Actor · Telugu cinema
Sonal Chauhan
Sonal Chauhan movies: 8 Telugu films on file, 2014–2023. Earliest on file: Legend (2014). Latest release: Adipurush (16 June 2023).
- Films on file
- 8 (8 as actor)
- Years on file
- 2014–2023
- Born
- 16 May 1985 · May birthdays (Wikidata)
- Record
- Q7560758 on Wikidata
Sonal Chauhan is an Indian actress, singer, model and beauty pageant titleholder who works mainly in Telugu and Hindi films. She won Femina Miss India and Miss World Tourism in 2005, made her film debut in the Hindi film Jannat (2008), and has since appeared in successful Telugu films including Legend (2014), Pandaga Chesko (2015), Size Zero (2015) and Dictator (2016).
Education
Chauhan went to Delhi Public School in Noida and then studied for an honours degree in philosophy at Gargi College in New Delhi.
Pageants and modelling
In 2005 she won the Femina Miss India title and was crowned Miss World Tourism at Miri, in the Malaysian state of Sarawak, becoming the first Indian to win that title. She also appeared on the cover of FHM.
Hindi films
Her first screen appearance was in Himesh Reshammiya’s Aap Kaa Surroor. Her Hindi film debut proper came in Jannat (2008), opposite Emraan Hashmi, which earned her a Filmfare nomination for Best Female Debut. She also signed a three-film deal with the Bhatts. She also sang, recording the duet “Kaise Bataoon” with KK for the film 3G.
Telugu films
Chauhan made her Telugu debut in Rainbow (2008). She returned to Telugu cinema with Legend, co-starring Nandamuri Balakrishna, and followed it with Pandaga Chesko. In early 2015 she signed two more Telugu films, Size Zero, opposite Arya, and Sher, opposite Nandamuri Kalyan Ram, and that July she signed on for Dictator.
Other languages
She has also worked in Kannada, debuting with Cheluveye Ninne Nodalu (2010), and in Tamil, with Inji Iduppazhagi (2015).
Career on file
Sonal Chauhan appears in 8 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 2014 to 2023. The earliest of them is Legend (2014), and the most recent release is Adipurush (2023). The most widely covered of these, counted by Wikipedia language editions, are Adipurush (2023), Size Zero (2015) and Legend (2014). Other recent releases on file are The Ghost (2022), F3 (2022) and Dictator (2016).
Brahmanandam is the most frequent co-star, sharing four films with Sonal Chauhan, followed by Nandamuri Balakrishna (2) and Vikramjeet Virk (2). Music on three of them is by S. Thaman, with Devi Sri Prasad (2) next. Across these films the credits on file name 8 different directors, 9 music directors and 26 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 7 of them; they average 153 minutes, and the longest is Adipurush at 179 minutes. Six of them have a streaming (OTT) release noted on the site. By decade the list splits into 2010s (5) and 2020s (3). 2015 is the busiest single year, with three films.
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.