Sonampreet Kaur Bajwa, known mononymously as Sonam Bajwa, is an Indian model and actress who predominantly works in Punjabi, Tamil and Telugu cinema. She rose to fame with the lead role of ‘Jeet’ in the Punjabi film “Punjab 1984”.
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Sonam Bajwa was born on Wednesday, 16 August 1989 (age 33 years; as in 2022) in Nanakmatta, Rudrapur, Uttarakhand. His zodiac sign is Leo.
Childhood picture of Sonam Bajwa
Sonam attended JC’s Public School in Rudrapur and went to Delhi University to pursue her graduation. After completing her graduation, Sonam started working as an air hostess. Sonam always wanted to pursue modeling as a career. She wanted to become Miss India. In 2012, she participated in the Femina Miss India beauty pageant. Although Sonam did not win the title, she was one of the finalists of the competition. After this he got the offer of his first film.
Sonam Bajwa became the finalist of Femina Miss India pageant 2012
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 7″
Hair Colour: Brown
Eye Colour: Brown
family, caste and lover
Sonam Bajwa was born in a Sikh family.
Sonam Bajwa’s tweet
He has a deep faith in Jesus Christ. Earlier it was believed that she had converted to Christianity, but Sonam revealed through a tweet that she is not a Christian.
Sonam Bajwa’s tweet
Sonam Bajwa’s tweet
Both his parents are teachers. His mother’s name is Ritu Bajwa. He has a twin brother Jaideep Bajwa. He is very close to his grandmother.
Sonam Bajwa with her mother
Sonam Bajwa with her brother
Sonam Bajwa’s grandmother
Sonam was rumored to be dating Indian cricketer KL Rahul.
Sonam Bajwa and KL Rahul
livelihood
Sonam Bajwa started her acting career in 2013 with the Punjabi film “Best of Luck” in which she played the role of ‘Simran’. Thereafter, she made her Tamil film debut with the film “Kappal”.
Sonam Bajwa in Kappal
Sonam rose to fame after playing the role of ‘Jeet’ in the Punjabi film “Punjab 1984”.
Sonam Bajwa in Punjab 1984
Her Telugu film debut was in the year 2016 with the film “Atadukundam Raa”.
Sonam Bajwa in Attadukundam Ra
Some of her popular Punjabi films include “Nikka Zaildar,” “Manje Bistre,” “Carry On Jatta 2,” “Guddiyan Patole,” and “Muklava.”
In 2019, she made her Bollywood debut by making a special appearance in the song ‘Na Goriye’ from the film “Bala”. Apart from films, Sonam has also appeared in TV commercials for several popular brands such as “Monte Carlo,” “Dish TV,” and “Garnier Fructis.”
Sonam Bajwa in an advertisement
Favorite
- Ice Cream: Mango Ice Cream
- Films: Taare Zameen Par (2007), The Holiday (2006)
- Song: ‘Aane Wala Pal Jaane Wala Hai’ from the movie “Gol Maal” (1979)
- Quote: “Winning doesn’t always mean coming in first place, it means doing better than you’ve ever done.” by Bonnie Blair
- App: Instagram, Snapchat
facts/common sense
- Her hobbies include traveling, dancing and shopping.
Sonam Bajwa clicked while shopping
- Sonam follows a non-vegetarian diet.
Sonam Bajwa’s Instagram post
- In an interview, when Sonam was asked about the one thing she would never do for a project, she replied,
I will never do a kissing scene for any film, even if it is a Hindi film. In fact, this is one of the reasons why I am not doing Hindi films…because every other film in Bollywood requires a kissing scene.
- Sonam was once selected to cast opposite Shah Rukh Khan in the Bollywood film “Happy New Year”. However, the role later went to Deepika Padukone.
- Apparently, Sonam was a little late to join the social media bandwagon and by the time she tried to create her own account on Twitter and Facebook, someone else had already taken that username. He then created a Twitter account with the name “Bajwasonam”.
- Sonam is a fitness enthusiast and regularly hits the gym.
- Sonam is fond of dogs and has a pet dog Simmba.
Sonam Bajwa with her pet dog
- Bajwa is good friends with Indian actress Kajal Jain.
Sonam Bajwa with Kajal Bajwa
- Sonam once revealed in an interview that her first earning was Rs 20,000. She earned Rs 8,500 from her first modeling assignment.
- Sonam Bajwa was earlier mistakenly thought to be a relative of Punjabi actress Neeru Bajwa, however in an interview she revealed that she is not related to Neeru.
- He has got ‘Jesus’ tattooed on the ring finger of his left hand.
Sonam Bajwa’s tattoo
- In an interview in May 2023, Sonam revealed that she was harassed by her relatives during her childhood because of her dark complexion. He said,
When I was growing up as a child, I was bullied for my skin color because being a Punjabi, I was not fair.
He also said that he was sidelined in the Punjabi film industry during the early days of his acting career. The actress said,
People have sidelined me and that too at that age, when you do not understand why they are doing this. When I was sidelined in the industry and importance was given to big and successful celebs.
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