Samir Soni
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| Born: | September 29, 1968 Delhi, India |
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| Occupation: | Actor |
| Website: | [IMDB profile] |
Samir Soni or Sameer Soni (born September 29, 1968) is an Indian actor of Punjabi origin who is a Hindu and he works for Bollywood. He stands 5'10.
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[edit] Biography
Samir Soni is from Delhi. He did his schooling from St. Xavier's school, Delhi and graduated from University of California, Los Angeles summa cum laude in Economics. Prior to his Bollywood career, Samir was an investment banker with with one of the bulge bracket firms on Wall Street in New York. He has attended acting courses in New York and Los Angeles. He worked at Wall Street before coming back to India to start modeling. Through modeling he found his ex-spouse Rajlaxmi Khanvilkar. The two were married for six months before they divorced. Khanvilkar is now married to one-time actor Rahul Roy. After that Soni was involved in a three year relationship with the late Nafisa Joseph, Miss India 1997. He loves reading books.His favourite author is Deepak Chopra.
[edit] Acting career
He made his mark as the cunning but slick Ashok Gupta in Doordarshan's A Mouth Of Sky in 1996, followed by forgettable cameos in films.
In 2003, he worked in the popular television series Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin that aired on Sony and the film Baghban. Samir also worked in Basti in the same year. In 2004, he worked in another popular show on Sony channel called Saaksshi. Samiir is multi-lingual and can play a range of characters both on TV and in films.
[edit] Filmography
- Vivaah (2006) ... Sunil
- Saaksshi (2004)TV Series... Shekhar Sengupta
- Baghban (2003)... Sanjay
- Basti (2003)... Ramesh Kulkarni a.k.a. Rama
- Kahan Ho Tum (2003)
- Dance Like a Man (2003)
- Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin (2003) TV Series... Purab
- Kabhie Tum Kabhie Hum (2002)
- Lajja (2001)
- China Gate (1998)... Uditanshu Tandon
[edit] References
- ^ IMDB entry. Retrieved on November 3, 2006.
