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2025 Deol will headline Lahore 1947, reuniting with director Rajkumar Santoshi, produced by Aamir Khan and featuring Preity Zinta. The film is based on the play Jis Lahore Nai Dekhya O Jamyai Nai and set against the 1947 partition of India.
2024 Announced his decision not to seek re-election, stating he is not suited for politics and wishes to return to creating quality cinema.
2024 Gulzar was awarded the Jnanpith, India's highest literary award.
2023 Rajveer Deol made his Bollywood debut with the Hindi-language feature film Dono, co-starring Paloma Dhillon.
2023 Deol won the Zee Cine Award for Best Actor (Viewer's Choice) for Gadar 2 and was named GQ India Leading Man of the Year 2023.
December 11 2023 By this date, Deol had an extremely low parliamentary attendance of 18% (compared to the national average of 79%), having missed six parliamentary sessions and posed only four questions.
September 2023 His son Ruhaan Kapur married Manukriti Pahwa.
August 2023 During the floods in August 2023, Deol failed to return to his constituency, demonstrating a continued absence from local affairs.
August 11 2023 Sunny Deol starred in Gadar 2, a sequel to the 2001 film Gadar, which became the highest-grossing film in his career. The film earned ₹691 crore worldwide and became the year's 4th highest-grosser.
June 2023 Deol held his son's wedding, to which he did not invite anyone from his constituency, further highlighting his increasing political isolation.
June 2023 Karan Deol married Drisha Acharya in a wedding ceremony attended by the Deol family, including Sunny Deol, Dharmendra, and Bobby Deol.
March 24 2023 Appeared in the movie Bheed.
2022 Jeetendra was acknowledged in Outlook India's '75 Best Bollywood Actors' list, reaffirming his legacy in the industry.
September 23 2022 Starred in the crime thriller Chup: Revenge of the Artist, directed by R. Balki, alongside Dulquer Salmaan, Shreya Dhanwanthary, and Pooja Bhatt. The film received positive reviews, and Deol won the Lions Gold Awards for Male Action Star Of The Year 2022.
March 2 2022 His daughter Sanah Kapur married Mayank Pahwa.
2021 Karan Deol starred in the crime comedy film Velle, a remake of the Telugu film Brochevarevarura.
2021 Nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role at the Asian Television Awards for the series JL50
2020 Faced controversy and boycott by Punjab farmers due to his support of controversial farm laws as a BJP MP from Gurdaspur, leading to public protests and burning of his effigies.
2020 Jeetendra made his digital debut with the web series Baarish.
September 2020 Deol stopped visiting Gurdaspur constituency after September 2020, significantly reducing his political engagement with his electoral region.
2019 Directed Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas, marking his third film as a director and launching his son Karan Deol and newcomer Sahher Bambba.
November 2019 Made his literary debut with the novella Dopehri, which he had originally written in 1992.
April 23 2019 Sunny Deol joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and subsequently won the Lok Sabha Elections from Gurdaspur constituency in Punjab, defeating Sunil Jakhar of Indian National Congress by a margin of 82,459 votes.
2018 Appeared in two long-delayed films: Bhaiyyaji Superhitt (playing a double role for the first time) and Mohalla Assi, both of which were box office failures.
2018 Starred in Yamla Pagla Deewana: Phir Se, the third film in the franchise.
2017 Appeared in the comedy film Poster Boys with his brother Bobby Deol, which flopped at the box office.
2016 Released Ghayal Once Again, a sequel to his 1990 film Ghayal, which he also directed. The film was highly anticipated but ultimately declared a failure.
2016 Received public admiration from Olympic gold medalist Geeta Phogat, who cited him as her favorite actor and inspiration.
2015 Appeared in I Love NY opposite Kangana Ranaut, a delayed film that did not fare well at the box office.
2015 Nominated for Producers Guild Film Awards in Best Actor in a Comic Role category for the film 'Finding Fanny'
2014 Nominated for Filmfare Awards in Best Supporting Actor category for the film 'Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola'
2013 Voiced the character of Bheem in the animated film Mahabharata, which earned ₹16.9 million.
2013 Starred in Yamla Pagla Deewana 2, which was a critical and box office failure.
2013 Starred in Singh Saab The Great, marking his comeback to the traditional action genre, which was a moderate success.
2013 Gulzar was awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, the highest award in Indian cinema.
April 2013 In April, Gulzar was appointed as the Chancellor of Assam University.
January 11 2013 Starred in Vishal Bharadwaj's film Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola.
2012 Jeetendra was presented with the Zee Cine Award for Lifetime Achievement.
2012 He won the Lions Gold Awards for Most Evergreen Romantic Hero.
2011 Appeared in the comedy film Yamla Pagla Deewana with his father and brother.
2011 Made his directorial debut with the film Mausam, starring Shahid Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor.
2010 Starred in the crime thriller Right Yaaa Wrong, playing a police inspector.
2010 Gulzar received a Grammy Award.
2010 Gulzar collaborated with A. R. Rahman again for the film Raavan, contributing lyrical compositions.

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