Danny Denzongpa
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Danny Denzongpa | |
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Born | Tshering Phintso Denzongpa 25 February 1948[1] |
Nationality | Indian |
Alma mater | St Joseph's College, Darjeeling Film and Television Institute of India |
Occupations |
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Years active | 1971–present |
Awards | Padma Shri (2003) |
Danny Denzongpa (born Tshering Phintso Denzongpa; 25 February 1948) is an Indian actor, singer, and film director who primarily works in Hindi and occasionally in Bengali, Nepali, and Tamil films. In a career spanning five decades, has acted in over 190 films since 1971. In 2003, Denzongpa was awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian honour.[3]
He has also starred in some international films, the most famous being
Life and education
Born as Tshering Phintso Denzongpa to a Bhutia family in Yuksom, Sikkim,[5][2] he did his schooling in Birla Vidya Mandir, Nainital and thereafter completed college coursework at St Joseph's College, Darjeeling, in 1964.[6] Denzongpa's love of horses and horse-riding began at an early age, as his family was into horse breeding. He is also a painter, a writer and a sculptor.
He had an ambition to join the
Career
Acting
He started out with B.R. Ishara's Zaroorat in 1971 (released in 1972), which was his debut film. He got his major break in Gulzar's Mere Apne (1971), where he had a positive role. He first played an antagonist in B.R.Chopra's Dhundh (1973), where he played the role of a cripple and frustrated husband.
He played the second lead hero and had more positive roles in commercially successful critically acclaimed films in the seventies, such as
In the early 1980s period, he had thought of quitting films. He said in an interview, when asked why he decided to direct a film, "I remember in 80s I was so fed up of the films I was doing. Those days every villain was a dacoit and I remember going on the sets where an actor called Tiwari was my henchmen and my den was a cave with lanterns. Next day I went on another set and I saw Tiwari again as my henchman, and the same lanterns. I asked myself what was I doing? I left Mumbai. I did lot of trekking and did not do films for a couple of years. I told NN Sippy about a script that I had in mind. and he asked me to direct. I made Phir Wohi Raat with Rajesh Khanna and my then girlfriend Kim."[10] After the success of his directorial debut, he received offers to act as the hero again in the films such as Bulundi and Hum Se Badkar Kaun in 1981, which became successful. He played a double role in the film Bulundi. However, most subsequent films between 1981 and 1983 were not successful. He was disappointed with the failure of his recently released film Abhi Toh Jee Ley, which had popular songs such as "Tu Laali Hai Saveriwali". Hence, Danny started accepting supporting roles, often playing a character quite older than his real age. He played Kumar Gaurav's father-in-law in Love Story (1981) and Mithun Chakraborty's father in Boxer (1984).
He started getting more frequent offers to play the negative character in Hindi films, after the success of the films
His most applauded negative characters are in
At one time, when he was increasingly doing negative lead roles,
In early 2003 Denzongpa decided to take a break from films as he wanted to do different but strong roles, even if it was a negative character. He appeared in only 10 films between 2003 and 2009.
He then made a strong comeback as the villain with his role in
He has recently played the role of a coordinator, "Feroz Khan" in the 2015 hit Baby co-starring Akshay Kumar. He reprised his role of "Feroz Khan" in the film's spin-off prequel Naam Shabana
Singing
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He is an accomplished singer, having sung with
Danny Denzongpa has quoted on S.D. Burman, "My dream to be a playback singer in films came with the number, 'Mera Naam Aao' in 'Yeh Gulistan Hamara' (1972). The maestro that he was, S.D. Burman recognised my singing abilities and conducted the daring experiment of making me sing my first duet with Lata Mangeshkar. He advised me to produce a comic effect yet maintain melody whilst singing. The song was a raging hit." This was told to Ranjan Das Gupta in 'The Hindu' on 8 January 2012.
He has released Nepalese songs, and has sung for Nepalese movies. His two most famous songs recorded in the 1970s but still popular are "Chiso Chiso Hawama" ("In the cool air") and "Manko kura lai bandhi narakha... ("Do not keep the words of the heart tied").
He sang the duet "Suno Suno Kasam Se" in Kaala Sona with Asha Bhosle and sang "Mujhe Doston Tum Gale Lagaa Lo" with Mohammed Rafi, Asha Bhosle and the duet song "Botal Khaali Hone To Do" with Kishore Kumar in the 1978 film Naya Daur – all of which were composed by R.D. Burman.
"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), "Raatko rani phulay jhain sanjhama", "Pani Hai Paryo Jhyaure" etc. are some of his few hit numbers. He gained popularity as a singer in the period 1975–1990 especially in Nepal and parts of India like Darjeeling, Sikkim and Assam.
He has sung a Nepali duet with Asha Bhosle, "Aage aage topai ko gola pachhi pachhi machinegun barara" in 1976. This song was shown by Danny to Rajesh Khanna who liked the song tremendously. Then Rajesh Khanna requested R.D. Burman to compose the song – "Sang Mere Nikle The Sajan" from the 1981 film Phir Wohi Raat, which was directed by Danny himself – after getting inspired by the melody of the Nepali folk song sung by Danny – "Aage Aage Topaiko Gola". R. D. Burman changed the interludes and tunes of stanzas but retained the tune at the beginning.
Denzongpa wrote and acted in the Nepali film Saino. 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 Bandhu (1992) by Chopel himself and loosely adapted as the Indian television series Ajnabi for Doordarshan by Denzongpa.
Filmography
Awards and nominations
- Civilian award
- 2003 – Padma Shri – India's fourth highest civilian honour from the Government of India.
- Film awards
Year | Award | Category | Film | Result |
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1979 | Filmfare Awards | Best Supporting Actor
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Devata | Nominated |
1985 | Kanoon Kya Karega | Nominated | ||
1992 | Sanam Bewafa | Won | ||
Best Performance in a Negative Role | Hum | Nominated | ||
1993 | Best Supporting Actor
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Khuda Gawah | Won | |
1995 | Best Performance in a Negative Role | Krantiveer | Nominated | |
Vijaypath | Nominated | |||
1996 | Barsaat | Nominated | ||
1997 | Ghatak: Lethal | Nominated |
References
- ^ "Star birthdays in February". MSN. 31 January 2014. Archived from the original on 27 February 2014. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
- ^ a b Bedika (23 May 2018). "I'm like an alien in the film industry: Danny Denzongpa". Outlook India. Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2020 – via PTI.
- ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- ^ "15 Must Watch Bollywood Horror Films". DESIblitz. 1 November 2014. Archived from the original on 4 October 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
- ^ a b Somaaya, Bhawana (26 September 2003). "1984 DANNY DENZONGPA". Screen magazine. Archived from the original on 21 February 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
- ^ Denzongpa, Danny. "(Talk about your background) Salman Khan is the Amitabh Bachchan of the 80s: Danny". Archived from the original on 27 June 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
- ^ "Danny Denzongpa to play negative role in Shuddhi". Hindustan Times. 21 May 2013. Archived from the original on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
- ^ "When Danny Denzongpa sang ghazals". Scroll.in. 14 March 2016. Archived from the original on 19 September 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
- ^ "Epic battle for climax of Rinzing Denzongpa's film Squad". Mumbai Mirror. 26 October 2019. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
- ^ "Canindia News – Canada's favorite south asian newspaper!". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
External links
- Danny Denzongpa at IMDb