December 16

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Milind Soman

Milind Soman (born 4 November 1965) is an Indian supermodel, actor, and film producer.

Personal life

Milind Soman was born in a Maharashtrian family in Scotland and lived in England until the age of seven, then his family moved back to India. Milind Soman’s father is Prabhakar Soman, a scientist and his mother is Usha, a biochemist, who taught at Wilson College. Milind’s three sisters are Netra, Medha and Anupama. Milind did his schooling from Antonio De Silva School in Mumbai. Later, he joined Electrical Engineering at Saboo Siddique College. He was a national-level swimmer for India and was then discovered as a model.

In July 2006, Soman married Mylene Jampanoi, his French co-star in the film Valley of Flowers at a tourist resort in Goa. They had met on the set of the film. They divorced in 2009 later.

Career

Soman featured in Alisha Chinai's music video, Made in India (1995). In the mid-1990s after some time working as a model, he took the lead role in the Indian science fiction TV Series Captain Vyom. He then focused on films starting in 2000. Soman's films include 16 December, Pachaikili Muthucharam, Paiyaa, Agni Varsha Rules : pyar ka superhit formula and Asoka. In 2007 he appeared in Bhram, Say Salaam India and Bheja Fry. In 2009 he acted in Sachin Kundalkar’s Marathi film Gandha. He has also acted in a number of English language and other foreign films, including Valley of Flowers and The Flag. In the Swedish film Arn – The Knight Templar he portrayed Saladin, the revered 12th-century Kurdish leader of the Arabs and Muslims.