Sonu Sood (born 30 July 1974, in Moga, Punjab)
is a former model and Indian actor who has
acted in Hindi, Telugu, Kannada and Tamil films.
A participant in the Mr. India pageant, he has
appeared in commercials for Apollo Tyres,
Airtel etc.In Tollywood he is best known for his
role as the antagonist, Pasupathi, in the film
Arundhati.
Sonu Sood was born on 30th July 1974 and
brought up in Moga, Punjab but later moved to
Nagpur for higher studies where he
participated in modelling event. 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.
He often visits his hometown frequently on
family functions, as a guest and to inspire the
youth. A graduate in electronics engineering
from YCCE, NAGPUR, he is married to Sonali
and they have a son named Ishant.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).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.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.His Kannada debut with Sudeep
Only Vishnuvardhana released with a great
response and critics lauded his performance.He
is currently filming for Rana along with
Rajinikanth.
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