Sonu Sood

Sonu Sood
Occupation	Actor, model, film producer
Years active	1999–present

Sonu Sood is an Indian film actor, model, and producer who acts predominantly in Hindi, Telugu, and Tamil films. He has also appeared in a few Kannada and Punjabi films.

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).^[1][2]

He also appeared in commercials for Apollo Tyres, Airtel etc.^[3][4]

In July 2016, he established the production house Shakti Sagar Productions, which is named after his father, Shakti Sagar.^[5]

Career

In 1999, Sood was introduced to Tamil language films with Kallazhagar. 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.^[4]

In Tollywood, with the release of Super in 2005, he received greater recognition for his work.^[6] 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. 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.^[7] His Kannada debut with Sudeep, Vishnuvardhana (2011), released to positive reviews of his performance.^[8]

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
1999	Kallazhagar	Soumya Narayanan (Priest)	Tamil
1999	Nenjinile	Gangster	Tamil
2000	Hands Up!		Telugu
2000	Sandhitha Velai		Tamil
2001	Majunu		Tamil
2002	Shaheed-E-Azam	Bhagat Singh	Hindi
2002	Zindagi Khoobsurat Hai		Punjabi
2002	Raja	Bhavani	Tamil
2003	Ammailu Abbailu		Telugu
2003	Kovilpatti Veeralakshmi	Rajiv Mathur	Tamil
2003	Kahan Ho Tum	Karan	Hindi
2004	Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero	Lt Col Shah Nawaz Khan	Hindi
2004	Mission Mumbai		Hindi
2004	Yuva	Gopal Singh	Hindi
2005	Sheesha	Raj	Hindi
2005	Chandramukhi	Oomayan	Tamil
2005	Super	Sonu	Telugu
2005	Athadu	Malli	Telugu
2005	Aashiq Banaya Aapne	Karan	Hindi
2005	Siskiyaan	Dr Vishwas	Hindi
2005	Divorce: Not Between Husband and Wife	Siddharth Joshi	Hindi
2006	Ashok	K K	Telugu
2006	Rockin' Meera	Prince	English
2008	Jodhaa Akbar	Prince Sujamal	Hindi	Nominated, Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award
2008	Mr Medhavi	Siddharth	Telugu
2008	Singh Is Kinng	Lakhan 'Lucky' Singh	Hindi
2008	Ek Vivah Aisa Bhi	Prem Ajmera	Hindi
2009	Arundhati	Pasupathi	Telugu	Nandi Award for Best Villain Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award (Telugu)
2009	Dhoondte Reh Jaaoge	Aryan	Hindi
2009	Anjaneyulu	Bada	Telugu
2009	Bangaru Babu	Rajendra	Telugu
2009	Ek Niranjan	Johnny Bhai	Telugu
2009	City of Life	Basu/Peter Patel	English
2010	Dabangg	Chhedi Singh	Hindi	Apsara Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role IIFA Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role
2011	Shakti	Mukthar	Telugu
2011	Theenmaar	Sudhir	Telugu
2011	Bbuddah... Hoga Tera Baap	ACP Karan Malhotra	Hindi
2011	Kandireega	Bhavani	Telugu
2011	Dookudu	Nayak	Telugu
2011	Vishnuvardhana	Adhishesha	Kannada	Nominated, SIIMA Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role - Kannada Nominated, Sandalwood Star Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role Nominated, Bangalore Times Film Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role Male
2011	Osthe	Boxer Daniel	Tamil
2012	Maximum	Inspector Pratap Pandit	Hindi
2012	Uu Kodathara? Ulikki Padathara?	Phanindra Bhupathi	Telugu
2012	Julai	Bittu	Telugu	Nominated, SIIMA Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role - Telugu
2013	Shootout at Wadala	Dilawar Imtiaz Haksar	Hindi
2013	Ramaiya Vastavaiya	Raghuveer	Hindi
2013	Bhai	James	Telugu
2013	R... Rajkumar	Shivraj Gurjar	Hindi
2014	Entertainment	Arjun	Hindi
2014	Aagadu	Damodar	Telugu
2014	Happy New Year	Jagmohan Prakash (Jag)	Hindi
2015	Gabbar Is Back	Balbir Singh	Hindi
2016	Saagasam	Bittu	Tamil
2016	Xuanzang	Harsha	Mandarin
2016	Ishq Positive		Pakistani
2016	Devi	Raj Khanna	Tamil
2016	Abhinetri		Telugu
2016	Tutak Tutak Tutiya		Hindi	Also producer
2017	Madha Gaja Raja		Tamil	Post-production
2017	Kung Fu Yoga		Mandarin Hindi	Post-production

Dubbing career

Film title	Actor	Character	Dub Language	Original Language	Original Year release	Dub Year release	Notes
The Legend of Hercules	Kellan Lutz	Hercules/Alcides	Hindi	English	2014	2014

References

1. Devi (2009-01-29). "TELUGU CINEMASS: Sonu Sood's, Another Hit Arundhati". Telugucinemass.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2011-09-20.
2. Snippets: Finally a nod - The Hindu
3. Sonu Sood turns producer with Lucky Unlucky - The Hindu
4. "Top 100 Handsome Indian Men - Sonu Sood". Webindia123.com. Retrieved 2011-09-20.
5. "Jackie Chan unveils the poster of Sonu Sood's production '2 in 1'"
6. "Super - telugu film - Nagarjuna, Ayesha Takia, Sonu Sood". Idlebrain.com. 2005-05-07. Retrieved 2011-09-20.
7. "Sonu's on a high". Retrieved 12 September 2010.
8. Kannada Review: 'Only Vishnuvardhana' is racy

External links

• Sonu Sood at the Internet Movie Database