Danny Denzongpa – Biography, Facts & Life Story
Height, Weight & Physical Stats
| Body Measurements | 41-38-12 inches |
| Height | 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m) |
| Weight | 79 kg (174 lbs) |
| Waist | 38 inches |
| Hair Color | Black |
| Eye Color | Dark Brown |
| Shoe Size | 10 Inches |
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Danny Denzongpa Education
Qualification: Course in Acting
School: Birla Vidya Mandir, Nainital
College: St. Joseph’s College, Darjeeling
Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune
Danny Denzongpa Career
Profession: Actor, Director, Businessman
Debut:
Film: Zaroorat (1971)
Directorial: Phir Wahi Raat (1980)
Net Worth: USD $30 million approx
Family & Relatives
Father: Not Known
Mother: Not Known
Marital Status: Married
Wife: Gawa Denzongpa (former Sikkim princess)
No. of Children: 2
Son: Rinzing Denzongpa
Daughter: Pema Denzongpa
Past Relationships:
Parveen Babi
Kim Yashpal
Danny Denzongpa Favorites
Hobbies: Horse riding, painting, writing, sculpting
Favorite Actor: Amitabh Bachchan
Favorite Actress: Meena Kumari
Favorite Food: Late George Michael
Favorite Color: Black
Facts You Never Knew About Danny Denzongpa
- Danny has acted in more than 150 movies in a career spanning more than four decades and has a craze for riding horses with his family being in the business of breeding horses for many decades.
- After doing his early-schooling in Sikkim he completed his education from the prestigious Birla Vidya Mandir situated in Nainital, Uttarakhand.
- Danny is a Sikkimese-Bhutanese by birth and was born in Yuksom, Sikkim. Grapevine has it that Jaya Bachchan, his batch-mate in FTII, changed his name from Tshering to Danny as it was simpler and easy to remember.
- Denzongpa is married to a Sikkimese princess Gawa Denzongpa, niece of the last monarch of Sikkim. He has two children, son Rinzing and a daughter called Pema.
- Denzongpa’s first film as a director was a suspense horror called ‘Phir Wohi Raat’ (1980). Rajesh Khanna was the lead actor opposite Kim Yashpal, the then girlfriend of Danny.