Sonu Sood is an Indian actor, model and producer who appears in Hindi, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films. The actor is also known for his humanitarian work.
Wiki/Biography
Sonu Sood was born on Monday, July 30, 1973, in Moga, Punjab (50 years; as of 2023). His zodiac sign is Leo.
Sonu Sood as a child
He was educated at Sacred Heart School, Moga.
Sonu Sood as a student
After completing 10th standard, Sonu worked briefly at his father’s showroom in Moga, where he learned to identify different fabrics and learned how to sell them. Thereafter, he went to Nagpur to study electronic engineering at Yeshwantrao Chavan Engineering College. Sood excelled in academics during his school days and college days. When he was a sophomore in college, his friends encouraged him to pursue modeling and acting.
Sonu Sood old photos
After graduation, Sood went to Mumbai and started taking modeling assignments.
Sonu Sood’s modeling career
During his initial years in Mumbai, Sood worked in a private company in south Mumbai to meet his daily expenses. Before becoming an actor, he also participated in the Mr. Grasim India contest and finished in the top five.
appearance
Height: 6′ 3/4”
Hair color: black
Eye color: brown
family and caste
Sonu Sood was born into a Hindu family.
Parents and siblings
His father Shakti Sagar Sood is an entrepreneur. His mother, Saroj Sood, is a teacher. He has an elder sister Monica Sood (a scientist) and a younger sister Malvika Sachar.
Sonu Sood and his father Shakti Sagar Sood
Sonu Sood and his mother
Sonu Sood and his sisters
His sister Malvika Sachar was married to Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and Navjot Singh Channi on January 10, 2022. After joining the Indian National Congress in the presence of Navjot Singh Sidhu, he began to actively participate in politics.
Malvika Sood (center) is joined in the presence of her brother Sonu Sood, Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Chani and state Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu Congress Party
wife and children
Sonu Sood is married to Sonali Sood. The couple has two sons, Ayaan Sood and Eshaan Sood.
Sonu Sood and wife Sonali Sood
Sonu Sood and his son Eshaan Sood
Sonu Sood and son Ayaan Sood
Sonu Sood and family
Profession
Sonu Sood started his acting career in 1999 with the role of “Soumya Narayanan” in the Tamil film “Kallazhagar”. Next, he played the villain in the Telugu film “Hands Up!” He made his Bollywood debut in 2002 in the Bollywood film Shaheed-E-Azam, where he played the role of ‘Bhagat Singh’. He came into limelight after playing Abhishek Bachchan’s brother in the Bollywood film “Yuva”.
Sonu Sood in Yuva
In 2005, she gained huge popularity by starring in the Telugu movie “Super”. He subsequently appeared in many Telugu films such as “Athadu”, “Ashok”, “Arundhati”, “Ek Niranjan” and “Shakti”.
Sonu Sood in Ashok
Some of his hit Bollywood movies include “Aashiq Banaya Aapne”, “Dabangg”, “Happy New Year”, “Gabbar Is Back” and “Simmba”.
Sonu Sood in Dabangg
Sood made her British film debut in 2017 with the film Rockin’ Meera. He also starred in the Chinese film Xuanzang.
Sonu Sood in Xuanzang
dispute
Fraud charges
In 2013, film producer Sheetal Talwar filed a fraud case against Sonu Sood for renting out a property on Yari Road to him , and claimed that there was no legal dispute over the land, but this was not the case.
Out of Manikarnika
Sonu is once again making headlines for her role in the film Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi. Kangana Ranaut claimed that Sood quit the film as he was not ready to shoot under a female director. Sonu, however, clarified that the issue was not the gender of the director but the ability. He issued an official statement saying,
Kangana is a dear friend and she will always be a dear friend, but this constant effort to play the woman card, the victim card, and make the entire issue about male chauvinism is ridiculous. The gender of the director is not an issue. Ability is. Let’s not confuse the two. I’ve worked with Farah Khan, she’s a capable female director, Farah and I have a great professional relationship and we’re still best friends. That’s all I want to say. ”
Convert residential building into hotel
In January 2021, the BMC (Mumbai Municipal Corporation) filed a complaint against the actor for converting a six-storey building in Juhu, Mumbai into a hotel. Sonu Sood reportedly used the building as a quarantine facility for medical professionals during the initial days of the country’s coronavirus lockdown.
Income tax raids and tax evasion
On September 16, 2021, the Income Tax department raided multiple establishments associated with the actor, including Mumbai, Nagpur and Jaipur. According to officials, a real estate deal and several other financial transactions related to the actor are under the scanner of the department. Days later, the actor was accused of evading Rs. The Central Excise Department has allocated Rs 20 crore. According to the Income Tax Department, which raided an infrastructure group in Sood and Lucknow, the actor “drove his unidentified income in the form of fake unsecured loans from many fake entities”. He was also found to have violated the Foreign Contributions Regulation Act (FCRA) when soliciting donations from abroad. Tax officials cited the charitable foundation set up by the actor in July 2020 as having raised Rs 1,894 crore between April 2021 and September 2021; however, only Rs. The relief effort cost Rs 17 crore. On September 20, 2021, Sonu Sood issued a statement on social media, which reads as follows:
You don’t always have to tell your story, time will. I have pledged to serve the people of India with all my might and heart. Every rupee in my foundation is waiting to save precious lives and help the needy. Additionally, I have on many occasions encouraged brands to donate my endorsement fees to humanitarian causes, which keeps us going. I have been busy with several guests so I am unable to serve you these days. I come back again to humbly serve you throughout my life. My journey continues. “
“सख्तररहोंमेंभीआसरन सफरलगतरहै, हरहिंदुस्तरनीकीद ुआओं कअसर लगतर है”💕 pic.twitter.com/0HRhnpf0sY
— Sonu Sood (@SonuSood) September 20, 2021
car collection
Sonu Sood owns a Porsche and an Audi Q7.
Sonu Sood and his car
Favorites
Facts/Trivia
- His hobbies include playing guitar, exercising and kickboxing.
- Sood first landed in Mumbai at a cost of just Rs. 5500 in pocket. He thought that the money would be enough for him for a month, but he didn’t expect that it would only take eight to ten days.
- During his first days in Mumbai, Sonu shared an apartment with a kitchen with six other boys in a Mumbai suburb.
- His first salary was Rs. 4,500 a month, which he earned from a private job in south Mumbai.
- Sood’s first job involved a lot of field work, so he used to travel by train and was given a monthly ticket from Borivali to Churchgate.
Sonu Sood’s monthly train pass
- Sood earned Rs. He received $500 from his first modeling job, which he used to buy himself a pair of jeans.
- According to Sonu Sood, he was one of many aspiring actors who auditioned for the Bollywood film Josh (2000). However, he failed the audition. He revealed in an interview that he later purchased the building in Juhu, Mumbai, where Venus Films had its offices; Venus Films produced Josh.
- Sonu has done films in different languages including Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Punjabi, English and Chinese.
- Sonu Sood was once mistaken as the brother of actress Amita Sood due to the same surname.
- Sonu was supposed to star in the Hindi and Telugu remake of the film Zanjeer, but he could not star due to injury.
- Sonu revealed in an interview that although he was very spiritual in nature, he stopped praying to God within about four years of his mother’s death.
- He is a fitness enthusiast and goes to the gym regularly.
Sonu Sood in the gym
- Sood became friends with Jackie Chan while filming the British film Kung Fu Yoga.
Sonu Sood and Jackie Chan
- Sood owns a production company ‘Shakti Sagar Productions’.
- Sood has appeared on the covers of various magazines, including You & I, Health & Nutrition, Just Urbane, and Krunch Today.
Sonu Sood on the cover of Just Urbane magazine
- Sonu reportedly earned Rs. His first modeling job earned him $500. He used the money to buy himself a pair of jeans.
- Once, while Sood was traveling with his friend Ajay Dhama, his Audi Q7 caught fire on the Bandra Western Expressway. Fortunately, the two were not injured.
- Sood had deep faith in Lord Ganesha.
Sonu Sood prays to Lord Ganesha
- He is an avid animal lover and owns a pet dog, Snowy.
Sonu Sood and his pet dog
- In 2020, Sonu actively helped migrant workers in Mumbai return home during the nationwide lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Sood said of this in an interview:
I lay awake at night when I saw images of people walking hundreds of kilometers to reach their villages. “
Sonu Sood helps migrant workers return home
- On July 30, 2020, when he shared a throwback photo of himself taken in 1997 on Twitter, he wrote:
I also dared to be an actor. “
Photo by Sonu Sood 1997
- He helped migrants return home during the nationwide lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The residents of Chelimitanda under the Durbar built a temple dedicated to Sonu Sood. According to reports, its cost is around Rs. 1.7 million to build the temple.
Sonusud Temple in Telangana
- In September 2022, Sonu Sood launched a program to provide free online coaching to IAS aspirants. The actor has named the program ‘Sambhavam 2022-23’, which has been launched with the help of the Divine Indian Youth Association (DIYA).
Sonu Sood launches free online coaching program for IAS aspirants in September 2022
- In August 2023, he was highly praised by the Creative Unity team in India who gifted him a stunning Pop Art masterpiece. This vast artwork covers a staggering 117,000 square feet of canvas area in Moga Ajitwal, Punjab. This work perfectly encapsulates his cinematic evolution and his contribution to humanitarian causes.
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