- He is an Indian actor who mainly works in Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi films.
- He was born in a upper middle-class family in Moga, Punjab.
- He spent his initial days in Mumbai in a one-room-kitchen apartment with six other boys.
- He made his acting debut in 1999 with the Tamil film, “Kallazhagar.”
- He marked his debut in Bollywood in 2002 with the Bollywood film, “Shaheed-E-Azam.”
- He shot to fame after appearing in the Bollywood film “Yuva.”
- He has worked in 7 different language movies: Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Hindi, English, and Punjabi.
- He was supposed to act in the Hindi and the Telugu remake of Zanjeer but had to pull back due to his injury.
- He has appeared on the covers of many popular magazines, like “You & I,” “Health & Nutrition,” “Just Urbane,” and “Krunch Today.”
- He has also appeared in commercials for Apollo Tires, Airtel etc.In July 2016, he founded Shakti Sagar Productions, named after his father, Shakti Sagar.
- He was appointed "the state icon of Punjab" by the state election commission.
- He was chosen for the ‛SDG Special Humanitarian Action Award’ by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for his humanitarian works during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Career:
In 1999, Sood was introduced to Tamil-language films with Kallazhagar and Nenjinile. He then appeared as an antagonist in the movie Telugu Hands Up! in 2000. In 2001, he appeared in Majunu. He then began playing Hindi films, with Shaheed-E-Azam, as Bhagat Singh in 2002. Sood was recognized as Abhishek Bachchan's brother in Yuva's Mani Ratnam in 2004 and Aashiq Banaya Aapne in 2005.
In Tollywood, with the release of Super in 2005, he received greater recognition for his work.In this film, his co-star was Nagarjuna as a high-tech thief. His next film was Athadu. In 2006, he again portrayed Ashok's antagonist. It was an average grosser, but now it had become popular in Telugu movies.
In 2009, he played the role of Pasupathy in Arundhati. After the liberation of Tollywood from Arundhati, he plays the role of Rajkumar Sujamal in the Indian epic film Jodha Akbar. In 2009, he played the gangster Bada in Anjaneyulu against Ravi Teja. In the second half of 2009, he starred in another Telugu film Ek Niranjan, in which he once again played the antagonist.
In 2010, he played the main antagonist in Abhinav Kashyap's Dabangg, along with Salman Khan. His debut at Kannada with Sudeep, Vishnuvardhana , gave rise to positive reviews of his performance. |
