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An amazingly handsome actor gifted with beautiful expressive eyes Samir Soni, made his acting debut with the Hindi serial Samandar which was based on Navy officers. However, he shot fame with his portrayal of cunning but slick Ashok Gupta in Mahesh Bhatt's directed Doordarshan's A Mouthful of Sky In 1996. After that he made his film debut with hugely accomplished film director Rajkumar Santoshi's not too successful endeavor China Gate In 1998 followed by Lajja in 2001. Finally, our loveable Samir or as we lovingly call him Sammy shot to fame by appearing in a negative role in a super hit film Baghbaan sharing screen space with the legend Amithabh Bachchan. He also played lead roles in few not so successful movies Basti and Kahan ho Tum.
In that same year, 2004 Sammy also appeared in Sony TV immensely popular television series Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahi. After that he also did an extended cameo in another popular show on Sony channel called Saaksshi. In year 2006, we saw Sammy as a shy older brother of Shahid Kapoor in an acclaimed film director Soooraj Barjatya's immensely successful movie Vivah. Sammy did full justice to the character and was loved by many and all for the portrayal of a shy older brother. Then Sammy did a film that changed the lives of many actors as it was not only commercially successful, but also critically acclaimed and bagged many awards including the national, Fashion. Although, Sammy played the character of a gay fashion designer, he played it with such command and conviction that won him many accolades and acclaims. Finally, we saw him in a proper love story film, but not playing the lover boy himself. He played a sarcastic film director, who initially troubles the lover boy, but helps him at the end to find his true love.
Lastly, SamIr featured as one of the contestants in the reality television show Bigg Boss4 in 2010. He gained immense popularity from this show. He was evicted from the house mere a week prior to the grand finale. It was so sad. I was personally heart broken by this as I wanted him to be the winner in finale.
Samir played main lead in Balaji telefilms Parichay on Colors. He won lot of appreciation and awards for his role of Kunal Chopra.
Currently, Samir is seen in an intense multi-layered character JD,An Ex-Army major who is gifted with super natural powers to sense paranormal activities in Life OK's new weekend show "Khauff Begins...Ringa Ringa Roses"
Samir was born on September 29, 1968 in London in a Punjabi Hindu family. He attended school at St. Xavier's School, Delhi and graduated from University of California, Los Angeles in Economics. Prior to his Bollywood career, Samir was an investment banker with one of the bulge bracket firms on Wall Street in New York, before coming back to India to start modeling. He has attended acting courses in New York and Los Angeles.
During his modeling days, he met his ex-spouse, Rajlakshmi Khanvilkar. The two were married for six months before they split up.
Samir found love again in former Bollywood actress Neelam and tied the with her on 23 January 2011.
Samir and Neelam have adopted a little girl named Ahana in 2013.
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