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. He likes to listen to Nepali folk music especially Nepali flutes. 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.
Danny Denzongpa
Movies
1942 A Love Story
Circa British rule over India in the year 1942 where Indians are either revolutionaries or supporters of the British. In the midst there is wealthy Narendra Singh alias Naren whose romance with a poor yet beautiful girl, Rajeshwari Pathak alias Rajjo brew changes over the entire scenario but unfortunately there…
Dhund
A traveler, Chandrashekhar alights from his car to take refuge in a house only to meet a beautiful, troubled young woman, Rani who had just murdered her abusive spouse, Thakur Ranjit Singh. In just a moment Chandrashekhar gets attracted to Rani and when the police gets informed about this incident…
Dil Jo Bhi Kahe
During the British rule in India, several Indians were lured by the British to travel to distant Mauritius where they would have a better life. Upon reaching this island, the Indians were enslaved, tortured and made to labor in what is now known as the “Coolie Ghat”. After the British…
Karzzz
Singer/Dancer Monty Oberoi meets and falls in love with Tina. He then starts hallucinating and having visions of an unknown place. His doctors advise him to take a break and he decides to travel to Kenya, where Tina resides with her uncle, Kabira, and guardian, Kamini. Monty experiences more incidents…
Ek Hindustani
Sunil Shrivastava (Suniel Shetty), is the son of a freedom fighter (Pran), who fought against the British regime for Indian independence. His father knew what slavery meant and also made him understand the same. He believed that, “It was better to die than to live as coward”. With such intention…
Lajja
Vaidehi (Manisha Koirala) gets married to Raghuvir (Jackie Shroff), an NRI. Suffering the agony of an unhappy marriage, she decides to run away from him when she learns that she is pregnant and he wants to take the child away from her. In her pursuit for freedom, she meets Mythili…
Fakira
In order to help the poor and needy; Vijay alias Fakira rob a gang leader, Chimanlal on multiple occasions of his cash and smuggled goods. This makes him a target of the police and Chimanlal himself; Chimanlal hires a man name Toofan to either capture Fakira or bring his dead…
Asoka
Prince Ashoke (Shahrukh Khan), heir to the Magadha Kingdom, bowing to his mother’s (Shilpa Mehta) demand forsakes his princely status and goes to live in the wild for awhile. There he meets and falls in love with Kaurwaki (Kareena Kapoor). He identifies himself as Pawan, not wanting to disclose his…
Bioscopewala
Bioscopewala is an extrapolation of Rabindranath Tagore’s Kabuliwala. It extends the story from where Tagore’s Kabuliwala ends. In this extrapolation, Kabuliwala shows films to children in Kolkata and misses his daughter in Kabul ravaged by civil war. Will he meet his daughter again? Will their story find a completion this…
Songs
Chamku
After witnessing his entire Bhagpur, Bihar-based family being killed by Thakur Mahendra Pratap Singh, a traumatized and injured Chandrama Singh wakes up in a hospital, is adopted by Naxal leader, Baba, and grows up to become one himself. Years later, after killing Ramji Mahto, the police kill Baba, while Chandrama…
Itihaas
Time begets History – it may be at the war front, at a nation or of a household. Joginder Singh was a dedicated Police Officer of Commissioner rank. He had his wife, two sons Vijay and Rakesh and daughter Jyoti. One day when Rakesh arrested Kalicharan, henchman of Alexander the…
Fun Facts
Helped fellow Nepali actor Phunsok Ladhaki in Bollywood in the 1970s.
Director Ugyen is his nephew. Ugyen directed the film Bandhu.
Danny Denzongpa had signed the film Yeh Gulistan Hamara and sung a song in his own voice. That is when Johnny Walker walked into producer Atma Ram's office and demanded a role in the film . Johhny Walker and Atma Ram were best friends. Atma Ram then gave Danny's role to Johnny Walker and gave Danny another role in the film . The song sung by Danny was now to be picturized on Johnny Walker. Danny was to start shooting for his new role when he was told they replaced him with a much more known Sujit Kumar. This disappointed Danny but he understood as a newcomer these games were played.
Brother name is P.D. Denzongpa.
Danny was the youngest of his family. He has 7 brothers and 4 sisters.
In 1994, a film titled "Adhyaay"" was launched. It starred newcomers Arsh Malhotra and Dozy Denzongpa. The film got shelved. She may have been a relative of Danny Denzongpa.
Was involved with Kimi Katkar in 1987.
Elder brother who passed away in 1988.
Was involved with Preeti Sapru.
Son Rinzing was born October 1