Milind Soman
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Milind Soman (born 4 November 1965) is a Scottish
-born India
n model and actor. He was born in Scotland
and lived in England
for seven years before his family moved back to India.
. His first significant work was as a model for Thackersey fabrics and he is perhaps best known for his part in Alisha Chinai
's hit music video, Made in India.
Soman's films include 16 December
, Pachaikili Muthucharam, Paiyya
, Agni Varsha
and Asoka. In 2007 he appeared in Bhram
, Say Salaam India
and Bheja Fry. In 2009 he acted in Sachin Kundalkar’s Marathi film Gandh. He has also acted in a number of English language and other foreign films, including Valley of flowers and The Flag. In the Swedish film Arn – The Knight Templar
he portrayed Saladin
, the revered 12th-century Kurdish
leader of the Arab
s and Muslim
s. He also played the titular role in the India
n science fiction
TV Series Captain Vyom in the mid-1990s.
Milind who has produced Rules: Pyaar Ka Superhit Formula
has also produced a children's television serial called Ghost Bana Dost.
Additionally, he was a national level swimmer in India.
attracted controversy in India, when the pair posed nude in a print ad for Tuff Shoes. The social service branch of the Mumbai police had registered a case in August 1995 after Sapre and Soman posed in the nude, wearing only shoes and a python wrapped around them. Creatively it was ahead of its time, but in those days, it was considered as an act that could corrupt society's moral values. Another case was filed under the Wildlife Protection Act against the advertising agency for illegal use of the python. The accused include the publishers and distributors of two magazines that featured the controversial ad, the advertising agency, the two models and the photographers. The case lasted for 14 years, after which the courts acquitted the accused.
Scottish people
The Scottish people , or Scots, are a nation and ethnic group native to Scotland. Historically they emerged from an amalgamation of the Picts and Gaels, incorporating neighbouring Britons to the south as well as invading Germanic peoples such as the Anglo-Saxons and the Norse.In modern use,...
-born India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n model and actor. He was born in Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
and lived in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
for seven years before his family moved back to India.
Professional life
Soman is considered one of the most successful models in IndiaIndia
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. His first significant work was as a model for Thackersey fabrics and he is perhaps best known for his part in Alisha Chinai
Alisha Chinai
Alisha Chinai in Gujarati family and an Indian pop singer known for her several albums as well as playback singing in Hindi cinema.-Career:...
's hit music video, Made in India.
Soman's films include 16 December
16 December (film)
16 December is a film by director Mani Shankar, based around a plot to destroy the capital city of New Delhi with a nuclear bomb on 16 December 2001 – 30 years after the surrender of Pakistan at the end of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.The film's title comes from the historical date of 16...
, Pachaikili Muthucharam, Paiyya
Paiyya
Paiyaa is a 2010 Indian Tamil romantic - action film written and directed by N. Linguswamy. It stars Karthik Sivakumar and Tamannaah Bhatia in the lead roles, with Milind Soman, Sonia Deepti and Jegan essaying supporting roles...
, Agni Varsha
Agni Varsha
Agni Varsha is a 2002 critically acclaimed epic Hindi film directed by Arjun Sajnani. The film is a silver screen adaptation of Girish Karnad's Mahabharat play "The Fire and The Rain". The film's art direction was handled by Shashi Adappa and Choreography was handled by Prabhu Deva...
and Asoka. In 2007 he appeared in Bhram
Bhram
Bhram is a 2008 Hindi film starring Dino Morea, Milind Soman and Sheetal Menon. It was produced by Nari Hira and directed by Pavan Kaul. The film falls in the suspense thriller genre. The music of film was composed by Pritam....
, Say Salaam India
Say Salaam India
Say Salaam India is an 2007 Indian Hindi language movie, written and directed by Subhash Kapoor, and starring Sanjay Suri, Milind Soman and Sandhya Mridul ....
and Bheja Fry. In 2009 he acted in Sachin Kundalkar’s Marathi film Gandh. He has also acted in a number of English language and other foreign films, including Valley of flowers and The Flag. In the Swedish film Arn – The Knight Templar
Arn – The Knight Templar
Arn – The Knight Templar is a 2007 epic film based on Jan Guillou's trilogy about the fictional Swedish Knight Templar Arn Magnusson. The film was released in December 2007 and the sequel, Arn – The Kingdom at Road's End , was released August 22, 2008...
he portrayed Saladin
Saladin
Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb , better known in the Western world as Saladin, was an Arabized Kurdish Muslim, who became the first Sultan of Egypt and Syria, and founded the Ayyubid dynasty. He led Muslim and Arab opposition to the Franks and other European Crusaders in the Levant...
, the revered 12th-century Kurdish
Kurdish people
The Kurdish people, or Kurds , are an Iranian people native to the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a region known as Kurdistan, which includes adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey...
leader of the Arab
Arab
Arab people, also known as Arabs , are a panethnicity primarily living in the Arab world, which is located in Western Asia and North Africa. They are identified as such on one or more of genealogical, linguistic, or cultural grounds, with tribal affiliations, and intra-tribal relationships playing...
s and Muslim
Muslim
A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...
s. He also played the titular role in the India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
TV Series Captain Vyom in the mid-1990s.
Milind who has produced Rules: Pyaar Ka Superhit Formula
Rules: Pyaar Ka Superhit Formula
Rules: Pyaar Ka Superhit Formula is a 2003 Bollywood film.-Synopsis:Radha is employed with an advertising agency, and has a chance to see and meet prominent models. She meets her dreamboat, Vikram Verma , on one such day...
has also produced a children's television serial called Ghost Bana Dost.
Additionally, he was a national level swimmer in India.
Controversy
Milind Soman and his ex-girlfriend Madhu SapreMadhu Sapre
Madhu Sapre is an Indian model from Maharashtra.-Early life:Sapre was born in Nagpur, into a Maharashtrian family which moved to Mumbai after her birth...
attracted controversy in India, when the pair posed nude in a print ad for Tuff Shoes. The social service branch of the Mumbai police had registered a case in August 1995 after Sapre and Soman posed in the nude, wearing only shoes and a python wrapped around them. Creatively it was ahead of its time, but in those days, it was considered as an act that could corrupt society's moral values. Another case was filed under the Wildlife Protection Act against the advertising agency for illegal use of the python. The accused include the publishers and distributors of two magazines that featured the controversial ad, the advertising agency, the two models and the photographers. The case lasted for 14 years, after which the courts acquitted the accused.
Filmography
| Year | Film | | Role | Language | |Notes |
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| 2012 | Do Paise Ki Dhoop, Chaar Aane Ki Baarish Do Paise Ki Dhoop, Chaar Aane Ki Baarish Do Paise Ki Dhoop, Chaar Aane Ki Baarish is a yet to be publicly released 2009, Bollywood film. Deepti Naval dons the director's role for the first time in this movie... |
Hindi | ||
| 2011 | Vithagan Vithagan Vithagan is an Tamil action film directed by R. Parthiban that features himself in the lead along with Poorna. The film, which has been in making since 2008, released on 18th November 2011 as per schedule. 'Vithagan', which also happens to be the 50th film of Parthipan, has him in the role of a... |
Tamil Tamil language Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore... |
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| 2010 | Nakshatra Nakshatra (film) Nakshatra is a Hindi thriller film, directed by Mohan Savalkar and produced by Ravindra Singh. The film released on 29 October 2010 under the R Vision banner.-Plot:... |
Hindi | ||
| 2010 | Paiyaa | Baali | Tamil Tamil language Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore... |
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| 2009 | Gandh | Marathi Marathi language Marathi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people of western and central India. It is the official language of the state of Maharashtra. There are over 68 million fluent speakers worldwide. Marathi has the fourth largest number of native speakers in India and is the fifteenth most... |
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| 2009 | Satyameva Jeyathe Satyameva Jeyathe Satyameva Jayathe is a Telugu film, starring Dr. Rajasekhar, Shivaji, Sai Kiran, Neetu Chandra, Sanjana and Sheryl Pinty. It was directed by Jeevitha with music composed by Chinna. The movie is mostly based on 2004 Hindi film Khakee.-Credits:... |
Telugu Telugu language Telugu is a Central Dravidian language primarily spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, where it is an official language. It is also spoken in the neighbouring states of Chattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa and Tamil Nadu... |
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| 2009 | Arn - Riket vid vägens slut | Saladin | Swedish Swedish language Swedish is a North Germanic language, spoken by approximately 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along its coast and on the Åland islands. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish... |
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| 2008 | Bhram Bhram Bhram is a 2008 Hindi film starring Dino Morea, Milind Soman and Sheetal Menon. It was produced by Nari Hira and directed by Pavan Kaul. The film falls in the suspense thriller genre. The music of film was composed by Pritam.... |
Devendra | Hindi | |
| 2007 | Arn - Tempelriddaren | Saladin | Swedish Swedish language Swedish is a North Germanic language, spoken by approximately 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along its coast and on the Åland islands. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish... |
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| 2007 | Bheja Fry | Anant Ghoshal | Hindi | |
| 2007 | Say Salaam India Say Salaam India Say Salaam India is an 2007 Indian Hindi language movie, written and directed by Subhash Kapoor, and starring Sanjay Suri, Milind Soman and Sandhya Mridul .... |
Harry Oberoi | Hindi | |
| 2007 | Pachaikili Muthucharam | Lawrence | Tamil Tamil language Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore... |
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| 2006 | Valley of Flowers | Jalan | ||
| 2005 | Bhagmati | Prince Quli Qutb Shah | ||
| 2005 | Jurm Jurm Jurm may refer to:* Jurm District, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan* Jurm , 1990 Bollywood film starring Vinod Khanna* Jurm , 2005 Bollywood film starring Bobby Deol and Lara Dutta... |
Rohit | Hindi | |
| 2004 | Surya | Surya | Hindi | |
| 2003 | Rules: Pyaar Ka Superhit Formula Rules: Pyaar Ka Superhit Formula Rules: Pyaar Ka Superhit Formula is a 2003 Bollywood film.-Synopsis:Radha is employed with an advertising agency, and has a chance to see and meet prominent models. She meets her dreamboat, Vikram Verma , on one such day... |
Vikram Varma | Hindi | Also co-producer |
| 2002 | Agni Varsha Agni Varsha Agni Varsha is a 2002 critically acclaimed epic Hindi film directed by Arjun Sajnani. The film is a silver screen adaptation of Girish Karnad's Mahabharat play "The Fire and The Rain". The film's art direction was handled by Shashi Adappa and Choreography was handled by Prabhu Deva... |
Arvasu | Hindi | |
| 2002 | 16 December 16 December (film) 16 December is a film by director Mani Shankar, based around a plot to destroy the capital city of New Delhi with a nuclear bomb on 16 December 2001 – 30 years after the surrender of Pakistan at the end of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.The film's title comes from the historical date of 16... |
Vikram | Hindi | |
| 2002 | Pyaar Ki Dhun | Rohit | Hindi | |
| 2000 | Tarkieb | Captain Ajit Verma | Hindi | |
| 1998 | Captain Vyom | Captain Vyom | Hindi | TV Serial |
| 1995 | A Mouthful of Sky A Mouthful of Sky A Mouthful of Sky was the first serial in English to be produced in India. Aired on the state-owned Doordarshan TV channel and based on the script by Ashok Banker, the serial deals with the lives, loves, ideals and aspirations of the post-independence generation of Indians, people in their... |
Akash Bhandarkar | Hindi | TV Serial |