Danny Denzongpa, Padma Shri: fine anti-hero actor from Yuksom Sikkim, super popular role model

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Danny Denzongpa says "Film institute is a wonderful place to learn really. I mean you can take my example I belong to a place called Yuksom in Sikkim and I had to walk for three days to catch the bus to my boarding school. I have come from that place, I knew nothing about the films I knew nothing about acting and I wanted to join the army generally. You know usually, people join the army from these places you know as my dream was to be an army officer." From essaying Kaancha Cheena in Agneepath (1990) to Bakhtawar in Hum (1991), Danny Denzongpa was the stylish and suave villain of the 80s and 90s. Always picky about the kind of roles he was to portray, Danny, in a career span of more than 40 years, only did around 150 films. Some of his most memorable anti-hero roles were seen in movies li