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Sonu Walia
Sonu Walia
	Sonu Walia in March 2013
Born	New Delhi, India
Occupation	Actress
Spouse	Surya Pratap Singh (1995-2009 till death)
Awards	Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for Khoon Bhari Maang (1988)

Sonu Walia is an Indian former actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who won the Femina Miss India Universe 1985.^[1]^[2] Her birth name is Sanjeet Kaur Walia.^[3] She is best known for her role in the film Khoon Bhari Maang (1988) for which she won a Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress.

A psychology graduate and a student of journalism, Walia took up modelling and she entered the Femina Miss India contest winning the title and represented India at Miss Universe 1985.

Career

Walia won the Miss India contest in 1985^[4] and went to compete in Miss Universe 1985.

Personal life

Walia was married to Surya Pratap Singh,^[5] an NRI based in the US who was a hotelier and Indian film producer.^[6] He died in 2009.^[7]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986	Shart	as a Model
1988	Khoon Bhari Maang	Nandini	Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress
1988	Akarshan	Priya
1989	Apna Desh Paraye Log	Neeta Das
	Mahaadev	Dancer
	Toofan	as Herself
	Clerk	Sonu
1990	Maha-Sangram	Neelam
	Tejaa	Heena
	Haatim Tai	Sayira
	Agneekaal	Mary D'Souza
1991	Numbri Aadmi	Paro
	Khel	Tara Jaisingh
	Haque	Alpana - Swami's daughter
	Pratikar	Uma Singh
	Thalapathi	Dancer	Tamil film Special appearance in song
	Swarg Jaisaa Ghar	Devki
	Rupaye Dus Karod
	Jeevan Daata	Priya Singh (Shivram's daughter)
1992	Tahalka	Jenny D'Costa
	Dil Aashna Hai	Salma A. Baig
	Nishchaiy	Parvati
1993	Sahibaan	Rajkumari Razee
1994	Mahakshathriya	Kannada Movie
1994	Anari Dada
1995	Jallaad
1995	Fauji	Lajwanti ("Lajjo")
1996	Yash	Mrs. Kalpana Rai
1998	Sarbans Dani Guru Gobind Singh	Begam Sahiba
2001	Kasam	Bijlee
2005	Suryakaant
2008	Jai Maa Sherawaali	Devi Maa Sherawaali	credited as Sonu Pratap Walia

References

^ BHATTACHARYA, ROSHMILA. "Why Sonu Walia QUIT FILMS". Rediff. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
^ "#Throwback: When stunner Sonu Walia was crowned Miss India 1985 - BeautyPageants". Femina Miss India. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
^ "Nostalgia with Sonu Walia: "When I was 22, I signed my first autograph on top of the Eiffel Tower!"". Hindustan Times. 2 October 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
^ "Snapshot: You won't believe how actress Sonu Walia looks now!". ibnlive.in.com. 2013. Archived from the original on 18 March 2013. Retrieved 30 July 2013. the 1985 Miss India beauty pageant winner
^ "Where is the bombshell Sonu Walia now?". Hindustan Times. 2012. Archived from the original on 13 December 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2013. married (to hotelier Surya Prakash)
^ "Exclusive! Sonu Walia: I got closer to my husband because of Lata Mangeshkar - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
^ "Where is the bombshell Sonu Walia now?". Hindustan Times. 5 December 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2018.

External links

Sonu Walia at IMDb

Preceded by Juhi Chawla	Miss India 1985	Succeeded by Mehr Jesia

[1] BHATTACHARYA, ROSHMILA. "Why Sonu Walia QUIT FILMS". Rediff. Retrieved 7 May 2022.

[2] "#Throwback: When stunner Sonu Walia was crowned Miss India 1985 - BeautyPageants". Femina Miss India. Retrieved 7 May 2022.

[3] "Nostalgia with Sonu Walia: "When I was 22, I signed my first autograph on top of the Eiffel Tower!"". Hindustan Times. 2 October 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2022.

[4] "Snapshot: You won't believe how actress Sonu Walia looks now!". ibnlive.in.com. 2013. Archived from the original on 18 March 2013. Retrieved 30 July 2013. the 1985 Miss India beauty pageant winner

[5] "Where is the bombshell Sonu Walia now?". Hindustan Times. 2012. Archived from the original on 13 December 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2013. married (to hotelier Surya Prakash)

[6] "Exclusive! Sonu Walia: I got closer to my husband because of Lata Mangeshkar - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 7 May 2022.

[7] "Where is the bombshell Sonu Walia now?". Hindustan Times. 5 December 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2018.

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Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress
1955–1975	Usha Kiran (1955) Nirupa Roy (1956) Vyjayanthimala (1957) Shyama (1958) Nalini Jaywant (1959) Lalita Pawar (1960) Nanda (1961) Nirupa Roy (1962) Shashikala (1963) Shashikala (1964) Nirupa Roy (1965) Padmini (1966) Simi Garewal (1967) Jamuna Ramanarao (1968) Simi Garewal (1969) Tanuja Samarth (1970) Chand Usmani (1971) Farida Jalal (1972) Zeenat Aman (1973) Rakhee (1974) Durga Khote (1975)
1976–2000	Nadira (1976) Kajri (1977) Asha Sachdev (1978) Reena Roy (1979) Helen (1980) Padmini Kolhapure (1981) Supriya Pathak (1982) Supriya Pathak (1983) Rohini Hattangadi (1984) Aruna Irani (1985) Nutan (1986) Not awarded (1987) Not awarded (1988) Sonu Walia (1989) Rakhee (1990) Rohini Hattangadi (1991) Farida Jalal (1992) Aruna Irani (1993) Amrita Singh (1994) Dimple Kapadia (1995) Farida Jalal (1996) Rekha (1997) Karisma Kapoor (1998) Rani Mukerji (1999) Sushmita Sen (2000)
2001–present	Jaya Bachchan (2001) Jaya Bachchan (2002) Madhuri Dixit Nene (2003) Jaya Bachchan (2004) Rani Mukerji (2005) Ayesha Kapur (2006) Konkona Sen Sharma (2007) Konkona Sen Sharma (2008) Kangana Ranaut (2009) Kalki Koechlin (2010) Kareena Kapoor (2011) Rani Mukerji (2012) Anushka Sharma (2013) Supriya Pathak (2014) Tabu (2015) Priyanka Chopra (2016) Shabana Azmi (2017) Meher Vij (2018) Surekha Sikri (2019) Amruta Subhash (2020) Farrukh Jaffar (2021) Sai Tamhankar (2022) Sheeba Chaddha (2023) Shabana Azmi (2024)