Sonu Sood ( Real Life Hero & Reel Life Villain)

was born on 30 July, 1973. As an Indian film actor, model, and producer he has achieved great success. He has worked in different languages like English, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Punjabi.

Family Picture

With his wife Sonali & sons( Ishaant & Ayaan)

Education:

At his childhood

During school days

After schooling he completed B. E from Yeshwantrao Chavan College of Engineering, Nagpur.

Awards & achievements:

Year	Award	Reason
2009	The Andhra Pradesh State Nandi Awar	Best Villain
2009	The Filmfare Award, Telugu	Best Supporting Actor in the Telugu blockbuster Arundhati
2010	The Apsara Award	Best Actor in a Negative Role
2010	The IIFA Award	Best Performance in a Negative Role for the Bollywood blockbuster Dabangg
2012	The SIIMA Award	Best Actor in a Negative Role for Julayi

In July 2016, he established the production house " Shakti Sagar Productions" , which is named after his father, Shakti Sagar Sood.

Career:

He wanted to pursue his career as modelling. So from his college days he started going to gym and he worked day and night to get the body shape you are looking today.

Hunk like body everyone dreams of

(N. B- He is vegetarian & a great devotee of lord Ganesha.)

Extreme workout

He then went to Mumbai and started doing office job where he used to be paid Rs. 4500 monthly. That time he used to have a monthly pass which has gone viral now:

Viral monthly pass

He had also participated in the Grasim Mr. India contest and reached the top 5.

He then started playing the roles as a co-star & villain in Tollywood & Bollywood.

Some of his works are as follows :

R. Rajkumar

Simmba

Tutak Tutak Tutiya

Dabangg

Kung fu yoga

Arundhuti

Aashiq Banaya Aapne

In Tollywood, the film 'Super' in 2005, gave him greater recognition for his work. In this film, his co-star was Nagarjuna as a high-tech thief.

He also did films like Athadu, Jodha Akbar, Anjaneyulu, Ek Niranjan, Vishnuvardhana.

The reason he came to limelight is the way he helped thousands of stranded Indian Migrant Workers to reach their homes throughout India. He not only arranged buses but also provided them foods & drinking water. Amid the nationwide lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in the month of May & June he did this for which he was hailed as a true hero nationwide.

He really proved that :

"आत्मार्थं जीवलोकेऽस्मिन् को न जीवति मानवः ।
परं परोपकारार्थं यो जीवति स जीवति ॥"