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Sonu Sood is a Actor Indian born on 30 july 1973 at Punjab (Inde)
Sonu Sood is an Indian film actor, model and producer who acts predominantly in Tollywood, Kollywood, Bollywood, and Kannada films. He has also appeared in commercials for Apollo Tyres, Airtel etc.
In 2009, he received Andhra Pradesh State Nandi Award for Best Villain and Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Telugu for his work in the Telugu blockbuster, Arundhati. In 2010, He garnered Apsara Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role and IIFA Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role for the Bollywood blockbuster, Dabangg. In 2012, He received SIIMA Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role for Julayi. He is best known for roles in blockbuster films like Yuva (2004), Athadu (2005), Aashiq Banaya Aapne (2005), Jodhaa Akbar (2008), Dookudu (2011) and Shootout at Wadala (2013).
Sonu Sood est né d'un père entrepreneur et d'une mère enseignante. Il a deux sœurs. Il grandit à Nagpur, dans le Maharashtra, où il fait ses études et obtient un diplôme d'ingénieur en électronique.
Carrière
Sonu Sood, qui s’est fait connaître en participant au concours de Mister India, obtient son premier rôle en 1999 dans le film tamoul Nenjinile. Après plusieurs rôles secondaires, il est choisi pour jouer le rôle de Bhagat Singh dans le biopic pendjabi de ce révolutionnaire indien, Shaheed-e-Azam. Il joue ensuite dans plusieurs films en hindi et commence à être remarqué tant pour ses rôles négatifs ou ambigus (en particulier dans Yuva de Mani Ratnam) que pour les scènes osées qu’il interprète dans certains de ces films, tels que Sheesha. Parmi ses rôles marquants dans le cinéma hindi, celui du prince sans terre Sujamal dans le film d’Ashutosh Gowariker Jodhaa Akbar (2008), ou celui de Prem dans Ek Vivah Aisa Bhi, une production Rajshri. En 2010 il joue l’adversaire de Salman Khan dans le blockbuster Dabangg. En 2005 Super, au côté de Nagarjuna, lance sa carrière dans le cinéma télougou, où son plus gros succès à ce jour est le film fantastique Arundhati (2009), dans lequel il joue un aghora (un ascète hindou pratiquant une forme de tantrisme), un rôle qui nécessite quatre à cinq heures de maquillage par jour. Le tournage d’Arundhati se déroule en même temps que celui de Jodhaa Akbar, ce qui oblige Sonu Sood à jongler entre deux personnages très différents. Son interprétation est très appréciée et lui vaut de remporter un Filmfare Award. En 2011, il interprète un pharaon souhaitant conquérir l'Inde dans le film télougou Shakti. Sonu Sood a également joué dans un film émirati, City of Life, en 2008.
Vie personnelle
Il est marié à Sonali Sood et a un fils, Ishant.
Engagement
Il est à l'origine d'une fondation qui vient en aide aux enfants qui n'ont pas accès à l'éducation. Il est végétarien est milite au sein de l'association People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).
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Sonu Sood
Birth name Sonu Sood
Nationality Inde
Birth 30 july 1973 (50 years) at Punjab (Inde)
Awards Filmfare Awards South, Nandi Awards
Nationality Inde
Birth 30 july 1973 (50 years) at Punjab (Inde)
Awards Filmfare Awards South, Nandi Awards
In 2009, he received Andhra Pradesh State Nandi Award for Best Villain and Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Telugu for his work in the Telugu blockbuster, Arundhati. In 2010, He garnered Apsara Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role and IIFA Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role for the Bollywood blockbuster, Dabangg. In 2012, He received SIIMA Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role for Julayi. He is best known for roles in blockbuster films like Yuva (2004), Athadu (2005), Aashiq Banaya Aapne (2005), Jodhaa Akbar (2008), Dookudu (2011) and Shootout at Wadala (2013).
Biography
Enfance et jeunesseSonu Sood est né d'un père entrepreneur et d'une mère enseignante. Il a deux sœurs. Il grandit à Nagpur, dans le Maharashtra, où il fait ses études et obtient un diplôme d'ingénieur en électronique.
Carrière
Sonu Sood, qui s’est fait connaître en participant au concours de Mister India, obtient son premier rôle en 1999 dans le film tamoul Nenjinile. Après plusieurs rôles secondaires, il est choisi pour jouer le rôle de Bhagat Singh dans le biopic pendjabi de ce révolutionnaire indien, Shaheed-e-Azam. Il joue ensuite dans plusieurs films en hindi et commence à être remarqué tant pour ses rôles négatifs ou ambigus (en particulier dans Yuva de Mani Ratnam) que pour les scènes osées qu’il interprète dans certains de ces films, tels que Sheesha. Parmi ses rôles marquants dans le cinéma hindi, celui du prince sans terre Sujamal dans le film d’Ashutosh Gowariker Jodhaa Akbar (2008), ou celui de Prem dans Ek Vivah Aisa Bhi, une production Rajshri. En 2010 il joue l’adversaire de Salman Khan dans le blockbuster Dabangg. En 2005 Super, au côté de Nagarjuna, lance sa carrière dans le cinéma télougou, où son plus gros succès à ce jour est le film fantastique Arundhati (2009), dans lequel il joue un aghora (un ascète hindou pratiquant une forme de tantrisme), un rôle qui nécessite quatre à cinq heures de maquillage par jour. Le tournage d’Arundhati se déroule en même temps que celui de Jodhaa Akbar, ce qui oblige Sonu Sood à jongler entre deux personnages très différents. Son interprétation est très appréciée et lui vaut de remporter un Filmfare Award. En 2011, il interprète un pharaon souhaitant conquérir l'Inde dans le film télougou Shakti. Sonu Sood a également joué dans un film émirati, City of Life, en 2008.
Vie personnelle
Il est marié à Sonali Sood et a un fils, Ishant.
Engagement
Il est à l'origine d'une fondation qui vient en aide aux enfants qui n'ont pas accès à l'éducation. Il est végétarien est milite au sein de l'association People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).
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Bhai (2013)
, 2h34Directed by Veerabhadram Chowdary
Genres Comedy, Action
Actors Akkineni Nagarjuna, Prasanna, Richa Gangopadhyay, Adithya Menon, Kamna Jethmalani, Sonu Sood
Roles James
Rating34%
Bhai (Akkineni Nagarjuna) is the most skilled and trusted enforcer of a Hong Kong-based Don, named David (Ashish Vidyarthi). David is heavily dependent on Bhai for his day-to-day operations and this is resented by David’s sons, James (Sonu Sood) and Tony (Ajay). David sends Bhai to Hyderabad, to finish off an undercover police officer who is disrupting the mafia operations in the city. In the due course, Bhai bumps into Radhika (Richa Gangopadhyay), a horticulturist who falls in love with Bhai after few incidents. However, Bhai never accepts her proposal. Bhai begins hunting down the undercover officer and uncovers his identity. The cop is none other than Arjun (Prasanna) and Bhai decides to finish him off. On the day of the trial, Bhai finds out that Arjun is his brother after seeing his father Raghava along with Arjun. He drops the plan and tries to walk out from the place. But the visuals of Bhai aiming Arjun with a gun are recorded about which Bhai is not aware of. However, Arjun is attacked by a few disguised armed men and all of them are killed by Arjun. Much to the shock of Bhai, one of the deceased is Tony, who sets out to India on the suggestion of James in order to kill Arjun and gain David's appreciation. David is taken aback after realizing the truth and is hell bent on killing Arjun.
Ramaiya Vastavaiya (2013)
, 2h28Directed by Prabhu Deva
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Action, Romance
Actors Shruti Haasan, Girish Kumar, Randhir Kapoor, Sonu Sood, Vinod Khanna, Poonam Dhillon
Roles Raghuveer
Rating57%
Ram (Girish Kumar) is a rich, city boy, born to billionaire parents and brought up in Australia. On the other hand, Sona (Shruti Hassan)is a traditional, simple desi girl from Punjab who is brought up by her only brother, Raghuveer (Sonu Sood). He is heartbroken when their father marries another woman and throws them out of the house, humiliating them on the way. Their mother dies and her tomb is built on the small land which they own until the zamindar tells them that it is his land, since their mother had taken a loan from the man. Raghuveer volunteers to work day and night, to pay off the loan as long as they don't tear down his mother's tomb. The Zamindar agrees and the local station master helps them. Slowly Raghuveer and Sona grow up. One day, Riya, Sona's best friend, comes to their house to invite Sona to their house as she is getting married. Riya's cousin, Ram also arrives on the same day with his mother, Ashwini (Poonam Dhillon).
Damarukam (2012)
, 2h37Genres Drama, Fantasy, Action
Actors Akkineni Nagarjuna, Anushka Shetty, Ganesh Venkatram, Prakash Raj, P. Ravi Shankar, Duvvasi Mohan
Rating54%
The protagonist of the movie is born with a divine grace of Lord Shiva (Prakash Raj) and the boy's parents are advised to name him as Mallikarjuna as he is destined to accomplish a great work. During his childhood, Mallikarjuna faces a great tragedy as his parents and grandparents are killed by a huge feline creature when they are returning from Kashi. This incident leaves his younger sister, Sailu (Abhinaya) paralyzed from the waist and hence renders her lame (Sailu had a talent for dancing before this incident). This disaster makes Malli to become an atheist.
Gabbar Singh (2012)
, 2h32Directed by Harish Shankar
Genres Comedy, Action
Actors Pawan Kalyan, Shruti Haasan, Sonu Sood, Abhimanyu Singh, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Nagineedu Vellanki
Rating70%
Venkataratnam Naidu is a young boy who lives with his younger half-brother (Ajay), stepfather Naidu (Nagineedu) and mother (Suhasini Maniratnam) in Kondaveedu which is a village in Guntur District. His stepfather is always partial towards his half-brother which constantly angers Venkataratnam. He starts to not care about what other people think about him and renames himself after the fictional character "Gabbar Singh". His anger towards his brother and father grows and he runs away from home. His stepfather, Naidu catches him and joins him in a boarding school away from Kondaveedu.
Lucky (2012)
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Yash, Ramya, Sonu Sood, Sadhu Kokila, Vijanath Biradar, M. S. Umesh
Rating62%
The storyline is light-hearted and revolves around Vikram Kumar alias Lucky (Yash) who is in love with a television anchor Gowri (Ramya). Gowri gives Lucky the cold shoulder, and helping her keep Lucky at an arm’s length is her dog Zoo Zoo. Gowri is compelled to resign from her job and takes over as creative head of an advertising company. Lucky comes for a job interview and figuring that Gowri would probably not let him get a job in her work place, he takes on a different identity, Vicky, complete with new wardrobe and changed hairstyle.
Julayi (2012)
, 2h32Directed by Trivikram Srinivas
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Crime, Romance
Themes Heist films
Actors Allu Arjun, Ileana D'Cruz, Rajendra Prasad, Sonu Sood, Rao Ramesh, Kota Srinivasa Rao
Roles Bittu
Rating71%
The movie begins with Bittu (Sonu Sood) planning with the local MLA Varadarajulu (Kota Srinivasa Rao) to rob ₹15 billion (US$230 million) from Vizag Co-operative Bank. Ravindra Narayan a.k.a Ravi (Allu Arjun) is a brainy individual who believes in earning quick money rather than toiling like his father Narayana Moorti (Tanikella Bharani) for every month's salary. He gets into a dispute with his father about his attitude and challenges him that he would convert ₹ 10,000 into ₹ 100,000 in quick time. He happens to meet Bittu on his way, who drops him at his destination. Ravi inadvertently reveals his plan of making quick money by betting on an IPL match and also the location of betting to Bittu and his companions on the way. However, his plans turn upside down when police raid the location and is caught red-handed. During interrogation, Ravi guesstimates that Bittu could have diverted the Police and that he is about to commit a robbery at the Vizag Cooperative Bank. He convinces ACP Raja Manikyam (Rao Ramesh) that Bittu is planning to rob the bank and both go to catch him. Bittu successfully robs the bank and his brother Laala (Shafi) takes the money to the city's dumping yard, as per Bittu's instructions, as the Police follow them. However Police catches Lala, who resists them only to be killed by Ravi. Police try to trace the money but in vain. Meanwhile, Bittu gets arrested but is rescued in transit by his sidekick Devayani (Sheetal Menon). They go to the dumping yard to collect the money, but Bittu is shocked as the dumping yard is burnt to ashes. Having his brother dead and the money burnt, Bittu decides to kill Ravi.
Maximum (2012)
Directed by Kabeer Kaushik
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Sonu Sood, Naseeruddin Shah, Neha Dhupia, Vinay Pathak, Nishikant Dixit, Aarya Babbar
Roles Pratap Pandit
Rating47%
Story of Maximum revolves around two of Mumbai Police's top encounter specialists. It's a story of their fight for control and oneupmanship. This fight goes through a complex maze of politics, land deals, fake encounters and bad money.
, 2h14Genres Action
Actors Manchu Manoj, Nandamuri Balakrishna, Deeksha Seth, Lakshmi Manchu, Sonu Sood, Prabhu
Roles Phanindra Bhoopati
Rating42%
The story of the film revolves around a palace known as ‘Gandharva Mahal’ which belongs to Rayudu (Prabhu), the present head of a royal family that has lost its former splendor. Rayudu lives with his wife (Meena Kumari) and two daughters Visalakshi (Madhumitha) and Jagadha (Deeksha Seth) in a small house beside the Mahal. Rayudu rents out the palace to make ends meet. He is shown as a soft and generous man. Some of the tenants take this generosity for granted and harass Rayudu, without paying the rent.
Bbuddah... Hoga Terra Baap (2011)
, 1h54Directed by Puri Jagannadh
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime, Romance
Actors Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini, Sonu Sood, Prakash Raj, Sonal Singh Chauhan, Raveena Tandon
Roles ACP Karan Malhotra
Rating55%
ACP Karan Malhotra (Sonu Sood) has declared that he will eliminate all gangsters from Mumbai within two months. Gangster Kabir Bhai (Prakash Raj) decides to eliminate ACP Karan instead. So in comes Vijju (Amitabh Bachchan), a hitman who returns to Mumbai after a long exile in Paris, France in order to perform one last job.
Dookudu (2011)
, 2h55Directed by Srinu Vaitla
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action
Actors Mahesh Babu, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Abhimanyu Singh, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Vennela Kishore, Prakash Raj
Roles Nayak
Rating73%
During the political realm of N. T. Rama Rao, Shankar Narayana is an independent MLA of the constituency of Shankar Nagar, which is named after him, in Hyderabad, and is regarded as a champion for the poor. When a truck collides with the car his brother Satyam and he are in, Shankar goes into a coma. Except his family, everyone else presumes that he is killed in the accident. His son Ajay is a police officer in Mumbai who fights against the mafia and is on a mission to apprehend Mafia don Nayak who is involved in illegal drug trade, extortion and arms trafficking.
Vishnuvardhana (2011)
, 2h49Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Romance
Actors Sudeep, Karthika Menon, Priyaman, Sonu Sood, Dwarakish, Arun Sagar
Roles Adhishesha
Rating71%
Osthe (2011)
, 2h35Directed by Dharani
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Romance
Actors Silambarasan, Ramesh Choudary, Richa Gangopadhyay, Santhanam, Sonu Sood, Saranya Mohan
Roles Boxer Daniel
Rating37%
Velan, a young boy, lives with his younger half-brother Balan, stepfather (Nassar) and mother (Revathi) in Kattuppakkam in the Tirunelveli district. His stepfather is always partial towards Balan which constantly angers Velan.
Dangerous Khiladi 4 (2011)
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Ram Pothineni, Hansika Motwani, Sonu Sood, Aksha Pardasany, Jaya Prakash Reddy, Chandra Mohan
Roles Bhavani
Rating61%
Sreenu (Ram) is the son of Vishwanatham (Chandra Mohan). He is a high school drop-out in Anakapalle and wants to marry his uncle's (Dharmavarapu Subramanyam) daughter Bujji (Swati Reddy). She rejects him stating that he doesn’t have basic college education. Sreenu, who is clever and street-smart decides to go to Hyderabad for further education. While travelling in the train, he bashes up a bunch of rowdies teasing college girls. At the college in Hyderabad, he meets Shruthi (Hansika Motwani) and falls in love with her. The city gangster Bhavani (Sonu Sood) is in love with her and blackmails her to marry him. He beats anyone moving closely with Shruthi. Meanwhile, henchmen of Warangal Rajanna (Jaya Prakash Reddy), a dreaded chieftain, are looking for Sreenu in the city.
Shakti (2011)
, 2h41Directed by Meher Ramesh
Genres Fantasy, Action
Actors Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, Ileana D'Cruz, Prabhu, Manjari Fadnis, Jackie Shroff, Pooja Bedi
Roles Mukthar
Rating35%
Aishwarya (Ileana D'Cruz) is the daughter of central union home minister Raya (Prabhu Ganesan). Due to some reason, he doesn't allow his daughter to go on a trip with friends. She nonetheless goes to the trip. She then meets a guide, Shakti (Jr. NTR), who takes the group on a trip to several places. At first, she hates him because he uses every chance to get money from her. But when he saves her, she starts liking him. Afterwards, a few people who are chasing her finally find her in Haridwar and try to kill Shakti as he hurt'd them earlier. Their plan fails as Shakti turns out to be a Secret Agent and defends himself and catches the main person in this plan. When Aishwarya goes back to her father, he forgives her and asks whether she had taken a box in which there is a diamond. When she replies in the negative, he says that it is more important than his own daughter. Later, when Shakti goes to a temple, the diamond box falls off a basket his mother brought with flowers on top of it. They inform Mahadevaya who asks them to immediately come to Humpy with the box and Aishwarya. Their travel is blocked by a strong man who is then defeated by Shakti. He then kills one more person who tries to grab the box. Then Mahadeva Raya and a Swami (Nassar) come to him and then the flashback is revealed.
Teen Maar (2011)
, 2h29Directed by Jayanth C. Paranjee
Genres Drama
Actors Pawan Kalyan, Trisha Krishnan, Kriti Kharbanda, M. S. Narayana, Paresh Rawal, Sonu Sood
Roles Sudhir
Rating55%
Micheal Velayudham (Pawan Kalyan) is a chef in Cape Town, South Africa. He is an easy going chap who flirts with girls and makes the most of his affairs. His ambition is to go to US and work in New York for a stockbroker. He dates one of his acquaintance Meera Shastri (Trisha Krishnan) an art restoration professional in Cape Town. After a year, they agree to break up as she has to move to India for work and he thinks long-distance relationships don't work. In Cape Town, Micheal meets Senapathi (Paresh Rawal) the owner of a restaurant who narrates the love story of his friend Arjun Palwai (Pawan) with Vasumati (Kriti Kharbanda) which had happened around 1981. Meanwhile, after Meera moves to India, Micheal fails to connect with any other girl. To prove to her that he has moved on, he meets a blonde girl Michelle (Danah Marks) in a bar and dates her. However, Meera is proposed to by her family friend Sudheer (Sonu Sood), a politician, and she agrees to marry him, only to prove that she has moved on too. He comes to India with some pretext and meets Meera. Micheal who is frustrated that Meera married Sudheer, gets desperate and tries to regret what had happened so far in his sorrow he gets an offer for his dream job in US. After initially having joyful moments in his new job, he eventually feels some loneliness which he doesn't understand. The rest of the story focuses on how Michael realises his mistakes and how Arjun Palwai's story makes an impact on his decision.