While the Deol family—Dharmendra, Hema Malini, Sunny Deol, Bobby Deol, and Esha Deol—remains one of Bollywood’s most well-known film dynasties, some members have chosen a life away from the spotlight. One such name is Lynda Deol, the wife of actor-politician Sunny Deol.

Lynda is said to have changed her name to Pooja Deol after her marriage to Sunny Deol.

A relationship kept under wraps

Sunny Deol made his Bollywood debut with Betaab in 1983, a blockbuster that instantly made him a national heartthrob. Amid this rising fame, Sunny reportedly married Pooja Deol in a private ceremony in London in 1984.

For the sake of his career, the marriage was kept strictly confidential until a London-based magazine eventually published photographs from their wedding. For years, Sunny denied reports a

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