1. Sophie Choudry was born on 8 February 1982 and is a British singer and actress based in India.
12 Facts About Sophie Choudry
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Sophie Choudry has been active primarily in Hindi-language films and is a former MTV India VJ and occasional model, and television presenter.
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Sophie Choudry was born in Manchester and brought up in London.
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Sophie Choudry's father was a major fan of Sophia Loren and hence her birthname is "Sophia", however she now goes by the name "Sophie".
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BollySpice reports, that while still studying, Sophie Choudry became a VJ for Zee UK.
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Sophie Choudry took a few classes in Indian classical dance as Bharatnatyam, which she learnt in London for four years as well as Western dances like salsa.
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Sophie Choudry is well trained in Western classical music, which she learnt for three years in the UK from Helena Shenel, as well as in Indian classical music, which she learnt from Pandit Ashkaran Sharma.
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In 2000, Sophie Choudry started her career as a pop singer with her all-female band "Sansara" with a song which Sophie Choudry herself wrote.
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Sophie Choudry then moved to Mumbai in 2003, becoming a VJ for MTV India and hosting the popular show MTV Loveline, which eventually gained her popularity.
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In December 2009, Choudry launched her album Sound of Sophie, which had no remixes, but only original numbers.
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Sophie Choudry worked with well-known music composers such as Rishi Rich, Bappi Lahiri, Biddu and Gaurav Das Gupta in the album.
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Sophie Choudry made her film debut with David Dhawan's Shaadi No 1 in 2005.