Samir Soni
Soni in 2016
Years active1995–present
Spouses
Rajlakshmi Khanvilkar
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(m. 1996; div. 1997)​
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(m. 2011)​
Children1

Samir Soni is an Indian film and television actor, director and former fashion model.

Career

Soni made his debut in the Hindi serial Samandar. In 1996, he appeared as Ashok Mathur in Doordarshan's A Mouthful Of Sky. He made his film debut in China Gate (1998), which was followed by cameo appearances. In 2003, Soni appeared in the film Baghban and played lead roles in Basti and Kahan Ho Tum. Also that year, Soni also worked in the television series Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin. In 2004, he worked in Saaksshi. Soni featured as a contestant in the reality television show Bigg Boss 4 in 2010.[1]

Soni played the lead role in Ekta Kapoor's Indian soap opera Parichay - Nayee Zindagi Kay Sapno Ka (2013), which earned him the Indian Telly Award for Best Actor,[2] and ITA Award for Best Actor - Drama (Popular) in 2012.[3]

In 2018, he debuted as a film director with My Birthday Song, starring Sanjay Suri.[4][5]

Personal life

Sameer Soni with wife Neelam Kothari in 2012

Through modeling, he met Rajlakshmi Khanvilkar.[6] The two were married for six months before they divorced.[6] He was in a relationship with Nafisa Joseph and got engaged to her. The engagement lasted two years before they broke up. On 24 January 2011, he married former actress Neelam Kothari. Together they adopted a daughter.[7]

Filmography

As Actor

Year Film Role Reference(s)
1998 China Gate Uditanshu Tandon
2001 Lajja Manish
2002 Kabhie Tum Kabhie Hum Sameer Shastri
2003 Kahan Ho Tum Jai
Basti Ramesh "Rama" Kulkarni
Baghban Sanjay Malhotra
2004 Dance Like a Man Vishal
2006 Vivah Sunil Harishchandra
2008 Cracking The Code Host
Fashion Rahul Arora
2010 I Hate Luv Storys Veer Kapoor
2013 I, Me Aur Main Agastya
2016 Chalk n Duster Sunil Thakur
2018 Batti Gul Meter Chalu SPTL Head
2019 Student of the Year 2 Principal
2021 Mumbai Saga Sunil Khaitan [8]
The Big Bull Sanjiv Kohli
State of Siege: Temple Attack CM Choksi
Chehre G. S. Oswal
2022 Nikamma Raman Singh

As Director

Year Show/Film
2018 My Birthday Song

Television

Year Show Role
1995 Samandar Navy officer
1996 A Mouthful of Sky Ashok Mathur
1999-2000 Hello Friends Samir
2003–2005 Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin Purab Mehra
2004 Saaksshi Shekhar Sengupta
2005 Kumkum - Ek Pyara Sa Bandhan Advocate Yash Thakur
2010 Bigg Boss 4 Contestant
2011–2013 Parichay Advocate Kunal Chopra
2013–2014 Khauff Begins JD
2015 Darr Sabko Lagta Hai Vijay

Web series

Year Title Role
2017 Bewafaa sii Wafaa Sumer Singh Bajaj
2018 Toothbrush Vinod
2019 Puncch Beat Rajbir Chaudhary
2020–present Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives Himself
2021 Cartel Dorabjee
2023 Made in Heaven Gullu
P I Meena Dr. Nair

Accolades

Year Show Award Category Result
2012 Parichay
Indian Telly Awards Best Actor (Popular) Won[2]
Best Onscreen Couple
(along with Keerti Nagpure)
 Nominated[2]
Boroplus Gold Awards Best Actor (Jury) Won[9]
Indian Television Academy Awards Best Actor (Popular) Won[3]
People's Choice Awards India Favourite Drama Actor Nominated[10]

References

  1. ^ "Exclusive biography of #SameerSoni and on his life". Archived from the original on 8 December 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  2. ^ a b c "Samir Soni wins Best Actor (Popular) at 11th Indian Telly Awards for Parichay". Archived from the original on 2 July 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
  3. ^ a b "Samir Soni wins Best Actor at ITA 2012 for Parichay". Archived from the original on 21 October 2013.
  4. ^ "Samir Soni talks about his directorial debut Bollywood movie". The Moviean. 11 January 2018. Archived from the original on 21 February 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  5. ^ "Samir Soni as Director Debut for My Birthday Song Movie". 15 January 2018. Archived from the original on 16 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  6. ^ a b "Samir Soni". Sawf News. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
  7. ^ "Neelam-Sameer to tie the knot tonite!". rediff. Archived from the original on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
  8. ^ "Sanjay Gupta nervous to shoot for 'Mumbai Saga'". Times of India. 27 August 2019. Archived from the original on 27 August 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  9. ^ "Samir Soni wins Best Actor (Critics) at Gold Awards,2012 for Parichay". Archived from the original on 16 June 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
  10. ^ "Nominees of People's Choice Awards,2012". Archived from the original on 9 November 2012.

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