Sonu Sood

30 Jul, 1973 | Punjab

Actor/Producer/Story Writer

Biography

Sonu Sood is an India Film Actor, Model, and Film Producer who predominantly works in the Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu Film industries. He is one of the most successful film actors and is also prominent for playing antagonist roles in films. Sonu is not just in the Hindi film industry, but also famous in the South Film industry, especially in Tollywood. He plays prominent roles in the films such as Happy New Year, Danbanng, Shootout at Wadala,Athadu, Dookudu,Yuva, Arundati and Anjaneyulu.   Personal Life Sonu was born in Punjab Family to Shakti Sagar Sood and Saroj Sood. His father is a businessman while his mother is a teacher.He has two sisters,Monika Sood and Malavika Sachar. Sonu completed his schooling at Sacred Heart School,Moga. Later, he graduated in Electronic Engineering from Yeshwantrao Chavan Engineering College in Nagpur,  Maharashtra. In 1996,Sonu Sood married Sonali Sood. The couple has two sons,Ishant and Ayaan.   Career The actor, who came to the film Industry by Modeling. He made his first debut in the Tamil film,'Kallazhagar in 1999. In the same year, he appeared in 'Nenjinile'.Sonu Sood, played an antagonist role in the first time in 'Hands Up', a Telugu film, which was released in 2000. Sonu Sood made his first Bollywood debut with 'Shaheed -E-Azam'in 2002. Since then, he appeared in Bollywood films such as Yuva,Jodha Akbar,Dabangg. Apart from negative roles, he made his debut in Comedy thriller and family action movies.‘Vishnuvardhana’ is a comedy thriller, which was released in 2011. Through this film, Sonu made his debut in Sandal Wood.In 2017, the actor made his debut in Hollywood Industry with the film Rockin Meera'.   Producer Besides acting,Sonu Sood launched his own production named 'Shakti Sagar Production' in 2016.