Previously, Danny had also been nominated for numerous awards including the Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Awards for ‘Devtaa’, ‘Kanoon Kya Karega’, ‘Agneepath’ in the year 1979, 1985 and 1990 respectively.He had also received nominations in the Filmfare Best Villain category for ‘Hum’, ‘Krantiveer’, ‘Vijaypath’, ‘Barsaat’, ‘Ghatak’ in the year 1992, 1995, 1995, 1996 and 1997 respectively.
Biography: Danny Denzongpa was born in the Indian state of Sikkim on the 25th of February in the year 1948 as Tshering Phintso Denzongpa. At a ripe age, Danny had a craze about riding horses as his parents used to breed horses.He did his early-schooling at Sikkim and later on in the year 1965 he completed his education from the prestigious Birla Vidya Mandir situated in Nainital, Uttarakhand.Ever since his childhood Danny had an ambition of joining the Indian Army. The West Bengal government gave him the Best Cadet Award. He had been selected for a seat at the famous Armed Forces Medical College situated in Pune but then, he withdrew admission in order to get himself enrolled in the prestigious Film and Television Institute (FTII) in Pune.
Jaya Bhaduri, the actress was also his batchmate at the institute gave him the simpler name of ‘Danny’ as ‘Tshering Phintso Denzongpa’ was a tough name to pronounce for all the other students of his batch.
