Sonu Sood is a renowned Indian actor, producer, and model. He has presented us with many super-hit films of Bollywood. This Indian actor has worked in several popular films in Tamil, Telegu and Hindi films. His acting exceptional acting skills can be seen in Dabangg, Jodha Akbar, etc. His acting talents have made him bag several awards. The actor is currently forty-seven years old and is ageing gracefully.
Let’s look into some unknown facts about Sonu Sood:
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1. Sonu Sood was born in a Punjabi family
He hailed from Punjabi origin and was born on 30 July, 1973 in an upper-middle-class family. He was raised in Nagpur.
2. Sonu Sood parents
He is the son of Shakti Sagar Sood, a successful entrepreneur and mother, Saroj Sood, a teacher. His elder sister Monika Sood is a renowned scientist.
3. Sonu Sood alma mater
After schooling, Sonu worked in his father’s showroom in Moga for some time. He completed his Engineering in Electronics from Yeshwantro Chavan college of Engineering Nagpur. He started his career with modelling during the second year of college. His first modelling assignment earned him five hundred Rupees which he used to purchase denim.
4. Post his graduation, he moved to Mumbai
During the initial days in Mumbai, he worked in a private firm in South Mumbai, and since his job involved fieldwork, so he got a monthly train pass. He stayed in a one-room apartment with other boys.
5. Struggle in Mumbai
During the initial days of the job, he just earned a meager amount of Rs four thousand five hundred rupees per month. He participated in the “Grasim Mr India” contest and reached the top five before becoming an actor.
6. He is married to Sonali Sood in 1996
He had a love marriage with Sonali, and although Sonali is not so well-known, she always stood by Sonu Sood in his journey to fame and stardom. Their personal life is kept away from the eyes of the media. Where marriages are quite fragile in Bollywood, this power couple had stood beside each other and loves each other a lot. He has two sons Ayanna Sood and Eshan Sood.
7. He made his debut in the Tamil film Kallazhagar in the year 1999
8. Worked in his first Bollywood film, Shaheed E Azam in the year 2002
His work in Film Yuva helped him to get fame. His famous films include Shakti, Ashok, Arundhati, Ek Niranjan, Dabanng, Aashiq Banaya Aapne, etc.
9. He has featured in a Chinese film Xuanzang, 2016
During his shoot of Kung Fu Yoga with Jackie Chan, he became good friends with him.
10. Sonu also did a few commercials
He has appeared in many famous commercials for Appollo Tyres and Airtel.
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11. He resembles Mr Amitabh Bachchan
Sonu Sood has a striking resemblance with Amitabh Bachchan, and hence he played the role of Abhishek’s brother in Yuva. He was offered the lead role in ‘The Lion King of Punjab, but he declined it. He worked in an unreleased film ‘Kuch Din Kuch Pal’ by Spice entertainment. He has worked in movies of seven different languages, namely Hindi, Punjabi, Kannada, Telegu, English, Tamil, and Chinese.
12. He has appeared in many successful magazines like You & I, Health and Nutrition, Just Urbane, and Crunch Today.
13. He has bagged several awards
Like Andhra Pradesh State Nandi Award for Best Villain, Filmfare award for best supporting actor for his Telegu Blockblaster Arundhati.
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Sonu Sood with his father. Sonu Sood/Instagram
14. He owns a production house
In the memory of his father, he named it Shakti Sagar Productions.

Sonu Sood with his father. Sonu Sood/Instagram
15. He does not smoke or drink alcohol and is a pure vegetarian
Sonu believes in having a healthy lifestyle. Sonu is a gym enthusiast, and he maintains a stringent fitness regime every day. He loves playing the guitar and doing kickboxing.
16. Sonu is an ardently religious by nature and worships Lord Ganesha
Although he is profoundly spiritual, he stopped praying for four years after his mother had expired. Sonu loves animals and even owns a pet dog whose name is Snowy.
17. He loves elegant cars, and owns a Porche and an Audi Q7
Once when Sonu Sood travelled with his friend Ajay Dharma, his Audi caught fire, but luckily, they both didn’t get injured.
18. Controversies in life of Sonu Sood
He had lent a property in Yari Road Mumbai to Sheetal Talwar because it was free of any legal dispute, but it was not. He was alleged to have walked out from the film Manikarnika as Kangana Ranaut accused him that Sonu Sood does not want to work with a female director.
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19. Amidst the pandemic, he had helped many migrant workers to return to their homes
He also contributed a migrant worker who had lost his wife’s return to his house. This man wanted to perform her last rites.
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