 Deol first briefly appeared as a child actor in the film "Dharam Veer" in 1977.Deol then made his adult debut with Twinkle Khanna in the 1995 Bollywood film "Barsaat", directed by Rajkumar Santoshi.Deol plays the character of "Badal", a naive but intelligent young man who moves from a small village to the big city and gets caught up with corrupt police and criminal gangs amidst falling in love.