Sonia Sahni

Sonia Sahani • Soniya Sahani

Sonia Sahni is an Indian actress who worked in Hindi language films. Her debut film was Johar-Mehmood in Goa with actors I. S. Johar and Mehmood. Her other notable films are Maalik (1972 film), Buddha Mil Gaya, Bobby, Dharam Karam, Chacha Bhatija and Jangal Mein Mangal. Early life Sahni was born as Usha Sahni in a Punjabi Sikh family that migrated from Lahore to Kashmir after partition in 1947. H...

Sonia Sahni is an Indian actress who worked in Hindi language films. Her debut film was Johar-Mehmood in Goa with actors I. S. Johar and Mehmood. Her other notable films are Maalik (1972 film), Buddha Mil Gaya, Bobby, Dharam Karam, Chacha Bhatija and Jangal Mein Mangal. Early life Sahni was born as Usha Sahni in a Punjabi Sikh family that migrated from Lahore to Kashmir after partition in 1947. Her family embraced Christianity after migrating; and Usha was renamed as Sonia. Career Producer-director Roop Shourie and I. S. Johar cast Sonia in Johar-Mehmood in Goa, which was successful. Sahni signed a five-year contract with I. S. Johar. She worked with Kishore Kumar, Mehmood, Sanjeev Kumar, Dev Kumar, Sujit Kumar, etc. during that period. She could also act opposite heroes like Dharmendra, Raj Kapoor, Raaj Kumar, Dev Anand etc. In the 1973 film Bobby, she acted as Mrs. Sushma Nath, mother of Rishi Kapoor. Later she acted as the second lead in many films of popular heroines such as Hema Malini, Waheeda Rehman, Parveen Babi, Zeenat Aman, and Rekha. Personal life For a brief period, Sahni was engaged to actor Shammi Kapoor after his wife's death. She converted to Hinduism and married Shivendra Singh Goyal (died 1990), the former king of Palitana state. They have a son named Ketan. Filmography Television 2001-2002 Jannat 2002-2003 Kkusum as Nanima 2015-2017 Santoshi Maa as Dadi References