D O B February 25,1948
Languages Hindi
Place of Birth Sikkim
Known For Actor, Singer, Director, Producer
Married Yes

Biography Tshering Phintso Danny Denzongpa born February is an Indian actor working in Bollywood films He is of Sikkimese ancestry Denzongpa was born in the state of Sikkim at that time an independent monarchy He is an ethnic Bhutia and speaks Bhutia as his mother tongue He started his career by singing Indian and Nepali songs and acting in Indian and Nepali movies He has acted in numerous Hindi films such as Asoka and December He has also starred in some international projects the most famous being Seven Years in Tibet where he acted alongside Hollywood actor Brad Pitt In Denzongpa was awarded the Padma Shree India's fourth highest civilian honour Denzongpa is noted for his roles as a villain He started dabbling in the brewing industry after and in his company Yuksom Breweries which has three breweries in Sikkim Orissa and Assam and sells over three million cases acquired Rhino Breweries in Assam to thwart industry leader United Breweries UB plans to take over the North East market 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 More 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 FTII Pune Actress Jaya Bhaduri his classmate at FTII Pune decided to change his name to a simpler Catholic sounding Danny as his original name was tough to be pronounced by other students The name has stuck since 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 He started out with B-grade movies such as B R Ishara's Zaroorat in 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 in numerous roles 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 He is also 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 are Chiso Chiso Hawama and Rato Rani Phule he started his film careers from Nepali movie saiino which was superhit He is also a painter a writer and a sculptor Denzongpa owns two breweries one in South Sikkim and the other in the state of Orissa He is currently acting in his first South Indian film Endhiran Directed by S Shankar starring Rajinikanth and Aishwarya Rai in the lead 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 In recent times he has become more selective as to the roles he plays He does not work in March April and May as they are hot 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