Sonali Raut

Sonali Raut
Raut in March 2016
Born (1990-12-23) 23 December 1990 (age 34)[1]
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
NationalityIndian
Occupations
  • Actress
  • model
Years active2010–2022
Known forBigg Boss 8
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
RelativesUjjwala Raut (sister)

Sonali Raut (born 23 December 1990) is an Indian actress and model who appears in Hindi films.[2] She has been a Kingfisher Calendar Girl since 2010, and was 19 when she featured in the annual calendar.[3] Raut made her acting debut with romantic-thriller film The Xpose in 2014 opposite Himesh Reshammiya and Yo Yo Honey Singh in a lead role.[4] She was a contestant in the reality television show Bigg Boss 8.[5]

Personal life

She is the younger sister of India's most successful overseas supermodel Ujjwala Raut. Her father is a deputy commissioner of police.[citation needed] She completed her graduation from Mithibai College, Mumbai.[citation needed]

Career

In 2010, Raut won a modeling assignment in the annual Kingfisher Calendar, which features models in swimsuits.[6] She was the face of MAC Cosmetics in India. [7]

In 2011 she had done a sensational photoshoot with popular actor Ranveer Singh for Maxim magazine.[8][9]

In 2014, Raut starred in the Bollywood film The Xposé opposite Himesh Reshammiya and Yo Yo Honey Singh in a lead role,[10] playing the role of a movie star who is murdered. Popular film critic Taran Adarsh from Bollywood Hungama wrote that she looked glamorous and played her role with confidence.[11] In an interview, she described Bollywood as "not very welcoming".[12] She dropped a commitment to be in a film entitled 99% Useless Fellows, angering the Kannada film director S. K. Basheed, to act as a contestant in the Indian reality TV show Bigg Boss.[13]

She became one of the contestants on Bigg Boss 8 and was evicted after a surprise vote decision, but was later brought back by the Bigg Boss because of her popularity.[14][15] Then she was evicted, along with Puneet Issar, after 105 days.[16][17]

Raut was offered the lead role in the film Hate Story 3 and was also offered a music video to mark the success of the series, she was the first choice for the film but She turned down Hate Story 3 as she wants to do roles that she can call her own.[18]

In 2016, Raut was seen in the film Great Grand Masti in which she played Shiney. She was also seen in the item song of the film "Lipstick Laga Ke". The song 'Lipstick Laga Ke' had become so much popular and was one of the top 20 songs of 2016.[19]

In the year 2017 she was signed as the cover for FFACE Fashion Calendar.[citation needed]

As of 2020, Raut has also signed action-thriller web series Dangerous opposite Karan Singh Grover directed by Bhushan Patel, produced by Mika Singh and written by Vikram Bhatt. [20]

She has also signed Music Video “Sniper” with Singer Shaan. [21]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2014 The Xposé Zara Peter Fernandes Lead Role
2016 Great Grand Masti Shiney Special appearance in the song “Lipstick Laga ke”

Web series

Year Name Role Language
2016 Love Life & Screw Ups Kashish Hindi
2020 Dangerous Dia Dhanraj Hindi

Music Videos

Year Song Notes Label
2020 Sniper With Shaan Shaan

Music

2022 Galtiyan With Neeti Mohan White hill Beats
2024 Balaam With with Ayush Raina and Muskan kalyan let’s Get Louder

Television

Year Name Role Notes Ref(s)
2014 Comedy Nights with Kapil Guest Along with Himesh Reshammiya and Zoya Afroz

to promote her film The Xposé

[22]
2014–2015 Bigg Boss 8 Contestant 7th place Semifinalist

Evicted Day 104

[23][24][25]
2015 Killerr Karaoke Atka Toh Latkah Along with Yuvika Chaudhary,

Ajaz Khan & Ashita Dhawan

2015 Comedy Classes Guest Season 1 Episode 7 [citation needed]
2016 Box Cricket League Contestant In team Ahmedabad Express [26]

References

  1. ^ "Bigg Boss 8: Contestants celebrate Sonali's birthday". The Times of India. 24 December 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Ujjwala Raut's sister Sonali to debut as young Zeenat Aman?". The Times of India. 14 December 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Sexy kingfisher calendar girl Sonali Raut". The Times of India. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Sonali Raut does a Zeenat Aman in The Xpose". India Today. 7 April 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Bigg Boss 8: Sonali Raut to get evicted this Saturday!". India TV News. 26 September 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
  6. ^ "Kingfisher calendar hotties of 2010!". India Today. 2010. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
  7. ^ "Supermodel Ujjwala Raut's sister Sonali raut in Bollywood". Hindustan Times. 5 May 2011. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  8. ^ "Ranveer Singh's close encounter". The Times of India. 24 October 2011. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  9. ^ "Sonali Raut and Ranveer Singh hot photoshoot for Maxim Magazine". India Tv. 28 November 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  10. ^ "Sonali Raut unhappy about preceding Chitrangada". The Times of India. 12 August 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
  11. ^ "The Xpose Movie Review by Taran Adarsh". Bollywood Hungama. 16 May 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  12. ^ "Bollywood's not warm: Sonali Raut". Hindustan Times. 25 September 2014. Archived from the original on 26 September 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
  13. ^ Vickey Lalwani (24 September 2014). "Sonali Raut is 100 per cent useless, feels director Basheed". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
  14. ^ "Bigg Boss 8 eviction: Sonali Raut is the first one to leave the house". India Today. 28 September 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  15. ^ Vickey Lalwani (2 October 2014). "Bigg Boss 8: Sonali Raut returns to the show". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  16. ^ "Sonali Raut: Happy to be out of Bigg Boss at the right time". India Today. 5 January 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2016. Sonali Raut, who was evicted from the house recently, is happy to step out after her stint on the show for 105 days.
  17. ^ "My image in the real world is important to me: Sonali Raut". Hindustan Times. 6 January 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  18. ^ "Sonali Raut gives Hate Story 3 a miss". The Times of India. 2 September 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  19. ^ Shweta Parande (14 July 2016). "Great Grand Masti song Lipstick Laga Ke: Sonali Raut is HOT in this peppy number!". India.com. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  20. ^ "Bipasha Basu teams up with husband Karan Singh Grover for web project Dangerous, see pic". Hindustan Times. 6 August 2020.
  21. ^ "Shaan and Sonali Raut snapped during 'Sniper' song shoot". Bollywood Hungama. 2 November 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  22. ^ "Did Sonali Raut slap Zoya Afroz on Kapil Sharma's show?". India Today. 6 May 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  23. ^ "Bigg Boss 8: Is Salman Khan protecting Sonali Raut from eviction?". India.com. 30 December 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  24. ^ ""I Did Bigg Boss For Salman Khan": Sonali Raut". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  25. ^ "When Salman Khan compared Sonali Raut to Katrina Kaif on Bigg Boss 8!". Dna India. 20 October 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  26. ^ "200 Actors, 10 Teams, and 1 Winner... Let The Game Begin". India.com. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
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