DOB: 9 June 1985

Status: Single

Debut Film: Sawaariya

Biography: Sonam Kapoor, the daughter of actor Anil Kapoor, has just made her debut in Bollywood with Sawaariya. She assisted Sanjay Leela Bhansali during the filming of 'Black'. 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. She loves to dance and  is trained in Kathak, classical music, and Latin dance. She is fluent in Sindhi, Hindi, English and Punjabi.

No of Marriages: None

Most Remembered For: None

Litigations involved: None

Jail term served: None

Favourites

Songs:  Jab Koyi Baat Bigad Jaye, Raat Kali Ek Khwaab Mein aaye, Somewhere Over The Rainbow, Don't Cry For Me Argentina, Strangers In The Night, Choli Ke Peeche, Aaj Mein Upar Aasmaan Neeche,  Kabhi Kabhi Mere Dil Mein and Ek Ladki Ko Dekha.

Composers: A.R. Rahman and Red Hot Chilli Peppers.

Movies: all of Satyajit Ray's films (especially Pather Panchali (1955)), all of Raj Kapoor movies, Guide, Mr India , Devdas, Black, Saawariya , Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet, Titanic , Bandini , all of Steven Spielberg's movies (especially Schindler's List ), and The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali.

Actresses: Sridevi, Madhuri Dixit, Kajol, Tabu, Rani Mukherjee, Kareena Kapoor, and Priyanka Chopra.

Actor:  father Anil Kapoor.

Books:  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 Brontë's Jane Eyre, and books by all the Bronte sisters.

Brands: Chanel, Jean Paul Gaultier, and Dior.

Filmography

Saawariya – 2007

 Projects in the Pipeline

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