Sonu Sood
Sonu Sood at the B&D Award's Nite, 2009
Born	Sonu Sood (1973-07-30) 30 July 1973 (age 38) Punjab, India
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1998 – present
Spouse	Sonali

Sonu Sood (Hindi: सोनू सूद, born 30 July 1973, in Moga, Punjab) is a former model and Indian actor who has acted in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil films. A participant in the Mr. India pageant, he has appeared in commercials for Apollo Tyres, Airtel etc.^[1] In Tollywood he is best known for his role as the antagonist, Pasupathi, in the film Arundhati.^[2]

Personal life[link]

Sonu Sood was born in Moga, Punjab and was brought up in Nagpur. He studied in sacred heart school in Moga city . He grew up with two sisters. His father was an entrepreneur and his mother was a teacher. Since his childhood he wanted to be an actor. ^[3] A graduate in electronics engineering from YCCE, NAGPUR, he is married to Sonali and they have a son named Ishant.^[3]

Career[link]

He made his debut in Kallazhagar 1999, along with laila, opposite to Vijayakanth, which was a major hit. And as an antagonist in Telugu film Hands Up (2000), which was a box office dud. His first film in Tamil was Majnu (2001). The film too did not fetch him any recognition. He made his acting debut in Hindi films with Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh in 2002, which won critical acclaim for his performance. But he was better noticed as Abhishek Bachchan's brother in Mani Ratnam's Yuva (2004) and in Aashiq Banaya Aapne (2005).^[1] Sonu did some steamy stuff in Sheesha (2005) and Siskiyaan (2005).

In Tollywood, with the release of Super in 2005, he received greater recognition for his work.^[4] In this film, his co-star was Nagarjuna as a high-tech thief. However, the film didn't perform as well as expected. His next film was Athadu, which was a super-hit, but didn't help in building his image. In 2006 he again portrayed the antagonist in Ashok. It was an average grosser, but by now he had become popular in Telugu films.

It was Arundhati that took him to the greatest unimagined heights in a non-local industry. He played the role of Aghora. This film turned out to be the biggest Telugu hit of that year.

Following the Tollywood hit of Arundhati, in February 2008, he played the role of Rajkumar Sujamal in the Indian epic film, Jodha Akbar.

In 2009, he played the role of Gangster Bada in Anjaneyulu opposite Ravi Teja, but the role held less scope for his acting skills. In the latter half of 2009, he acted in another Telugu film, Ek Niranjan, in which he again played the antagonist. The film received mixed reviews, but Sood was critically praised for his portrayal of a sadistic villain. His histrionics and slang mixing English with Telugu in this film proved to be sensational.

In 2010, he played the lead antagonist in Abhinav Kashyap's Dabangg, co-starring with Salman Khan.^[5] His Kannada debut with Sudeep Only Vishnuvardhana released with a great response and critics lauded his performance.^[6] He is currently filming for Rana along with Rajinikanth.

Filmography[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Sonu Sood at the Internet Movie Database