Deep Sidhu: Lawyer and Punjabi actor who became a controversial political activist
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When the farmers’ agitation was taking shape after mid-2020, Deep Sidhu had gathered a strong fan following in Punjab. With a background in law, Deep Sidhu was vocal about his political views, particularly in connection with Punjab.
On Tuesday night, Punjabi actor Deep Sidhu died in a road accident when his vehicle rammed a stationary truck on the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) Expressway in Haryana near Delhi. Deep Sidhu hit the national headline during the farmers’ agitation against three farm reforms laws in late 2020 and early 2021.
During his association with the farmers’ protest, Deep Sidhu first supported the agitators, then set up his camp, voiced his opposition to the farm reforms laws before deviating towards nuances of federalism of the Constitution, and shot a video of the Red Fort violence on January 26 last year that led to his arrest in the case.
Born in Punjab’s Muktsar district in a joint family of farmers in 1984, Deep Sidhu followed his father’s occupation and earned a law degree from Pune in Maharashtra. As a lawyer, he was part of the legal team of the Balaji Films.
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From there, he came in contact with actors Dharmendra and Sunny Deol both contested and won the Lok Sabha elections as Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) members. From being a lawyer, Deep Sidhu veered towards modeling and later films.
His debut film was “Ramta Jogi” in Punjabi that Dharmendra’s Vijayta Films produced. This 2015-film did not work well. He got public recognition with a 2017-film, “Jora 10 Numbaria”.
When the farmers’ agitation was taking shape after mid-2020, Deep Sidhu had gathered a strong fan following in Punjab. With a background in law, Deep Sidhu was vocal about his political views, particularly in connection with Punjab.
