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Samir Soni is a Actor British born on 29 september 1960 at London (United-kingdom)

Samir Soni

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Birth name Samir Soni
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 29 september 1960 (63 years) at London (United-kingdom)

Samir Soni (born in London, England) is an British film and television actor and a former model of Indian descent.
Soni made his debut in the Hindi serial Samandar based on Navy officers. In 1996, he appeared as Ashok Mathur in Doordarshan's A Mouthful Of Sky. He made his film debut in China Gate, which was followed by cameo appearances. In 2003, Soni appeared in the film Baghban and played lead roles in Basti and Kahan Ho Tum. In that same year, Soni also worked in the television series Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin. In 2004, he worked in a Saaksshi. Soni featured as one of the contestants in the reality television show Bigg Boss 4 in 2010.

Soni was playing the lead role in Ekta Kapoor's Indian soap opera Parichay - Nayee Zindagi Kay Sapno Ka (2013) which earned him the Indian Telly Award for Best Actor, and ITA Award for Best Actor - Drama (Popular) in 2012.



Soni attended school at London School of Commerce. He graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles in Economics. He was an investment banker in New York. He attended acting courses while in both New York and Los Angeles.

Through modeling, he met Rajlakshmi Khanvilkar. The two were married for six months before they divorced. On 24 January 2011, he married former actress Neelam Kothari.

Biography

Soni was born to a Hindu family in Belfast and attended school at St. Xavier's School, Delhi. He graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles in Economics.

Prior to his Bollywood career, Samir was an investment banker in New York, before coming back to India to start modeling. He has attended acting courses in New York and Los Angeles.

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Filmography of Samir Soni (8 films)

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Actor

I, Me aur Main, 1h45
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors John Abraham, Prachi Desai, Chitrangada Singh, Zarina Wahab, Raima Sen, Samir Soni
Rating47% 2.3548052.3548052.3548052.3548052.354805
Ishaan (John Abraham) a charismatic, good-looking music producer from Mumbai, lives a sheltered existence as the apple of his mother's (Zarina Wahab) eye, always protected by his elder sister Shivani (Mini Mathur). He stays at his girlfriend Anushka's (Chitrangda Singh) house and takes them all for granted. One day Anushka sends him out of her house due to his irresponsibility about their marriage.
I Hate Luv Storys, 2h15
Directed by Punit Malhotra
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Sonam Kapoor, Imran Khan, Sammir Dattani, Samir Soni, Bruna Abdullah, Aamir Ali Malik
Roles Veer Kapoor
Rating57% 2.8511552.8511552.8511552.8511552.851155
Simran (Sonam Kapoor) loves Bollywood romances so much so that her life has begun to resemble one. With her awesome job and a "Mr. Perfect" fiancé, Raj (Sameer Dattani), she lives a dreamy life. But then comes Jay (Imran Khan), who brings a fresh joy into her life. Jay is an assistant to a director who is famous for his love story films; however, Jay hates love stories. He is a disbeliver of love. He first hates Simran for her obsession with romance, and Simran also has a bad impression of him, but soon after, the two become friends.
Fashion
Fashion (2008)
, 2h58
Directed by Madhur Bhandarkar
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Feminist films, La mode, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Priyanka Chopra, Kangana Ranaut, Mugdha Godse, Samir Soni, Arbaaz Khan, Arjan Bajwa
Roles Rahul Arora
Rating68% 3.448043.448043.448043.448043.44804
Aspiring model Meghna Mathur (Priyanka Chopra) wants to go to Mumbai and become a supermodel. Against her father's wishes, Meghna leaves her home to find success in the modelling world. Meghna meets an old acquaintance, Rohit (Ashwin Mushran)—a gay, aspiring designer who assists Vinay Khosla (Harsh Chhaya). Meghna experiences difficulties during her early days; she auditions several times and is rejected. Meghna meets and befriends another struggling model, Maanav (Arjan Bajwa).
Vivah
Vivah (2006)
, 2h40
Directed by Sooraj R. Barjatya
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Shahid Kapoor, Amrita Rao, Anupam Kher, Alok Nath, Seema Biswas, Samir Soni
Roles Sunil Bajpayee
Rating65% 3.29913.29913.29913.29913.2991
Poonam (Amrita Rao) is a middle class girl who lives in the small town of Madhupur. After the death of her parents, when she was very young, her uncle Krishnakant (Alok Nath) fulfilled the void of a father in her life. However, her aunt (Seema Biswas) is unable to accept Poonam as her own child, driven by the fact that her own daughter Rajni (Amrita Prakash) is dark in complexion and less beautiful than Poonam. Harishchandra (Anupam Kher), a renowned businessman, from New Delhi has two sons, Sunil (Samir Soni) who has married Bhavna (Lata Sabharwal) and Prem (Shahid Kapoor), who is a soft-spoken and well-educated person.
Baghban
Baghban (2003)
, 3h3
Origin Inde
Genres Drama
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini, Aman Yatan Verma, Samir Soni, Salman Khan, Mahima Chaudhry
Roles Sanjay Malhotra
Rating73% 3.697713.697713.697713.697713.69771
The movie tells the story of Raj Malhotra (Amitabh Bachchan), his wife Pooja (Hema Malini), and their four sons Ajay (Aman Verma), Sanjay (Samir Soni), Rohit (Saahil Chadda), and Karan (Nasir Kazi). The couple have provided their children with everything, often at the cost of Raj's and Pooja's own requirements. The Malhotras have an adopted son Alok (Salman Khan), who is in love with Arpita (Mahima Chaudhry). Alok was an orphan and Raj provided him with money and education, bringing him up as his own son. Now a successful man, Alok worships Raj because of all his help and thinks him as his father.
Basti
Basti (2003)
, 2h22
Genres Crime
Actors Samir Soni, Faisal Khan, Shama Sikander, Govind Namdev, Sadashiv Amarapurkar, Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Roles Ramesh "Rama" Kulkarni

The film starts with a voice (Kader Khan) narrating a small town of Mumbai. A gangster named Kanta (Sadashiv Amrapurkar) wants to destroy the town and is in a battle with Karanjia (Kulbhushan Kharbanda), who wants to replace the town with a shopping mall. Ramesh "Rama" Kulkarni (Samir Soni) returns to his town after several years and is greeted by all of his friends, neighbors and youngest sister, Pinky (Mamta Mishra). It's only Rama's father, Vinayak Kulkarni (Govind Namdeo), a school teacher, who does not greet him and is angered with Rama.
Lajja
Lajja (2001)
, 3h22
Directed by Rajkumar Santoshi
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Manisha Koirala, Jackie Shroff, Anil Kapoor, Mahima Chaudhry, Madhuri Dixit, Rekha
Roles Manish
Rating65% 3.2990653.2990653.2990653.2990653.299065
Vaidehi (Manisha Koirala) lives with her husband Raghu (Jackie Shroff). On the outside, she lives a sophisticated life, but behind closed doors, her husband is abusive and has extramarital affairs. When she takes a stand for herself, she is banished from the household. She goes back to her parents' house but they too reject her. Vaidehi soon finds out that she is pregnant.
China Gate
China Gate (1998)

Directed by Rajkumar Santoshi
Genres Action, Adventure, Western
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Samir Soni, Om Puri, Amrish Puri, Naseeruddin Shah, Danny Denzongpa, Mamta Kulkarni
Roles Udanshu Tandon
Rating64% 3.248313.248313.248313.248313.24831
The story begins with Col. Krishnakant and his ten men who were sacked from the Indian army as they failed in the China Gate mission. After witnessing the brutal slaying of her Forest Officer father, Sunder Rajan, at the hands of dreaded dacoit Jageera, Sandhya goes to Col. and asks for his assistance in bringing an end to Jageera's rule in the Devdurg region. Krishnakant agrees to assist her and summons ten of his fellow officers and subordinates to assist him in this mission. They assemble at Devdurg with the necessary ammunitions and arms to combat Jageera, not realizing that Jageera has influence over the local police detachment, who will prevent Krishnakant and his men to possess any guns and weapons. This does not deter the men, and they continue to stay on in Devdurg and gain the confidence of the villagers. What the villagers do not know that Krishnakant and his men had all been dishonorably discharged from the army for cowardice and retreating when attacked by the enemy.