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Sonam Kapoor
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June 09, 1985
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birthplace
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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SONAM KAPOOR
Sonam Kapoor is a newcomer to the Indian film industry. She was shot into fame after she signed her first film for a lead role with great Indian director Sanjay Leela Bhansali of Devdas and Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam fame. Sonam was born on June 9, 1985, in Chembur, Maharashtra, India to the famous Hindi film star Anil Kapoor and his ex- model wife Sunita Kapoor. Sonam Kapoor is the eldest daughter and has one Sister Rhea and brother Harshwardhana. She has been nicknamed as Giraffe by her father. Sonam was not a shy child in her childhood. She was exposed to Film atmosphere very early in her life as her father and uncles were deeply involved in the Hindi film industry. She grew up with a passion to become an actress in her own right one day. She went to Singapore for two years to study in theatre.After coming back from Singapore she joined Sanjay Leela Bhansali as an assistant for the making of the film Black and gained insight into the art of filmmaking. Sonam was overweight while she was assisting Sanjay Lee...
Sonam Kapoor is a newcomer to the Indian film industry. She was shot into fame after she signed her first film for a lead role with great Indian director Sanjay Leela Bhansali of Devdas and Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam fame. Sonam was born on June 9, 1985, in Chembur, Maharashtra, India to the famous Hindi film star Anil Kapoor and his ex- model wife Sunita Kapoor. Sonam Kapoor is the eldest daughter and has one Sister Rhea and brother Harshwardhana. She has been nicknamed as Giraffe by her father. Sonam was not a shy child in her childhood. She was exposed to Film atmosphere very early in her life as her father and uncles were deeply involved in the Hindi film industry. She grew up with a passion to become an actress in her own right one day. She went to Singapore for two years to study in theatre.After coming back from Singapore she joined Sanjay Leela Bhansali as an assistant for the making of the film Black and gained insight into the art of filmmaking. Sonam was overweight while she was assisting Sanjay Leela Bhansali but the genius of Bhansali spotted the fire and ambition of Sonam and offered her to play the lead role in his forthcoming venture Saanwariya. From the early childhood Sonam developed a knack of reading, she was so fond of reading that her librarian use to advise her to reduce her reading habit otherwise she would have to wear glasses. Maybe due to her habit of reading she developed the art of writing and she is a good writer. Simultaneously she developed the skill of painting too and developed it well. With many actors taking up the brush for social causes and whatever other reasons these days, Sonam too has the world as her canvas.
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Her favorite songs are Jab Koyi Baat Bigad Jaye, Raat Kali Ek Khwaab Mein aaye. Then there's her old time favorites Somewhere Over The Rainbow, Don't Cry For Me Argentina, Strangers In The Night. She also likes Choli Ke Peeche, Aaj Mein Upar Aasmaan Neeche from the movie Khamoshi: The Musical (1996). Kabhi Kabhi Mere Dil Mein and Ek Ladki Ko Dekha. All of A.R. Rahman's music and her favorite band is Red Hot Chilli Peppers.
Favorite movies are all of Satyajit Ray's films (especially Pather Panchali (1955)), all of Raj Kapoor movies, Guide (1965), Mr India (1987), Devdas (2002/I), Black (2005), Saawariya (2007), Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet (1968/I), Titanic (1997), Bandini (1963), All of Steven Spielberg's movies (especially Schindler #x27;s List (1993)), The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988). She likes all love stories.
Favorite books are Milan Kundera's Unbearable Lightness of Being, Ayn Rand's Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, The Mahabharata because she finds it so positive and gives her hope all the time, 'Patrick Suskind''s Perfume, J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series, Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's books including Mistress of Spices, Charlotte Bront e's Jane Eyre, and books by all the Bronte sisters.
Favorite brands are Chanel, Jean Paul Gaultier, and Dior.
Enjoys reading, shopping, writing, playing squash and basketball, video games and painting.
Went to university at Bombay University (Majoring in Economics and Political Science).
Went to high school at the United World College of South East Asia, finishing the International Baccalaureate program.
Studied in Arya Vidya Mandhir school.
Her favorite director is Sanjay Leela Bhansali.
Her favorite actresses are Sridevi, Madhuri Dixit, Kajol, Tabu, Rani Mukherjee, Kareena Kapoor, and Priyanka Chopra.
Favorite actor is her father Anil Kapoor.
Sonam was never interested in acting. Direction and writing were her basic interests, but Sanjay Leela Bhansali showed so much confidence in her that he wanted her to be in his film.
Loves to dance. She is trained in Kathak, classical music, and Latin dance.
Speaks Urdu, Sindhi, Punjabi and English all fluently.
Was born in Chembur which is the suburb of Mumbai located in India.
Uncles are producer Boney Kapoor and actor Sanjay Kapoor. Her aunt is actress Sridevi.
Siblings are sister Rhea brother Harsh Kapoor.
Weighed over 80 kilograms (about 180 pounds) when offered Saawariya (2007). After she returned from Singapore, she got into weight training with Shervir and Monisha as well as artistic yoga with Bharat Thakur.
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