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Soha Ali Khan
Indian film actress (born 1978) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Soha Ali Khan Pataudi (born 4 October 1978) is an Indian actress who has worked in Hindi, Bengali, and English films. She is the younger daughter of veteran actress Sharmila Tagore and former India cricket captain Mansoor Ali Khan, of Bhopal, and the younger sister of actor Saif Ali Khan. She started her acting career with the romantic comedy film Dil Maange More (2004), and is best known for her role in the drama film Rang De Basanti (2006) and the romance film Ahista Ahista (2006). In 2017, she authored a book The Perils of Being Moderately Famous that won the Crossword Book Award in 2018.
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Khan was born on 4 October 1978 in New Delhi, India, to the Pataudi family as the Nawab of Pataudis.[1] She is the youngest daughter of Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, the 9th Nawab of Pataudi hailing from the Barech tribe of Pashtuns, and Sharmila Tagore, an actress of Bengali-Assamese descent hailing from the Tagore family.[2][3] Both her father Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi and paternal grandfather Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi were former captains of the Indian cricket team,[4] while her grandmother, Sajida Sultan Pataudi, was the Begum of Bhopal.[5][6]
Khan's elder brother Saif Ali Khan is a Bollywood actor and her elder sister, Saba Ali Khan, is a jewellery designer and the mutawalli of Auqaf-e-Shahi.[7] The titular Begum of Bhopal, Saleha Sultan, was her aunt, and through her, she is the first cousin of cricketer, Saad Bin Jung.[8] The late major general of Pakistan, Sher Ali Khan Pataudi, is her great-granduncle, and the diplomat Shahryar Khan is her uncle, through her grandaunt Abida Sultan.[9] She is the aunt of Sara Ali Khan and Ibrahim Ali Khan and the sister-in-law of Kareena Kapoor Khan.[10]
Khan attended The British School, in New Delhi, studied modern history at Balliol College, Oxford and earned a master's degree in International Relations[11] from the London School of Economics and Political Science.[12]
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Khan made her acting debut in 2004 with the Bengali film Iti Srikanta, playing a Vaishnavite.[13] In the same year, she made her Hindi film debut with Dil Maange More!!! opposite Shahid Kapoor, which failed at the box office. She performed in another Bengali film Antar Mahal (2005) and then appeared in several box office failures.[14]
The year 2006 proved a turning point in Khan's career. Her most notable role came in the political drama Rang De Basanti, where she played dual roles of a college student and Durgawati Devi. The film became one of the year's highest grossing release and earned her the IIFA Award for Best Supporting Actress and a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress.[15] Calling her "efficient", Taran Adarsh found her performance to be a complete revelation.[16] She then played a girl who runs away from home opposite Abhay Deol in the romance Ahista Ahista.[17] Vinayak Chakravorty stated that she is "perfect" as the soft foil.[18]
Following this, Khan appeared in several films such as Khoya Khoya Chand opposite Shiney Ahuja, 99 opposite Kunal Khemu, Tum Mile, opposite Emraan Hashmi and Mr Joe B. Carvalho opposite Arshad Warsi.[19] Khan hosted the game show Godrej Khelo Jeeto Jiyo.[20] In 2017, Khan acted in a short film, Soundproof, which was directed by Aditya Kelgaonkar. It was screened at various film festivals and won awards at the New York Indian Film Festival,[21] Indian Film Festival of Houston,[22] Ottawa Indian Film Festival Awards, where it won best short film award;[23] International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala, where it won award for best short fiction;[24] and Belgaum International Short Film Festival.[25] Her other box office successes include Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster Returns opposite Jimmy Sheirgill,[26] and Ghayal: Once Again opposite Sunny Deol.[27]
Post a hiatus from acting, Khan expanded to web in 2022 with Kaun Banegi Shikharwati and Hush Hush.[28] Archika Khurana of The Times of India found her to be "graceful and royal".[29] Following a seven year hiatus from films, Khan returned with the 2025 horror film Chhorii 2, where she played a vampire cult head.[30] Rahul Desai of The Hollywood Reporter India found her character to be the film's only "productive entity".[31]
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Off-screen work
In addition to her acting career, Khan is a celebrity endorser for brands and products such as Club Mahindra, House of Pataudi and Earthraga among others.[32] In 2022, she was appointed as the brand advocate for New Zealand education in India.[33]
Khan authored her memoir named, The Perils of Being Moderately Famous, which was released in 2017.[34][35] In 2018, Khan won the Crossword Book Award for her book.[36][37]
Personal life
Khan was in a relationship with actor Kunal Khemu since 2009.[38][39] Khan got engaged to Khemu in July 2014 in Paris[40] and married him in Mumbai on 25 January 2015.[41] She gave birth to their daughter, Inaaya Naumi Khemu on 29 September 2017.[42]
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Awards and nominations
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Bibliography
- Khan, Soha Ali (2017). Perils of Being Moderately Famous. Penguin Random House. ISBN 978-0-14-343996-7.
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