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Sonam Kapoor (born June 9, 1985) is an Indian film actress, daughter of Anil Kapoor and Sunita Kapoor and niece of producer Boney Kapoor, actor Sanjay Kapoor. Kapoor studied at Arya Vidya Mandir and then enrolled in the United World College of South East Asia to do her International Baccalaureate. She later graduated from the University of Mumbai with Political Science and Economics as her majors. She is fluent in English, Hindi, and Punjabi. She has received training in classical and Latin dance forms.Before starting her career off as an actress, Kapoor worked as an assistant under Sanjay Leela Bhansali, and assisted him during the making of his film, Black (2005). She made her debut alongside newcomer Ranbir Kapoor in Bhansali's Saawariya (2007), which failed to do well at the box office. Her performance was opened to good response by most critics.
Year Movie Role Notes
2007 Saawariya Sakina Nominated for
Best Female Debut Awards
2008 Dilli 6 Post-production




Favorite Movie: Devdas
Favorite Hollywood Movie: Titanic
Favorite Actor: Anil Kapoor
Favorite Actress: Rani Mukherjee
Favorite Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali


HOBBIES:

Reading

Shopping

Writing

Playing squash

Playing basketball

Video games

Painting

SONAM'S QUOTES
About Herself:
I like books a lot. When I was younger I finished Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, Enid Blyton rather than playing with dolls or going out. My friends hate that about me. But I love reading and movies because you can be in another world. I'm a nerd.

Crave to create. We lived in a very creative atmosphere. I loved watching Sridevi, Madhuri and Rani dance. I joined Kathak classes and learnt it for 12 years.

About Sanjay Leela Bhansali:
If I wanted to act with him, I would not have gone as a 90-kilo girl. I would have done my eyebrows, not worn glasses and at least groomed myself a little bit before going. That was not my intention, I was too young and I wanted to go to university but it was destiny or fate I don't know but I wanted to work with him.

About Ranbir Kapoor:
Ranbir is a childhood friend and one of my best friends. There's a comfort level that's always been there. So there was no competition. I know he's going to be a huge star so maybe I can get some mileage out of that too. So if the movie does well and he's going to be a huge star, maybe something will happen for me also.

About Rani Mukerji:
Well, basides being a family friend, Rani is one of my favourite actors and she was most amazing on the sets of Black, where I assisted Mr Bhansali. It was very touching that she knew all the assistants by name. When we would all sit down for lunch, she'd recount the most funny anecdotes. We'd just crack up all the time. But I actually realised what a genuine person she was when there was a continuity jerk with one of the assistants... It was on a close-up of Mr Bachchan and he's too senior for a mess up to happen. Rani realised what was happening and she quickly took the blame, saying it wasn't the assistant's fault but hers. That was such a learning experience for me.



So guys, tell me what do you think about Sonam Kapoor, a girl who who has graced several different magazine covers in a short period of time:

Cosmopolitan
Filmfare
Hello
L'Officiel
Seventeen
Stardust
Verve
Grazia





What do you feel about the Ranbir-Sonam Issue, do you wish they could have stayed together as a couple? Do they look better than Ranbir and Deepika?
What is your take on the SONABIR craze at the moment?


Are you looking forward to Dilli 6? What expectations do you hold of Sonam after Saawariya, which flopped? Although she was praised for her acting?


What do you think of the rumours surrounding Sonam and Kunal Kapoor? Who do you think Sonam would look good with in a film or in real life?


What opinion do you hold of Sonam as an actress & person? Do you think the fact her father is Anil Kapoor makes people have higher expectations of her?


Deepika Padukone won all the best female debutante awards last year while real life boyfriend and Sonam's co-star and ex Ranbir Kapoor won the all the awards for the best male debut. Although Sonam did win Stardust Superstar of Tommorow Award. Is this fair that Sonam got no awards and didn't even get any joint awards with Deepika? Lara Dutta and Priyanka Chopra one year got many joint awards for best female debutante.


Thanx Guys for Responding in Advance and you do not need to stick to the questions above. The questions are just there to get you thinking!!





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Posted: 17 years ago
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wowwwwwwwwww owowwwwwww wow my angl is the celeb wil answer all that in detail later
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Posted: 17 years ago
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i will ans shortly sona zindabad
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Posted: 17 years ago
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Hi!
Great to have Sonam up here. 👏....What can be said about all these issues surrounding her - her illustrious lineage.....papa's princess...Ranbir's ex-best friend...a beautiful and talented debutante....a quantum of potential just waiting to explode into fireworks...and a girl with with wind in her hair wanting to ride a caraousel across the sky to a place where God runs HIS dream factory....
Since Sona likes to count only the best things and blessings in her life , shoving all negativity back into the face of her detractors, haters etc....I'll only say positive things about the girl's life.....
Sonam is not a high-and-mighty star material... she is this aqua-fresh bubblegum girl you could have a crush on as she walked her dog across your neighbourhood... she has that pristine appearance of the likes of Waheeda and Audrey Hepburn....coupled with an earthy charm signature of Rani and Kajol ......simply irresistible with that infectious peculiar brand of her charm....
Sonam may not be my fave actresses as the girl has just begun and her talent will chisel under watchful eyes.... but she is definitely one of my favourite people.... her face is very affable... it seems to say ..." Come away with me to the end of the world".
The girl's journey has just begun and the path is all uphill...and knowing the girl......we'll surely seen the red flag of victory amongst the snow....
March on soldier.... the best is yet to be...
Posted: 17 years ago
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umm for the last question..
i dont think it was fair that Deepika won them..(she didnt even act well)
Sonam's role i thought was better and she could have more..or like a joint award-with deepika..
and with dili6..im not sure if im exicted about it.. wanna watch sum promos first.
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Posted: 17 years ago
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What do you feel about the Ranbir-Sonam Issue, do you wish they could have stayed together as a couple? Do they look better than Ranbir and Deepika?
What is your take on the SONABIR craze at the moment?

well they were never a couple,but good friends.......so I just want them to stay as gud friends or if they want they cann bee gf/bf. yesh yesh yesh,they luk much much muchh bttr the r-d.r-d juss luk weird 2gether,while r-s look mazing.

Are you looking forward to Dilli 6? What expectations do you hold of Sonam after Saawariya, which flopped? Although she was praised for her acting?

yehh i amm,since i finalli get to see sonamm bak on screen,and i do hava alot of expectattionss,and i want the film to be supa dupa hittt.=D

What opinion do you hold of Sonam as an actress & person? Do you think the fact her father is Anil Kapoor makes people have higher expectations of her?

well I love her,she hasa nice personality,she's down to earth nd all.
yes i doo,nd i think tahts why she nvr got ''awesome'' reviews in her acting,cuz ppl were expecting too much.


Deepika Padukone won all the best female debutante awards last year while real life boyfriend and Sonam's co-star and ex Ranbir Kapoor won the all the awards for the best male debut. Although Sonam did win Stardust Superstar of Tommorow Award. Is this fair that Sonam got no awards and didn't even get any joint awards with Deepika? Lara Dutta and Priyanka Chopra one year got many joint awards for best female debutante.

NO!NO!NO!,i dunn gett why deepika even won awrds,she didn;t even act tht well...but sonam didnt either,so i thought they wud've got the samee number of awrds,but then again srk's movies always gets all de awrds,so wht am i talking bout *rolls eyes* sonam deserved tem more then otha ppl





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Posted: 17 years ago
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What do you feel about the Ranbir-Sonam Issue, do you wish they could have stayed together as a couple? Well, in reality, people change and it is not neccessary that they have the same outlook on others as we see them...naturally, I'd rather see Sonam with Deepika but even if they're not together it doesn't bother me that much..Do they look better than Ranbir and Deepika? Sonam + Ranbir look more like the casual cool couple that are cozily into one another and they look like the typical high school sweethearts that are meant to be together... Ranbir + Deepika look very much elegant and maybe more good looking together than they are apart
What is your take on the SONABIR craze at the moment? I think its died down ALOT since what it was last November when the movie released...the sonabir craze really was a huge craze which everyone hoped for them to be together..but alas when that didn't happen i think that craze slowly drifted as well


Are you looking forward to Dilli 6? Yup! Sonam as an actress seems very versitile and she's become my recent favorite for being soo simple looking but yet so glam! I want to see her as an all rounder rather than always being known as that saawariya girl... What expectations do you hold of Sonam after Saawariya, which flopped? I think she needs time and experience..those both put together teaches you more than any acting school will teach you... I think she'll naturally grow and she has the onscreen grace and likability so im sure she'll do well... Although she was praised for her acting? I think she's an "okay" acteress..you cannot expect a debut actor to act like an actor who's been in the industry for far much more longer time... like i said, it'll take tiem but she'll eventually get there


What do you think of the rumours surrounding Sonam and Kunal Kapoor? who knows? I sometimes wish he was with Konkona instead Who do you think Sonam would look good with in a film or in real life? in a film = anyone! she has the ability to fit in with anyone... in real life = although im tempted to say ranbir but i'd rather not have them together if he's already madly in love with deepika...but whoever she's happy with I guess??


What opinion do you hold of Sonam as an actress & person? As a person! Do you think the fact her father is Anil Kapoor makes people have higher expectations of her? Not really, that bring popularity..although it may bring in some sort of expectations I doubt that is all they see


Deepika Padukone won all the best female debutante awards last year while real life boyfriend and Sonam's co-star and ex Ranbir Kapoor won the all the awards for the best male debut. Although Sonam did win Stardust Superstar of Tommorow Award. Is this fair that Sonam got no awards and didn't even get any joint awards with Deepika? Lara Dutta and Priyanka Chopra one year got many joint awards for best female debutante. Deepika and Sonam both did well, when it comes to awards you're not gonna give sympathy awards...only the one who did the best in that category will win..maybe another time sonam will win and deepika won't...this doesn't tell that one is worse than the other, its just based off of that particular year and nomination
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Posted: 17 years ago
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I think that Sonam Kapoor is a very promising actress and has great potential. It doesn't really matter if Saawariya didn't do well at the box office, I still liked it and thought that she gave a very good performance. I'm also happy that she was appreciated for her role. We often hear people say that being a star's son/daughter is easy but I don't really agree with that. It doesn't work all the time and may give you a certain amount of films. After that you need to prove yourself as an actor/actress. Being the daughter of Anil Kapoor, whom himself is a fine actor, must be difficult for Sonam in the sense that expectations from her are quite high. But she has the talent and I'm sure she will go far in life.

In my opinion, I think that Sonam equally deserved the best debutant female award, with Deepika. Sonam only received it from stardust. The fact that her film did not do well at the box office does not mean that she isn't worthy of the award. As mentioned, both Priyanka and Lara received the awards for Andaaz, which I found to be very strange. Personally speaking, I felt that only Priyanka deserved it, yet both actresses were jointly given the award. I don't believe in joint awards but if Priyanka and Lara can share it, I don't see why they couldn't give it to both Deepika and Sonam.
There are a lot of expectations from her next release, and I'm really looking forward to it. Hope it does well. But hits and flops are also a matter of good fortune as well. Hopefully luck will shine on Sonam.
As for Sonam and Ranbir, I think they both have chemistry onscreen and it's evident that they share a good understanding. Whoever they choose as a partner is entirely their own personal choice but as an onscreen couple I hope to see them together again soon. I felt dissapointed when they didn't get together in Saawariya, despite me being a Salman Khan fan!
Good luck to Sonam👍🏼
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Posted: 17 years ago
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well i think v have 2 wait the star is coming out in dilli 6 vey soon
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Posted: 17 years ago
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I am really excited to see Sonam in Dilli 6 but I was wondering does she have any more films she is doing as I really wanna see her in more movies but apperntly Dilli 6 may come out in 2009!!

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