Biography
Sonu Sood (born 30 July 1973) is an Indian actor, film producer, model, humanitarian, and philanthropist who works predominantly in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, and Kannada 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. Currently, he is the host of one of the biggest shows of India Roadies in south Africa.
Height & Weight
His Height is 6 feet 2 inches and his weight is around 91kg.
Education
Sonu Sood got his school education from the Sacred Heart School in Moga. After completing his school education, he got admission to the Yeshwantrao Chavan College of Engineering in Nagpur from where he graduated with an Electronic Engineering degree.
Family
He was born into a Punjabi Heritage family in India. His father Shakti Sood is a businessman while his mother Saroj is a teacher as well as a householder. This handsome hunk has two sisters named Monika Sood and Malvika Sood. He loves his family and always considers them motivation for him. Sonu Sood is a married person and happy with his married life.
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), was released to positive reviews of his performance. He was appointed “the state icon of Punjab” by the state election commission
Rumors/Controversy
Covid controversy: During the COVID-19 pandemic, Sonu Sood emerged as a messiah for people stranded around the world due to the COVID-19 lockdown. He not only helped in bringing such people back but also made arrangements for buses, train tickets, and even flights. However, at that time he was also surrounded by controversies as many alleged that his help was fake and that no such people or students exist whom Sonu Sood helped.
Self-laudatory posts: After actor Sonu Sood posted a kind of self-laudatory post on Twitter. The posts showed him as Hanuman and then as a Superman. Many called out to the actor for self-appreciation.
I-T raids: Earlier in 2020, IT raids were carried out at Sonu Sood’s offices which had several eyebrows.
Net Worth
What are the earnings of Sonu Sood? How much is his net worth and How rich is he in 2022? He has accumulated a huge amount of net worth from his successful career. However, Sonu Sood’s net worth is 17 Million Indian Rupees as of 2022 according to the source.
According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Sonu Sood’s net worth is approximately 17 Million INR.
What does Net Worth mean? Net Worth is the measurement of financial health which indicates the value of an individual’s or institution’s financial and non-financial assets.
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