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Bollywood Actors

Samir Soni

Samir SoniSamir Soni Biography :

Born : September 29, 1970
Age  : 45
Birthplace : London, United Kingdom
Spouse: Neelam Kothari (m. 2011), Rajlaxmi R. Roy (m. 1996–1997)
Children: Ahana Soni
Education: St. Xavier’s School, Delhi, University of California, Los Angeles

Samir Soni is not an unknown name in TV and B Town. He is a popular TV and film actor and even a former model who hails from London, the UK wherein he was born and brought up at. He has been living in Mumbai since 2007. He was born on 29th September 1968 in London in an Indian family. He did his schooling from St. Xaviers in Delhi and later went to the US to attend University of California to do his graduation in Economics. He then started his career in investment banking working with one of the big bulge bracket firms in Wall Street in NY before he returned to Mumbai in the nineties to pursue his career in modelling. Before entering the modelling course, he also attended certain courses in acting in LA and NY.

Soni made his debut in acting with a TV serial called Samandar wherein he was seen as a Navy Officer in 1995. The very next year he was seen in an English TV serial called A Mouthful Of Sky by Ashok Mathur, which was directed by Mahesh Bhatt. He then got a number of TV serials Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahi, Dance Like Man, Saaksshi and Parichay apart from being seen in Bigg Boss in 2010. He then got his debut in Bollywood films called China Gate in the year 1998, which then gave him a couple of smaller roles and cameos in films like Baghban, Basti and Kahan Ho Tum to name a few.

Some of his other movies include Vivah, Fashion, I Hate Love Storys and I Me Aur Main. His upcoming movie is Chalk N Duster, which he is doing along with Juhi Chawla and Zarina Wahab along with slew of other actors. As far as awards is concerned, he got three awards for the TV serial called Parichay under the category of Best Actor both Jury and Popular for Indian Telly Awards and ITAA. Talking about his personal life, he married Rajlakshi Khanilkar and later got separated he then dated late model Nafisa Joseph for a while and then met Neelam Kothari B Town actress whom after dating he got married in 2011. The couple has adopted a girl child and has named Aahana.

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