) as Chatur Singh and Pukar (2000) as Abhrush
He started out with B-grade movies such as B.R. Ishara's Zaroorat in 1971,[3] and later moved on to Mere Apne and Kala Sona
where he played more positive roles. He then went on to play the roles
of the villain numerous times. Some of the antihero roles he played were
an unscrupulous politician, corrupt policeman, traitor, and mingy
landlord. He got his major break in Gulzar's Mere Apne and later in B R Chopra's Dhund where he played a crippled and frustrated husband. It is said Danny was the first choice to play the iconic role of Gabbar Singh in the film Sholay. However since he was away on the shoot of Feroz Khan film Dharmatma, eventually Gabbar's role went to Amjad Khan.
One of his critically acclaimed roles as a villain came when he played
the role of Bakhtawar, a don bent on revenge in Mukul Anand's Hum. He was nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Villain.
He is an accomplished singer having sung with Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi and Asha Bhonsle,
three stalwarts of Indian music. He has released Nepalese songs and has
sung for Nepalese movies. His two most famous songs recorded in 1970s
but still hit are "Chiso Chiso Hawama" ("In the cool air") and "Manko
kura lai bandhi narakha..."("Do not keep the words of the heart tied").
He wrote and acted in the Nepali film Saino which was super hit. His nephew Ugyen Chhopel directed it. He has sung its title song and a duet with Deepa Narayan, wife of Udit Narayan. Later, this film was made in Hindi as Ajnabi
as a telefilm for Doordarshan. He has sung a Nepali duet with Asha
Bhosle, "Aghi aghi topai ko golaa, pachhi pachhi machinegun bhararara."
His all-Nepali songs are hits and audience like them even today: "Hiun
vanda chiso, Aago vanda taato..." ("Colder than snow, hotter than
fire.."), "Naachana hoi maichyan hau nachana" ("Dance o lovely girl"),
"Jhimkai deu pareli manma bajchha mitho murali..." ("Please blink your
eyes and sweet sound of flute plays in the heart), Rato rani pulhya etc.
are his few hit numbers.
He is also a painter, a writer and a sculptor.
In the past decade, Danny gave stellar performances in movies such as Asoka and 16 December (2002).[citation needed] He then went on to appear in the successful Tamil film, Enthiran, co-starring Rajinikanth and Aishwarya Rai
in the leads. Denzongpa played the antagonist role of Bohra, a
prominent scientist who transforms Chitti (played by Rajinikanth) into
an evil robot. Upon release, the film won critical and commercial
acclaim.[citation needed]
Personal life
Danny, who married Gawa Denzongpa, a Sikkimese princess and niece of the last chogyal from her hometown of Gangtok, currently resides in Juhu in Mumbai.
Since the 2000s (decade), he has become more selective of the roles he
plays.In the movies he chooses, he works on his own terms. He has a son
named Rinzing and a daughter named Pema. His brother owns a bouj and
beer factory in Melli, Sikkim.
Awards and honours
- 2003: Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour.
- Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award
1992 Sanam Bewafa
1993 Khuda Gawah – Khuda Baksh
- Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award – Nominated
1979 Devtaa – Inspector Lawrence
1985 Kanoon Kya Karega – Raghuvir Singh
1990 'Agneepath' – Kancha Chinna
- Filmfare Best Villain Award – Nominated
1992 Hum – Bakhtawar
1995 Krantiveer – Chatur Singh Chitah
1995 Vijaypath – Dilawar Ujagar Singh
1996 Barsaat – ACP Negi
1997 Ghatak – Katya
Filmography
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- As director
- Phir Wohi Raat (1980)
- Ram (RoneM).
1 comments:
Danny was a born-buddhist. I don't think he would see any need to change his religion to become a better human being. (He is already a good human being). You took the liberty to underline his religion as Hindu.
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