Sonam Kapoor is the daughter of Bollywood’s famous actor and producer Anil Kapoor. She is an actress in Hindi films. She is one of the highest fees and many awards winning actresses of the Kapoor industry. She is more in discussion with her statements than her films. Sonam’s favorite actor is her first choice from Bollywood, her father Anil Kapoor as well as Akshay Kumar, Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan in Bollywood. In Hollywood, she is very fond of Leonardo DiCaprio and Christian. In 2012, she ranked 100 Forbes India’s Celebrity based on her income and popularity.
About Sonam Kapoor
- Real Name: Sonam Kapoor Ahuja
- Nick Name: Giraffe and Senior
- Profession: Actress, Model and Film Director
- Date of Birth: 9th June 1985
- Sonam Kapoor age: 39 years
- Net Worth: 18 million Dollars
- Height: 5 feet 7 inches
- Weight: 57 kg
- Body Measurements: 34-26-34 inches
- Body Shape: Slim
- Eye Colour: Dark Brown
- Hair Colour: Rich mahogany
- Sonam Kapoor husband/Spouse: Anand Ahuja (married 2018)
- Parents: Sonam Kapoor father – Anil Kapoor and Sunita Kapoor (Mother)
- Wiki Page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonam_Kapoor
- Facebook profile or page: https://www.facebook.com/OfficialSonamKapoor/
- Twitter profile: https://twitter.com/sonamakapoor
- Instagram profile: https://www.instagram.com/sonamkapoor
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2128238/
Earlier life
Sonam Kapoor, who was born on 9 June 1985 in Mumbai city of Maharashtra state in India, is an Indian actress who appears in Bollywood films. Sonam Kapoor is the daughter of Anil Kapoor and Sunita Kapoor and the granddaughter of filmmaker Surinder Kapoor. She is the niece of producer Boney Kapoor, actors Sanjay Kapoor and Sandeep Marwah. Sonam Kapoor is the eldest of the three children. The other sisters are Hriya and brother Harshvardhan.
She studied at the University of East London and then enrolled in the United World College in South East Asia for an international baccalaureate (international bachelor’s degree). Sonam later graduated from Mumbai University with political science and economics. She is fluent in English, Hindi and Punjabi languages. She has received training in Indian classical and Latin dances.
Sonam Kapoor movies & Film career
Sonam Kapoor’s film journey was not so easy even though she was a part of a big Bollywood family. Her father, mother, uncle and brother had made her name in Bollywood. But Sonam did not resort to her name. Initially, Sonam Kapoor worked in the Sanjay Leela’s film “The Black”. She was working with Bhansali as his assistant. It was a film by Rani Mukerji and Amitabh Bachchan, also featured Sonam Kapoor in a supporting role in 2005.
If we talk about Sonam’s Bollywood film as an actress in the film, it is Saawariya who came in 2007, this was Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s film and Ranbir Kapoor was a co-actor. The film flopped at the box office. Delhi 6 in 2009 The film won the hearts of the people, the film failed to do well at the box office, but the people liked Sonam Kapoor’s acting and bold style. After this, Sonam’s I Hate Luv Storys and Aisha film came out in 2010. But it did not do anything special. The “Thank you and Weather” films came in 2011 and the “Players” of 2012 could not show anything special.
In 2013 Raanjhanaa film forced Sonam Kapoor’s acting and acting to be appreciated by the people. In 2016, Neerja Bhanot’s life-based film ‘Neerja ‘ received the Filmfare Critics Award and National Film Award for Best Actress for this film. The film is also one of the highest-grossing Bollywood female character films.
Social works
Sonam Kapoor also does a lot of social work and at the same time, she is also making women aware of cancer happening in the breasts. In the media, she is called a woman of vocal personality and at the same time, girls consider her one of the most fashionable actresses of Bollywood. Currently, Sonam Kapoor has also joined prestigious brands.
Sonam Kapoor is one of the industry’s highest-paid and most award-winning actresses. She has also been awarded the Filmfare and National Film Awards so far.
Awards and Success
Sonam also received the Best Actress Award from Asia vision Awards, Star Screen Awards, Masala Award Dubai, Filmfare Awards, Zee Cine Awards.
Sonam was nominated for 2 Filmfare Awards. In 2008, she received her first nomination Filmfare Best Female Debut Award for the “Saawariya” film. In the same year, she won Sony Head N Shoulder Fresh Face of the Year Award for the same film.
She won Star Screen Award for Most Promising Newcomer for the Saawariya film. For the same film, she was nominated for Zee Cine Awards in the category of Best Female Debut in 2008. She also nominated for Stardust Award for Saawariya film.
Sonam Kapoor Net worth
Separately, Sonam Kapoor’s net worth is 18 million US dollars. She earned from acting and modeling. After marriage with businessman Anand Ahuja, she has also become the owner of property worth about three thousand crores. According to reports, Anand Ahuja owns a bungalow in Delhi worth Rs 173 crore.
What Sonam likes?
Sonam Kapoor is very fond of writing and outdoor games. She loves Pav Bhaji, Tandoor Crab, Chicken, Mustard Fish and Chocolates.
Anil Kapoor is her first choice in a favorite actor as well as Akshay Kumar, Shah Rukh Khan. She loves Bollywood very much. In Hollywood, she likes Leonardo DiCaprio and Christian Bale.
In Actress, she likes Nutan, Meena Kumari, Priyanka Chopra, Madhuri Dixit. In Hollywood, she likes Maggie Gallenhal and Audrey Hepburn.
In Bollywood films, she likes Devdas, Mr. India and Rang De Basanti. Rome and Paris are Sonam’s favorite places to visit.
Love Affair
Both came close to Sonam and Ranbir Kapoor’s first film Saawariya and there was a lot of discussion in the media about the relationship between them. Still, like the film Saawariya, both of them did not last too long and news of breakup started coming.
After this, Sonam dating businessman Sahir Beri, but due to giving more time to Sahir Beri in her business, Sonam broke up. Apart from this, there was a discussion with the director of the film ‘I Hate Love Story,’ Punit Malhotra.
In 2018, Sonam Kapoor married to Anand Ahuja. They celebrated their honeymoon in the Maldives.