Do you know Bobby Deol's birth name is Vijay Singh Deol?

Bobby Deol's real name is Vijay Singh Deol. Born on January 27, 1969, Bobby Deol has been part of the film industry for almost 24 years now. (All photos/Bobby Deol, Dharmendra, Sunny Deol's Instagram account and mid-day archives)

Bobby Deol is the son of Dharmendra's first wife Parkash Kaur. Very few know that Bobby Deol also has two sisters Vijayta and Ajeeta who are settled in California and have stayed away from the limelight. This picture of Bobby with dad Dharmendra, mom Parkash and older brother Sunny was taken on New Year's Eve 2017. 

A young Bobby Deol can be seen seated in between his parents Dharmendra and Parkash Kaur - the picture was taken on their wedding anniversary.

As a child artist, Bobby Deol played the younger version of dad Dharmendra's on-screen character in the 1977 blockbuster Dharam Veer.

Bobby Deol made his Bollywood foray as a lead actor in 1995 with Barsaat. The film also marked the debut of Rajesh Khanna and Dimple Kapadia's daughter Twinkle Khanna. Bobby has had a rather lackluster career compared to his legendary father Dharmendra and elder brother Sunny Deol.

Some of Bobby Deol's noteworthy films include Gupt, Soldier, Ajnabee, 23rd March 1931: Shaheed, Kareeb, and Bichchu among others.

Bobby Deol's wife Tanya Deol had once revealed to mid-day, the actor's most irritating habit. She said, "He talks in his sleep! Most men snore but my husband talks."

Bobby Deol shared his picture with Daisy Shah, Salman Khan and Ramesh Taurani on the sets of Race 3 in Bangkok.

Bobby Deol, who made his comeback in 2018 with Race 3, shared this picture of himself with Saqib Saleem, Sonakshi Sinha and other crew members. He captioned it, "Fun times!! #Race3"

Bobby Deol posted this picture of himself with wife Tanya on one of his birthdays. He captioned it, "Blessed to be loved!! Thanks everyone for the wishes & blessings on my birthday!! Love! Love! Love! To all..(sic)"

Bobby Deol shared this adorable picture of his parents Dharmendra and Parkash Kaur having dinner on Valentine's Day. He captioned it "My forever valentines #happyvalentinesday (sic)"

Bobby Deol starred alongside brother Sunny Deol in Dillagi. Sunny also helmed directorial duties for the film.

Dharmendra, Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol shared the screen for the first time in Apne which was directed by Anil Sharma. The Deol patriarch portrayed Sunny and Bobby's on-screen father in the film.

Sunny Deol is often very overprotective of Bobby as he is the youngest in the family.

Bobby Deol on the sets of Race 3 in which he shared the screen space with Salman Khan for the first time. Also pictured: Daisy Shah, Ramesh Taurani, Jacqueline Fernandez, Saqib Saleem and Remo D'Souza

Bobby Deol also reunited on screen with father Dharmendra and brother Sunny Deol in the third instalment of Yamla Pagla Deewana, which released in August 2018.

Bobby Deol was seen opposite Shreyas Talpade and Sunny Deol in Shreyas' directorial debut Poster Boys (2017). Bobby essayed a school teacher in the film.

Bobby Deol is married to Tanya Deol who hails from a business family. On the difference between coming from a business family and getting married into a film family, Tania feels, "Both are entirely different set-ups. When you are in a business you have a fixed 9 to 5 job whereas working in films, there's no fixed hours."

Bobby Deol is good friends with his Soldier co-star Priety Zinta. Preity's actual name is Preetam Singh, which she doesn't like to be called. Bobby wrote the following while posting this picture with her, "Me and my Preetam Singh. hope she does not kill me for calling her that (sic)"

Bobby Deol is also friends with fellow Bollywood actor Sohail Khan and his wife Seema. This picture taken from a party might remind one of the Gupt track, Duniya Haseeno Ka Mela!

Here's wishing a very happy birthday to the Soldier actor!