Anup Soni

Anup Soni (born 30 January 1975)^[4] is an Indian actor and anchor. He is an alumnus of the National School of Drama.^[5] Soni began his career with roles in television serials such as Sea Hawks and Saaya. He then took a break from television to work in films. He appeared in the 2003 films Kharaashein: Scars From Riots,^[6] Hum Pyar Tumhi Se Kar Baithe^[7] as well as Hathyar.^[8][9] In 2004, he appeared in Ashoke Pandit's film Sheen.^[10] But he returned to television to work in CID: Special Bureau.^[11] He continues working both in films and television, and he previously worked in the serial Crime Patrol on Sony.^[12]

Anoop Soni
Soni at the Colors Indian Telly Awards, 2012
Born	(1975-01-30) 30 January 1975 (age 50)[1] Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation(s)	Actor, model
Years active	1993–present
Known for	Crime Patrol CID Special Bureau Balika Vadhu
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Spouse(s)	Ritu Soni ​ ​ (m. 1999; div. 2010)​ [2][3] Juhi Babbar ​ (m. 2011)​
Children	3

Personal life

Anup Soni has married twice. His first wife was Ritu Soni, who he married in 1999.^[13] He has two daughters from this marriage: Zoya (born 2004) and Myra (born 2008). The couple got divorced in 2010.^[14]

Within a few months, on 14 March 2011, Soni married Juhi Babbar in a quiet ceremony attended only by family and close friends. He became her second husband. Juhi Babbar is the daughter of actor-turned-politician Raj Babbar and former wife of film director Bejoy Nambiar. Soni and Babbar met while working in a play produced by Nadira Babbar (Juhi's mother).^[15][16] In 2012, Juhi gave birth to their son Imaan.

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	References
1999	Godmother	Meru Bhai
2000	Fiza
2001	Deewaanapan
2002	Raaz
2002	Hathyar	Fracture Nagya
2002	Kharaashein: Scars From Riots		[6]
2002	Hum Pyar Tumhi Se Kar Baithe		[7]
2003	Gangaajal	Inspector Neelkanth Tiwari
2003	Kagaar: Life on the Edge	Adi
2003	Khushi	Vicky
2003	Footpath	Police Inspector Singh
2003	Inteha	Rohit
2004	Des Hoyaa Pardes	SHO Randhawa
2004	Sheen	Shuakat
2005	Karkash
2005	Apaharan
2006	Tathastu
2007	Dus Kahaniyaan		Anthology film, story Rice Plate
2009	Chal Chalein
2010	Sukhmani: Hope for Life
2010	Striker	Chandrakant Sarang
2019	Prassthanam	Shiv	[17]
2019	Fatteshikast	Shaista Khan	Movie on ZEE5
2020	Class of '83		[18]
2020	Khaali Peeli	Ravi / Babuji
2021	Satyameva Jayate 2	DCP Rajmohan Upadhyay
2022	Saas Bahu Achaar Pvt. Ltd.	Dilip	[19]
2024	Mirg

Television

Year	Show	Role	Notes
1994	Shanti	Shekha
1994	Tehkikaat		Episodes 30 and 31
1996–1997	Aahat		Season 1 Episodes 35, 55, 80 and 81
1997	Sea Hawks	ACP Kumar
1997	Byomkesh Bakshi	Nikhil	Season 2 Episode 19
1997–1999	Saturday Suspense		Episode 2
		Ashish	Episode 61
		Inspector Joshi	Episode 64
		Crime Branch Insp. Anirudh	Episode 76
		Adv. Akash Verma	Episode 80
		Vilas Thapar	Episodes 107 and 108
1998–1999	Saaya	Prakash	Sudha's brother
2000	I Love You	Siddharth
2002	CID	ACP Ajatshatru	Episodes 207 and 208
2004	Remix	Raghav Dutt
2004	Raat Hone Ko Hai
2006–2007	Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii	Suyash Mehra	400 episodes
2008–2014	Balika Vadhu	Bhairon Dharamveer Singh
2009	Comedy Circus	Himself
2009–2010	Shraddha	Ajay Khurana
2010–2020	Crime Patrol	Host
2011–2012	Kahani Comedy Circus Ki	Himself
2015	Ji Sirji!

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Platform	Notes
2017	The Test Case	Lt. Col Imtiaz Hussain	AltBalaji	[20]
2019	Bombers	Manik Dasgupta	ZEE5	[21][22]
2021	Tandav	Kailash Kumar	Amazon Prime	[23]
2021	Ram Yug	Parashurama	MX Player	[24]
2021	Dhindora	Himself	YouTube	[25]
2021	1962: The War in the Hills	Major Khattar	Hotstar	[26]
2022	Bravehearts: The Untold Stories of Heroes	Tribhuvan	Dice Media	[27]
2022	Saas Bahu Achaar Pvt. Ltd.	Dileep	ZEE5	[28]
2022	Khakee: The Bihar Chapter	DIG Sudhir Paswan	Netflix	[29]
TBA	Untitled Netflix series †	TBA	Netflix	Filming[30]

Plays

Year	Title	Role
2022	My Wife's 8th Vachan	Madhur[31]

Television host

He has hosted the popular real-life-based crime show Crime Patrol since 2010 and he became so popular among viewers as the host of the show. In 2018, he decided to exit the show citing that currently, he wants to focus on his acting career in films and other TV shows. Since his exit, the show is now aired by actors like Divyanka Tripathi and Sonali Kulkarni.^[32][33]

Awards

• 2010: Gold Awards - Best Actor in Supporting Role (Male) - Balika Vadhu^[34]