Sonam Kapoor Ahuja is an Indian actress who works in Hindi films.
63 Facts About Sonam Kapoor
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Sonam Kapoor has won a National Film Award and a Filmfare Award, and from 2012 to 2016, she appeared in Forbes India Celebrity 100 list based on her income and popularity.
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Sonam Kapoor made her acting debut in Bhansali's romantic drama Saawariya, a box office flop, and had her first commercial success with the romantic comedy I Hate Luv Storys.
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The 2013 box office hit Raanjhanaa marked a turning point in Sonam Kapoor's career, garnering her praise and Best Actress nominations at several award ceremonies.
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Sonam Kapoor had her biggest commercial successes with supporting roles in the biopics Bhaag Milkha Bhaag and Sanju, and a leading role in the romance Prem Ratan Dhan Payo ; the last two rank among the highest-grossing Bollywood films.
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Sonam Kapoor is married to the businessman Anand Ahuja, with whom she has a son.
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Sonam Kapoor was born in the Chembur, Bombay on 9 June 1985.
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Sonam Kapoor's father is actor and producer Anil Kapoor, the son of the late filmmaker Surinder Kapoor and the founder of the Anil Kapoor Films Company.
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Sonam Kapoor's mother, Sunita, is a former model and designer.
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Sonam Kapoor has two younger siblings: film producer Rhea and brother Harshvardhan.
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Sonam Kapoor is the niece of film producer Boney Kapoor and actor Sanjay Kapoor; actress Sridevi and producer Mona Shourie were her aunts.
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The family moved to the suburb of Juhu when Sonam Kapoor was one month old.
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Sonam Kapoor was educated at the Arya Vidya Mandir school in Juhu, where she confessed to being a "naughty" and "carefree" child who would bully the boys.
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Sonam Kapoor excelled at sports such as rugby and basketball, and trained in Kathak, classical music and Latin dance.
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Sonam Kapoor, who practices Hinduism, states that she is "quite religious", and that it is a way of "reminding myself that I need to be thankful for so much".
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Sonam Kapoor enrolled at the United World College of South East Asia in Singapore for her pre-university education, where she studied theatre and arts.
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Sonam Kapoor has said she later started courses in economics and political science through University of Mumbai correspondence programme, after returning from University of East London where she began her bachelor's degree in the same subjects but returned to Mumbai soon after she began.
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Sonam Kapoor, who had originally wanted to be a director and writer, expressed a desire to work as a crew member on the film.
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Sonam Kapoor was advised to lose weight; at the time, she weighed about 80 kilograms.
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In 2009, Sonam Kapoor played an aspiring singer opposite Waheeda Rehman and Abhishek Bachchan in the Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra-directed social drama Delhi-6.
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CNN-IBN's Rajeev Masand referred to Sonam Kapoor as a "revelation", writing that she was "a firecracker, instinctive and uninhibited in what isn't even a conventional female lead".
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Sonam Kapoor played an engaged woman who develops a one-sided attraction to her commitment-phobic co-worker.
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Sonam Kapoor next played the eponymous role in Aisha, an ensemble romantic comedy-drama based on Jane Austen's novel Emma, which was produced by her sister Rhea.
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Sonam Kapoor described her character as "a meddlesome busybody with a passion for matchmaking and playing Cupid".
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An Indo-Asian News Service reviewer thought that Sonam Kapoor had stood out in the ensemble with her performance, making "the best of a rather rare opportunity for an Indian leading lady to be part of a Bollywood film that salutes Victorian mores and Delhi's elitist affectations in one clean cool sweep".
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In 2011, Sonam Kapoor starred in Thank You, a comedy about three women who teach a lesson to their philandering husbands.
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The film, along with Sonam Kapoor's performance, received poor reviews; Nikhat Kazmi of The Times of India called her "terribly out of sync".
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Sonam Kapoor then played the romantic interest of Shahid Kapoor in the Pankaj Kapur-directed romantic drama, Mausam, which was poorly received.
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Sonam Kapoor's role was originally written for Katrina Kaif, who was unavailable for the film.
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Sonam Kapoor's role was that of Zoya Haider, a young Muslim student from Varanasi who is drawn into politics after the murder of her Sikh lover.
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Sonam Kapoor studied Jaya Bachchan's work in Guddi, which she felt was "perfect" for her role.
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Sonam Kapoor followed the success of Raanjhanaa with a brief appearance in Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, a biopic on athlete Milkha Singh.
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Sonam Kapoor received 11 for the film, made on a budget of 300 million, citing her admiration for director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra and the film itself as reasons for her appearance.
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Critic Sarita A Tanwar wrote in her review that despite her minor role, Kapoor proved to "be the perfect warm counterpart to Milkha".
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In 2014, Sonam Kapoor portrayed the banker Mayera Sehgal opposite Ayushmann Khurrana and Rishi Sonam Kapoor in the Yash Raj Films comedy-drama Bewakoofiyaan, in a role which film critic Anupama Chopra found to be poorly written and an "uphill climb".
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Sonam Kapoor next starred with Fawad Khan in the romantic comedy Khoobsurat, an adaptation of the 1980 film of the same name, playing the role which had originally been given to Rekha.
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In 2015, Sonam Kapoor starred as a runaway bride in Dolly Ki Doli, a heist comedy co-starring Pulkit Samrat, Rajkummar Rao and Varun Sharma.
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Sonam Kapoor portrayed Rajkumari Maithili Devi, a princess looking for love.
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Sonam Kapoor was praised by Rachit Gupta for her credibility as a royal, and Komal Nahta thought that the role was significant enough to be a turning point in her career.
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Sonam Kapoor was cast as the eponymous air hostess Neerja Bhanot, who died while saving the passengers of the hijacked Pan Am Flight 73 in 1986.
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Sonam Kapoor felt responsible towards the project because it is about real events, and met Bhanot's family as a preparation for her role.
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Sonam Kapoor looks earnest, scared, benevolent and bold, all at the same time.
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Sonam Kapoor said that the length of the role is of little importance to her as long as the film has "relevance beyond just having a good time at the movies".
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Sonam Kapoor liked featuring in a film that addresses important social issues and is about something more than just entertainment.
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On 8 May 2018, Sonam Kapoor married Indian businessman Anand Ahuja in a traditional Sikh ceremony in Bandra, Mumbai.
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Sonam Kapoor said that despite her brief role, she agreed to the project to work with Hirani and to reunite with Ranbir Sonam Kapoor after her debut.
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In 2019, Kapoor starred in the coming-of-age film Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga, co-starring her father, Juhi Chawla, and Rajkummar Rao.
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Sonam Kapoor played a closeted lesbian who has trouble coming out to her conservative family.
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Sonam Kapoor agreed to the project to break stereotypes about same-sex relationships in India.
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Sonam Kapoor next starred in Abhishek Sharma's film adaptation of Anuja Chauhan's romantic comedy novel The Zoya Factor, in which she played the titular character of a clumsy woman who becomes a lucky charm for the Indian cricket team.
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Sonam Kapoor has since said, "I will try to do the best I can as a mother, which means that acting will definitely take a backseat, but I don't think I will ever stop working completely".
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Sonam Kapoor is a popular figure nationally, with a significant following on Twitter and Facebook since 2009.
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Sonam Kapoor appeared on The Huffington Post list of "100 most influential women on Twitter" in 2015.
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Sonam Kapoor has been described by the media as a style icon, and featured on Rediff.
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Sonam Kapoor was named Woman of the Year by the men's magazine GQ India in 2013.
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In 2014 and 2015, Sonam Kapoor reached 31st place and 26th position, respectively, peaking at the 18th position the following year with an annual income of 200 million.
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In 2020, Sonam Kapoor was among several Bollywood actors who were called out for posting Instagram messages showing solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement, despite their previous work advertising skin-lightening products which perpetuate colorism.
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In 2012, Sonam Kapoor asked fans to donate to the Ogaan Cancer Foundation for her birthday, and collaborated with the foundation to increase awareness of breast cancer.
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Sonam Kapoor is the brand ambassador for the Elle Breast Cancer Campaign.
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Sonam Kapoor is vocal in her support for LGBT rights in India.
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Sonam Kapoor launched the trailer of the film, Sisak, India's first silent gay love story, through her Twitter account in January 2017.
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Sonam Kapoor auctioned some of her clothes on stylist Pernia Qureshi's online fashion boutique, Pernia's Pop-Up Shop, in 2012.
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Sonam Kapoor walked the ramp in a 2015 fashion show by Manish Malhotra for the Mijwan Welfare Society, a non-profit organisation dedicated to empowering girls.