Sonakshi Sinha is an Indian actress works in the Hindi film industry since 2010. She was born on 2 June 1987 in Patna, Bihar, into a Bihari Kayastha family, and she is a daughter of actors Shatrughan Sinha and Poonam. Sinha did her graduation in fashion designing and has worked as a costume designer in her early career. Sonakshi is a wonderful Actress in the Indian film Industry.
In 2010, she made her acting debut in the action-drama film Dabang opposite superstar Salman Khan, which won her Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut, including other major awards for the best debut. Earlier, she was overweight, but she lost 30 kg for the demand of her debut film Dabangg. Later on, she gave some of the major hit in Bollywood, naming Rowdy Rathore (2012), Son of Sardar (2012), Dabangg 2 (2012) and Holiday (2014). Her character of a woman suffering from tuberculosis in the romantic drama Lootera received critical acclaim, and she got a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress. She had also worked in a Tamil film, Lingaa, in 2014.
After which, she was seen in many blockbuster movies with strong social and environmental movies like force 2, Akira I, which was released in 2016, followed by comic movies like Happy Phir Bhag Jayegi, Welcomed to Newyork in 2018. Back releases starring Sonakshi Sinha like Khandani Shafakhana, Mission Mangal, Kalank, all in 2019. Apart from acting in films, she also made her official singing debut with the single Aaj Mood Isqholic Hai and later has sung for four films. She has been doing a lot of philanthropy works and is a professed animal lover, has done campaign advocating the adoption of dogs and cats.
Annual Central European Bollywood Awards for Best Newcomer – Female
Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Awards for Best Female Debut
Filmfare Awards for Best Female Debut
IIFA for Star Debut of the Year – Female
Lions Gold Awards for Favourite Debutant Actress
Star Screen Awards for Most Promising Newcomer – Female
Dadasaheb Phalke Awards for Best Debutant Actor – Female
ETC Business Awards for Highest Grossing Actress
Zee Cine Awards for Best Actress (Critics) – Lootera (2014)
Controversies & Interesting Facts
She had a witter war with KRK when KRK decided to nominate some Bollywood actresses whose derriere was Tim Kardashian’s caliber.
Sinha’s morphed image showing her in a bikini sent shockwaves up and down the industry until its authenticity was finally determined.
Sonakshi and Katrina were reportedly at fight after Sonakshi supposedly replaced Katrina from Salman Khan’s inner circle. Well, Katrina rubbishes all the rumour.
She was overweight for Dabangg, so she had to lose 30 kg to get her debut film.
Her looks compared with actress Reena Roy who had worked with Shatrughan Sinha.
Sinha is left hander.
Sonakshi became a target for trolls when she could not answer the question related to Ramayana.
She was also trolled and bullied for her weight- to which she gave overpowering replies to her trolls which made them shut their mouths up.
