Sonam Bajwa

Sonam Bajwa
Born	Sonampreet Kaur Bajwa 16 August 1989 Nanakmatta, Rudrapur Uttarakhand, India.
Ethnicity	Punjabi
Education	University of Delhi
Occupation	Air hostess, model, actor
Years active	2012–present

Sonampreet Bajwa (screen name: Sonam Bajwa) is a model and actress active in Punjabi and Tamil cinema. She participated in the Femina Miss India contest in 2012. She played the leading female role in the 2014 Blockbuster Punjabi film Punjab 1984.^[1]

Early life and modelling career

Sonam Bajwa was born in a small town close to Nainital.^[2] She completed her schooling from Jaycees Public School, Rudrapur. She studied at Delhi University and became an air hostess. In 2012 she contested the Femina Miss India contest.^[3]

She acted in two Punjabi films, including Punjab 1984. She was subsequently shortlisted to act opposite Shah Rukh Khan in Happy New Year, but was not chosen for the role.^[4]

Filmography

As Actress

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes
2013	Best Of Luck	Simran	Punjabi	Punjabi debut
2014	Punjab 1984	Jeeti	Punjabi	Main lead
2014	Kappal	Deepika	Tamil	Tamil debut
2015	Sardaar Ji	Herself	Punjabi	Special appearance in the song "Veer Var"
2016	Sardaar Ji 2		Punjabi	Main lead with Diljit Dosanjh
2016	Aatadukundam Raa	TBA	Telugu	Telugu debut, Filming[5]
2016	Babu Bangaram	Herself	Telugu	Special appearance in a song[6]

References

1. "Punjabi model turns Tamil bride". New Indian Express. 26 November 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
2. "Sonam's dreams come true". New Indian Express. 26 November 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
3. "Sonampreet Bajwa Profile". India Times. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
4. "Maiden Voyage". The Hindu. 6 December 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
5. "Sonam Bajwa Is Keen On More Telugu Films". The Hans India. 1 December 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
6. "Punjabi actor Sonam Bajwa to do a song in Venkatesh’s Babu Bangaram"

External links

• Sonam Bajwa at the Internet Movie Database