Sunny Deol is still talking bulls**t, leading movies, and feeling young—at 68. The actor has long been open about how exercise helps him stay in shape for roles that many would consider too rigorous for someone over 65, and his latest interview is no exception. In an interview, Sunny **works out daily, wakes up early, and focuses on cardio and weights**. He also mentioned that he feels like a young man who should still be leading movies and wouldn’t consider giving them up unless he actually feels old.
Deol’s regimen couldn’t be more simple if you tried. For millennials who have heard hype swing between obsessively counting calories and trying the latest TikTok workout trend, Deol reminds us that staying fit can just mean Being Consistent.
Here’s How Sunny Deol Keeps It Simple.
The actor has previously mentioned getting up before sunrise to exercise daily. When it comes to what he does at the gym, Sunny has focused on cardio and weight training instead of trying to bulk up.
At 68 years old, Sunny Deol is still speaking about fight sequences, leading men roles and feeling youthful — and his latest interview is shining a spotlight on how he maintains that fitness. During an interview, the actor shared that he – works out daily, wakes up early and mixes cardio with weights. The actor further mentioned feeling young and in a hero’s body, saying he wouldn’t give up leading-man roles until the day he actually feels old.
For many millennials and younger who’ve been force-fed notions of what fitness should look like with trendy diets and punishing gym routines, Deol’s approach is surprisingly straightforward.
He Has One Fitness-Mantra: Consistency
The actor has previously spoken about waking up before the sun does and working out as part of his daily schedule. His exercise regime reportedly includes cardio and weights training, as opposed to trying to bulk up.
In fact, he doesn’t even claim to be on any sort of restrictive diet. Sunny has confessed to (and joked about) eating foods like samosas, parathas and desi ghee. The point isn’t that these foods are healthy by default, but Deol’s habits seem centered around moving a lot and doing the work rather than depriving himself.
And for young folks who think you need to follow every new-age diet trend in existence, that might be the best lesson of all: staying fit isn’t a quick fix.
Building consistency you can actually keep up is what matters.
He’s Managed To Keep That Hero-Vibe For A Reason
There’s an element of actordom that you just can’t fake overnight: decades of real fitness, built confidence and an on-screen presence that Deol has perfected over 40+ years.
He has also stayed away from the stereotypical filmi party lifestyle. When not working, Deol’s image has always been closer to home-guy, work ethic and fitness than partying.
That consistency is what counts when an actor is doing stunt-heavy action projects in their late 60s.
He’s Teaming Up With Rajkumar Santoshi Again
Sunny Deol is returning with filmmaker Rajkumar Santoshi for upcoming film Batwara 1947. The Partition film is produced by Aamir Khan Productions and is set to release on August 14, 2026. Deol will be seen alongside Preity Zinta, Shabana Azmi, Karan Deol and Ali Fazal.
Santoshi and Deol have worked together before. Their previous collaborations, Ghayal (1990), Damini (1993) and Ghatak (1996) are some of Deol’s best-known movies, with Ghayal and Ghatak specifically helping Deol form his action-hero status.
As for the Aamir Khan connection: Deol and Khan have never been typical on-screen counterparts, but they’ve known each other since the beginning of their careers. Aamir Khan worked as an assistant director on Nasir Hussain’s 1984 movie Manzil Manzil, starring Sunny Deol and Dimple Kapadia.
Forty years later, Aamir Khan is producing Sunny Deol’s movie. That’s Bollywood coming full circle.
At 68 years old, Sunny Deol’s best lesson on fitness just might be the simplest one: DON’T UNDERESTIMATE CONSISTENCY.
