Sonal Chauhan

Sonal Chauhan (born 16 May 1985/1987) is an Indian actress, singer, model and beauty pageant titleholder. She predominantly works in Telugu and Hindi films.^[4] She won the title of Femina Miss India in 2005 and Miss World Tourism in 2005.

Sonal Chauhan
Chauhan in 2023
Born	(1985-05-16) 16 May 1985 (age 39)[1] or (1987-05-16) 16 May 1987 (age 37)[2] Bulandshahr or Agra, Uttar Pradesh,[1][3] India
Alma mater	Gargi College
Occupations	Model actress singer
Years active	2005–present
Title	Femina Miss India World Tourism 2005 Miss World Tourism 2005

She made her acting debut with Hindi film Jannat^[5] and her Telugu film debut with Rainbow, both in 2008. Chauhan made her Kannada film debut with Cheluveye Ninne Nodalu (2010) and Tamil debut with Inji Iduppazhagi (2015). She has been part of successful films including Legend (2014), Pandaga Chesko (2015), Size Zero (2015) and Dictator (2016).

Early life

Chauhan was born in a Rajput family.^[6] She attended Delhi Public School in Noida.^[7] She then studied Philosophy honours at Gargi College in New Delhi.^[8]

Career

Modelling career

She was crowned Miss World Tourism 2005 at Miri, Sarawak state of Malaysia.^[9] She is the first Indian to have claimed the Miss World Tourism title.^[10] She also appeared on the cover pages of FHM.^[11]

Acting career

Chauhan during 3G shoot

She first appeared on screen in Himesh Reshammiya's Aap Kaa Surroor.^{[citation needed]} She appeared opposite Emraan Hashmi.^[12] She has also signed a three-film deal with the Bhatts, of which two are pending.^[13] She also sang a duet with KK for the song "Kaise Bataoon" in the film 3G.^[14]

She acted in a Telugu film Legend costarring Nandamuri Balakrishna and marking her comeback to Tollywood. Her next project was Pandaga Chesko. In early 2015, she signed two Telugu films: Size Zero opposite Arya and Sher opposite Nandamuri Kalyan Ram.^[15]

In early July 2015, she signed another Telugu film, Dictator.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Films

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes
2008	Jannat	Zoya Mathur	Hindi
	Rainbow	Swapna	Telugu
2010	Cheluveye Ninne Nodalu	Prakruthi	Kannada
2011	Bbuddah... Hoga Terra Baap	Tanya	Hindi
2012	Pehla Sitara
2013	3G	Sheena
2014	Legend	Sneha	Telugu
2015	Pandaga Chesko	Anushka (Sweety)
	Sher	Nandini
	Size Zero	Simran		Bilingual film
	Inji Iduppazhagi		Tamil
2016	Dictator	Indu	Telugu
2018	Paltan	Maj. Bishen Singh's wife	Hindi
	Jack and Dil	Shilpa Walia	Hindi
2019	Ruler	Harika	Telugu	[16]
2021	The Power	Chandini	Hindi
2022	F3: Fun and Frustration	American girl	Telugu	[17]
	The Ghost	Priya
2023	Adipurush	Mandodari	Hindi Telugu	Bilingual film[18]
2024	Dard	Fatima	Bengali Hindi	First Bangladeshi and Bengali film; India Bangladesh joint production film; Bilingual film[19]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2019	Skyfire	Meenakshi Pirzada	[20][21][22]

Music videos

Year	Title	Singer	Ref.
2006	Samjho Na Kuch To Samjho Na	Himesh Reshammiya
2016	Fursat	Arjun Kanungo	[23]
	Badtameez	Ankit Tiwari	[24]
2018	Kuch Nahi	Jyotica Tangri	[25]
2019	Mere Aas Paas	Yasser Desai, Jyotica Tangri	[26]
2020	Fursat Hai Aaj Bhi	Arjun Kanungo	[27]
2023	Mal Mal	B Praak	[28]

Discography

Year	Film	Song	Co-singer	Ref.
2013	3G	"Kaise Bataaoon"	KK	[29]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Film	Result	Ref.
2009	54th Filmfare Awards	Best Female Debut	Jannat	Nominated	[citation needed]
	Stardust Awards	Superstar of Tomorrow – Female		Nominated	[30]
2012		Breakthrough Performance – Female	Bbuddah... Hoga Terra Baap	Nominated	[31]
2016	Zee Telugu Apsara Awards	Rising Star of the Year	Pandaga Chesko & Size Zero	Nominated	[citation needed]
2017	TSR–TV9 National Film Awards	Most Promising Actress	Dictator	Won	[32]

See also

• List of Indian film actresses