Prerna Gill Dharmendra’s Granddaughter Turns Author

Every family has a rebel, the one who doesn’t fight with noise but with quiet conviction. For the Deol dynasty, that person is Prerna Gill, granddaughter of Dharmendra and daughter of Vijeta Gill. While her uncles Sunny and Bobby Deol built their legacies through cinema, Prerna found her rhythm between the margins of a notebook. Where others chased the spotlight, she chose the calm glow of a desk lamp, trading scripts for stories and red carpets for poetry readings.

Her journey as an author began not with grand ambition but with curiosity. Writing was a way to understand the world around her and the one within. “I never planned to be a writer,” she’s shared in past interviews, “I just wanted to say something real.” Over time, those quiet notes became books. From her early work to her latest poetry collection Meanwhile, released in early 2025, Prerna’s evolution has been graceful, grounded, and deeply introspective.

Meanwhile is a book that feels like a long exhale, soft, steady, and full of truth. Through poems about love, loss, and stillness, Prerna captures the spaces between moments, the kind of emotions most people sense but never name. Her voice is calm yet commanding, weaving simplicity with depth in a way that lingers. There’s no pretense in her writing, no attempt to sound profound. She simply observes, and somehow, that honesty hits harder than grandeur.

What makes her story remarkable isn’t just her bloodline; it’s the fact that she chose an entirely different stage. In a family of performers, Prerna found freedom in privacy. Her cousins Karan and Rajveer might represent the Deol name on screen, but she represents it on paper, quietly, confidently, and without apology. Her decision to walk away from the film world shows a rare kind of strength, the courage to define success on your own terms.

Outside her writing, Prerna leads a life as grounded as her words. Living in Delhi with her husband Pulkit Devda, a lawyer, she spends her time reading, travelling, and finding stories in the mundane. Her social media feels like her poetry, slow, thoughtful, unfiltered. You’ll find sunsets instead of selfies, lines instead of likes, and art instead of attention.

There’s something refreshing about that in today’s fast, performative culture. Prerna Gill’s journey reminds us that not every story needs a stage. Some belong in the stillness, in diaries, in shared silences, in poems scribbled late at night. Her writing connects because it’s human, because it feels like a conversation you didn’t know you needed.

As readers discover Meanwhile, one thing becomes clear: Prerna Gill hasn’t just inherited a legacy, she’s rewritten it. She’s proof that the Deol spirit doesn’t only live in cinema; it lives in courage, in craft, and in the pursuit of authenticity. In an age of noise, she’s teaching us the art of quiet impact, a kind of fame that doesn’t fade when the lights go out.