Sonam Kapoor was born on June 9, 1985, in Chembur, Maharashtra, India to the famous Hindi film star Anil Kapoor and his ex- model wife Sunita Kapoor. She grew up in Mumbai and studied at Arya Vidya Mandir-Juhu, Mumbai. She is the eldest among the three siblings and has a sister Rhea and brother Harshwardhana. She belongs from a filmy family, despite her parents; her uncles are producer Boney Kapoor of Mr. India fame and famous Hindi film actor Sanjay Kapoor.
She started learning Kathak from the very young age and learned this art fro 12 years. She used to go to a local club to play basketball with childhood friend Ranbir Kapoor. After completing her schooling, she went to Singapore for two years to study theatre there.
Upon successful completion of the theatre course, she came back and assisted renowned Indian director Sanjay Leela Bhansali to make the film Black. During this time, she could learn the intricacies of filmmaking and gained insight into the art of filmmaking. Ever since her childhood, she has the knack for reading and her librarian even advised her to reduce her reading habit otherwise she would have to wear glasses. Since she reads a lot and she is good at writing too. She goes well with colours and like any other actors taking up brush for some noble cause, she too has the world as her canvas.
Career in Movies
While assisting Sanjay Leela Bhansali to make the film Black, he spotted the fire and ambition of Sonam and offered her to play the lead role in his forthcoming venture Saanwariya opposite Rishi Kapoor’s son Rnabir Kapoor, her childhood friend. She was overweight that time, nearly 90 kgs in weight, but she took up this opportunity as a challenge and worked hard to reduce her weight under the expert supervision of her mother and Sanjay Leela Bhansali himself. Eventually she shed off 30 kilos of extra weight to be fit for the movie.
The movie released on later half of the year 2007, and was a huge hit at box office. Even though both of them (Sonam and Ranbir) are newcomer as an actor and actress, they were successful stamping their names in the industry and gathered praises from both critics and viewers.
