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

    Key
    † Denotes feature films that are not yet released

    Films

    YearFilmRoleRef
    1998China GateUditanshu Tandon
    2001LajjaManish
    2002Kabhie Tum Kabhie HumSameer Shastri
    2003Kahan Ho TumJai
    BastiRamesh "Rama" Kulkarni
    BaghbanSanjay Malhotra
    2004Dance Like a ManVishal
    Dil Kya Chahta HaiRamTelevision series
    2006VivahSunil Harishchandra
    2008Cracking The CodeHost
    FashionRahul Arora
    2010I Hate Luv StorysVeer Kapoor
    2013I, Me Aur MainAgastya
    2016Chalk n DusterSunil Thakur
    2018 Batti Gul Meter Chalu SPTL Head
    2019Student of the Year 2Principal
    2021 Mumbai Saga Sunil Khaitan [8]
    The Big BullSanjiv Kohli
    State of Siege: Temple AttackCM Choksi
    ChehreG. S. Oswal
    2022NikammaRaman Singh

    Direction

    YearShow/Film
    2018My Birthday Song

    Television

    YearShowRole
    1995SamandarNavy officer
    1996A Mouthful of SkyAshok Mathur
    1999-2000Hello FriendsSamir
    2003–2005Jassi Jaissi Koi NahinPurab Mehra
    2004SaaksshiShekhar Sengupta
    2005Kumkum - Ek Pyara Sa BandhanAdvocate Yash Thakur
    2010Bigg Boss 4Contestant
    2011–2013ParichayAdvocate Kunal Chopra
    2013–2014Khauff BeginsJD
    2015Darr Sabko Lagta HaiVijay

    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

    YearShowAwardCategoryResult
    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. 1 2 3 "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. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "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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