Sonu Sood

Sonu Sood
Sood in 2012
Born	(1973-07-30) 30 July 1973 (age 46)[1] Moga, Punjab, India[2]
Education	Yeshwantrao Chavan College of Engineering, Nagpur (B.E.)
Occupation	Actor model film producer
Years active	1999–present

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Sonu Sood (born 30 July 1973) is an Indian film actor, and producer who acts predominantly in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Punjabi films. In 2009, he received the Andhra Pradesh State Nandi Award for Best Villain and the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Telugu for his work in the Telugu blockbuster Arundhati. In 2010, he garnered the Apsara Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role and the IIFA Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role for the Bollywood blockbuster Dabangg. In 2012, he received the SIIMA Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role for Julayi. He is best known for roles in blockbuster films such as Yuva (2004), Athadu (2005), Aashiq Banaya Aapne (2005), Jodhaa Akbar (2008), Dabangg (2010), Dookudu (2011), Shootout at Wadala (2013), Happy New Year (2014), Kung Fu Yoga (2017) and Simmba (2018).He also appeared in commercials for Apollo Tyres and Airtel.In July 2016, he established the production house Shakti Sagar Productions, which is named after his father, Shakti Sagar Sood.

Career

In 1999, Sood was introduced to Tamil language films with Kallazhagar and Nenjinile. He then appeared as an antagonist in the Telugu film Hands Up! in 2000. In 2001, he appeared in Majunu. He then began starring in Hindi films, with Shaheed-E-Azam, as Bhagat Singh in 2002. Sood earned recognition as Abhishek Bachchan's brother in Mani Ratnam's Yuva in 2004 and in Aashiq Banaya Aapne in 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. His next film was Athadu. In 2006, he again portrayed the antagonist in Ashok. It was an average grosser, but by now he had become popular in Telugu films. In 2009, he played the role of Pasupathy in Arundhati. Following the Tollywood release of Arundhati, he played the role of Rajkumar Sujamal in the Indian epic film Jodha Akbar, directed by Ashutosh Gowariker. In 2009, he played the role of gangster Bada in Anjaneyulu opposite Ravi Teja. In the latter half of 2009, he acted in another Telugu film Ek Niranjan, in which he again played the antagonist. In 2010, he played the lead antagonist in Abhinav Kashyap's Dabangg, co-starring with Salman Khan. His Kannada debut with Sudeep, Vishnuvardhana (2011), released to positive reviews of his performance.

Career

In 1999, Sood was introduced to Tamil language films with Kallazhagar and Nenjinile. He then appeared as an antagonist in the Telugu film Hands Up! in 2000. In 2001, he appeared in Majunu. He then began starring in Hindi films, with Shaheed-E-Azam, as Bhagat Singh in 2002. Sood earned recognition as Abhishek Bachchan's brother in Mani Ratnam's Yuva in 2004 and in Aashiq Banaya Aapne in 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. His next film was Athadu. In 2006, he again portrayed the antagonist in Ashok. It was an average grosser, but by now he had become popular in Telugu films. In 2009, he played the role of Pasupathy in Arundhati. Following the Tollywood release of Arundhati, he played the role of Rajkumar Sujamal in the Indian epic film Jodha Akbar, directed by Ashutosh Gowariker. In 2009, he played the role of gangster Bada in Anjaneyulu opposite Ravi Teja. In the latter half of 2009, he acted in another Telugu film Ek Niranjan, in which he again played the antagonist. In 2010, he played the lead antagonist in Abhinav Kashyap's Dabangg, co-starring with Salman Khan. His Kannada debut with Sudeep, Vishnuvardhana (2011), released to positive reviews of his performance.

Dubbing career

Film title Actor Character Dub Language Original Language Original Year release Notes The Legend of Hercules Kellan Lutz Hercules/Alcides Hindi English 2014

Personal life

Sood married his wife Sonali in 1996. They have two sons, Ishant and Ayaan.In May 2020, during the nationwide lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Sood helped thousands of stranded Indian migrant workers to reach their homes throughout India by arranging buses, special trains and chartered flights for them.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
1999	Kallazhagar	Soumya Narayanan (Priest)	Tamil
	Nenjinile	Gangster	Tamil
2000	Hands Up!	Tuglak	Telugu
	Sandhitha Velai	Sandeep	Tamil
2001	Majunu	Heena's brother	Tamil
2002	Shaheed-E-Azam	Bhagat Singh	Hindi
	Zindagi Khoobsurat Hai	Muraad	Hindi
	Raja	Bhavani	Tamil
2003	Ammayilu Abbayilu	Rakesh	Telugu
	Kovilpatti Veeralakshmi	Rajiv Mathur	Tamil
	Kahan Ho Tum	Karan	Hindi
2004	Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero	Lt. Col Shah Nawaz Khan	Hindi
	Mission Mumbai	Capt. Rajeev Singh	Hindi
	Yuva	Gopal Singh	Hindi
2005	Sheesha	Raj	Hindi
	Chandramukhi	Oomayan	Tamil
	Super	Sonu	Telugu
	Athadu	Malli	Telugu
	Aashiq Banaya Aapne	Karan Oberoi	Hindi
	Siskiyaan	Dr. Vishwas	Hindi
	Divorce: Not Between Husband and Wife	Siddharth Joshi	Hindi
2006	Ashok	K K	Telugu
	Rockin' Meera	Prince	English
2008	Jodhaa Akbar	Prince Sujamal	Hindi	Nominated, Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award
	Mr Medhavi	Siddharth	Telugu
	Singh Is Kinng	Lakhan 'Lucky' Singh	Hindi
	Ek Vivah Aisa Bhi	Prem Ajmera	Hindi
2009	Arundhati	Pasupathi	Telugu	Nandi Award for Best Villain Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award (Telugu)
	Dhoondte Reh Jaaoge	Aryan	Hindi
	Anjaneyulu	Bada	Telugu
	Bangaru Babu	Rajendra	Telugu
	Ek Niranjan	Johnny Bhai	Telugu
	City of Life	Basu/Peter Patel	English
2010	Dabangg	Chhedi Singh	Hindi	Apsara Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role IIFA Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role
2011	Shakti	Mukthar	Telugu
	Theenmaar	Sudhir	Telugu
	Bbuddah... Hoga Tera Baap	ACP Karan Malhotra	Hindi
	Kandireega	Bhavani	Telugu
	Dookudu	Nayak	Telugu
	Vishnuvardhana	Adhishesha	Kannada	Nominated, SIIMA Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role - Kannada Nominated, Sandalwood Star Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role Nominated, Bangalore Times Film Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role Male
	Osthi	Boxer Daniel	Tamil
2012	Maximum	Inspector Pratap Pandit	Hindi
	Uu Kodathara? Ulikki Padathara?	Phanindra Bhupathi	Telugu
	Julai	Bittu	Telugu	Nominated, SIIMA Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role - Telugu
2013	Madha Gaja Raja		Tamil	Unreleased
	Shootout at Wadala	Dilawar Imtiaz Haksar	Hindi
	Ramaiya Vastavaiya	Raghuveer
	Bhai	James	Telugu
	R... Rajkumar	Shivraj Gurjar	Hindi
2014	Entertainment	Arjun
	Aagadu	Damodar	Telugu
	Happy New Year	Jagmohan Prakash (Jag)	Hindi
2015	Gabbar Is Back	Balbir Singh
2016	Saagasam	Bittu	Tamil
	Xuanzang	Harsha	Mandarin
	Ishq Positive	Himself	Urdu	Pakistani Film Cameo appearance
	Devi	Raj Khanna	Tamil
	Abhinetri		Telugu
	Tutak Tutak Tutiya		Hindi	Also producer
2017	Kung Fu Yoga	Randall	Mandarin Hindi English
2018	Paltan	Maj. Bishen Singh	Hindi
	Simmba	Durva Ranade	Hindi
2019	Kurukshetra	Arjuna	Kannada
	Devi 2	Raj Khanna	Tamil	Cameo Appearance
	Abhinetri 2		Telugu
	Sita	Basavaraju	Telugu	[14][15]
2020	Alludu Adhurs	Adinarayana	Telugu	Filming [16]
	Prithviraj	Chand Bardai	Hindi	Filming
	Thamilarasan	TBA	Tamil	Filming

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