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Milind Soman (Marathi: मिलिंद सोमण) (born 4 November 1965) is an India model, actor, and film producer.

Milind Soman was born in Marathi Chitpavan Brahmin Family in Scotland and lived in England until the age of seven, when his family moved back to India. He is a Gowd Saraswat Brahmin form his maternal side. He was also a national-level swimmer for India and was then discovered as a model.

For many years, Milind had a relationship with co-model Madhu Sapre.

In July 2006, Soman married Mylene Jampanoi, his French co-actor of the film "Valley of Flowers" in a tourist resort of Goa. They had met on the sets of the same film. The two divorced in 2009. Soman is seeing another actress Shahana Goswami, but they broke up.

Soman was one of the earliest professional male models in India. His first significant work was to model in an advertising campaign for a clothing manufacturer. He quickly became one of the most successful models in the country.^{[citation needed]} He rose to further fame while featuring in Alisha Chinai's superhit music video, Made in India (1995) which then made him a household name.