![]() ![]() ![]() He played the second lead hero and had more positive roles in commercially successful critically acclaimed films in the seventies, such as Chor Machaye Shor, 36 Ghante, Fakira, Sangram (1976), Kalicharan, Kaala Sona and Devata. He first played an antagonist in B.R.Chopra's Dhundh (1973), where he played the role of a cripple and frustrated husband. He got his major break in Gulzar's Mere Apne (1971), where he had a positive role. Ishara's Zaroorat in 1971 (released in 1972), which was his debut film. His son Rinzing Denzongpa made his acting debut in the action film Squad. He decided to change his name to a simpler sounding "Danny", on recommendation from his then-classmate Jaya Bhaduri, as his original name of Tshering Phintso Denzongpa was considered difficult for some to pronounce. In an interview to The Times of India newspaper, he said that he had qualified for the Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, but withdrew admission to join the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune. He had an ambition to join the Indian Army and won the Best Cadet award from West Bengal and participated in the Republic Day parade. He is also a painter, a writer and a sculptor. Denzongpa's love of horses and horse-riding began at an early age, as his family was into horse breeding. Born as Tshering Phintso Denzongpa to a Nepali speaking 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. ![]()
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