Danny Denzongpa

Gender: Male
Date of birth: 25 Feb 1948
Age: 72

Danny Denzongpa ( Tshering Phintso Denzongpa) Born as Tshering Phintso Denzongpa to a Buddhist family in Yuksom, Sikkim he did his schooling in Birla Vidya Mandir, Nainital and thereafter completed college coursework at St Joseph's College, Darjeeling, in 1964. Denzongpa's love of horses and horse-riding began at an early age, as his family was into horse breeding. He is also a painter, a writer and a sculptor. He started out with B.R. Ishara's Zaroorat in 1971 (released in 1972), which was his debut film. He got his major break in Gulzar's Mere Apne (1971), where he had a positive role. He had his first played an antagonist in B.R.Chopra's Dhundh (1973), where he played the role of a crippled and frustrated husband.