Sonam
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- This article is about the actress Sonam. For the upcoming actress Sonam Kapoor see Sonam Kapoor.
Sonam (born in 1972, India) is a former Bollywood actress. She is the niece of character actor Raza Murad.
She first entered India's Hindi film industry Bollywood after being launched by Yash Chopra in the 1988 film Vijay opposite Rishi Kapoor. She shot into fame in the 1989 film Tridev. She was known for the song Tirchi Topi Wale in the film which was very popular at the time.
She was named by her parents as "Bakhtawar" which is used in Punjabi names for a lucky boy. She renamed herself Sonam to have a milder sounding name to suit the Indian film industry. Interestingly the name Sonam is of Tibetan origin and means "The fortunate one" and unfortunately for Bakhtawar is again used for a male child in Tibet.
She made over 30 films from the late 1980s through to 1994 when she married Bollywood film director Rajiv Rai who had directed her in Tridev and Vishwatma. She had to leave India with Rajiv Rai in the late 1990s after an attempt was made on his life by the Mumbai organized crime leader Abu Salem. She is now settled with her husband in the UK and has not made any new films since 1994 although Rajiv still continues to direct Bollywood films occasionally.
It is said she was keen on a comeback in Bollywood, but was prevented from doing so by her husband.
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