Biography / trivia

#  Soha Ali Khan’s birth name is Soha Ali Khan Pataudi. She was born on 4th Oct 1978 in New Delhi, India to Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, former captain of Indian cricket team and Sharmila Tagore, an actress. Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan is her elder brother and she has a sister Saba Ali Khan, a jewellery designer. She is related to Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore from her mother side.

#  She attended “The British School” in New Delhi and “Balliol College” in Oxford. She did her masters in International Relations from “London School of Economics and Political Science”.

#  Before making her acting debut she worked for Ford Foundation, Citibank, Res Publica etc.

#  She made her Bollywood acting debut with “Dil Maange More” in 2004 opposite Shahid Kapoor. The movie did average business at box office. Her first blockbuster movie was “Rang De Basanti” alongside Aamir Khan, R. Madhavan and Sharman Joshi.

#  Apart from films she hosted a game show “Godrej Khelo Jeeto Jiyo” on Star Plus.

#  She made headlines when an MMS was released which was shot during her visit to a beauty salon and it was taken without her knowledge.

Quotes

“I would like to live in with the person I want to marry before taking a final call on the decision; because it is one thing to fall in love and another thing to stay in love.”

“I carry my family name with me, I must admit, though not with any arrogance. But it does add to my self-worth.”

“I have always been choosy and all the films I have done so far, I have enjoyed working in them. So it’s good scripts that matter for me a lot.”

“I don’t fear the future or worry about what I will do if I don’t get any more roles. I have my Masters degree in international relations, banking job experience with Citibank, and I have also worked in developmental organisations. I know I will always have something to do in life.”

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