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Sonu Sood
Actor, Producer- Shakti Sagar Productions
Sonu Sood’s Journey so far ...
- Sonu Sood had been a successful model before he began his acting career. In his first stint as an actor, he was cast in a supporting role in the Tamil movie Kallazhagar, released in 1999
- A few movies later, he made his debut in the Hindi film industry with the 2002 movie Shaheed-E-Azam
- Later that year, he also debuted in the Punjabi film industry with Zindagi Khoobsurat Hai
- Over the next few years, Sood appeared in successful Hindi movies like Yuva -- which had Ajay Devgn and Kareena Kapoor, among others, in lead roles -- in 2004 and Aashiq Banaya Aapne in 2005
- His first role as the lead actor came in the 2005 movie Sheesha
- In the meanwhile, he was also active in the South and acted in box-office hits such as Chandramukhi, alongside Rajinikanth, and Super, which were both released in 2005
- Sood got his first Filmfare nomination in the best supporting actor category for his role in the 2008 period drama Jodhaa Akbar, which had Hritik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in the lead roles
- In 2008, he also appeared alongside Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif in the comedy Singh Is Kinng
- He won the best supporting actor award at the 2010 Filmfare Awards South for his role in Arundhati
- In 2010, he played the role of a villain in the movie Dabangg, which had Salman Khan as the protagonist. His performance was appreciated by the audience and the movie was a huge success at the box-office
- He also played a negative role in the 2011 movie Vishnuvardhana and received acclaim for it
- Sood next appeared in box-office hits such as Shootout at Wadala -- which also had John Abraham and Anil Kapoor -- and R...Rajkumar with Sahid Kapoor in 2013, Entertainment with Akshay Kumar and Happy New Year alongside Shah Rukh Khan in 2014
- He started his own production house -- Shakti Sagar Productions -- in 2016 and the company’s first project was Tutak Tutak Tutiya, which was released the same year. Apart from Sood himself, the movie had Prabhudeva in one of the titular roles
- In 2017, he was cast in the Chinese movie Kung Fu Yoga which had Jackie Chan in one of the lead roles
- He played the antagonist in the 2018 blockbuster Simmba which was directed by Rohit Shetty and had Ranveer Singh playing the role of the protagonist
- After a nationwide lockdown was imposed due to the proliferation of COVID-19 around mid-2020, Sood was one of the frontrunners helping migrant workers stuck in various cities in India, and even abroad, reach their homes. He continues to help people facing various kinds of adversities due to the coronavirus pandemic
Before you go ...
- Sood owns a hotel named Shakti Sagar in Mumbai
- During his modelling days, in 1996, he participated in the Graviera Mr India contest