Sonam Rai Biography, Age, Husband, Children, Family, Caste, Wiki & More

Short Biography

Sonam Rai is an Indian Actress who was born as Bakhtavar Khan on 2nd September 1972 in Mumbai in the state of Maharashtra, India. She worked in the Bollywood industry from 1988 to 1994 and was appreciated for her acting skills and screen presence.

Sonam Rai Complete Bio & Career

Sonam (screen-name) was given by Bollywood most reputed directed and producer "Yash Chopra" which became her mark of distinction in Bollywood. Her actual name was "Bakhtavar Khan" which was named after by her parent's name. At the age of 14, she made her debutant in Hindi film industry from 1988 released "Vijay" Yash ji was her godfather to give her first break in films. She got fame from the film Tridev-1989 and recognized by the most popular and successful hit song of the year "Oye Oye...Tirchi Topi Wale". Sonam identified as the bikini young woman in a number of films.

In the subsequent years, she appeared in big film stars films like "Aakhri Ghulam, Vishwatma  and "Mitti Aur Sona." At the age of 18, she married Rajiv Rai, and she acted in just 30 films from 1998-1994 after the marriage she took a break from the movie. She is the niece of renowned actor Raja Murad and her Father in law Gulshan Rai was a notable name in the field of direction. She left India in 1997 after a life threatens attempt on her husband l Rajiv by a gangster, Abu Salem. And this couple settled first in " Los Angeles" then they moved to "Switzerland" just before she returned to Mumbai. She got divorced from Rajiv after living separately for almost 15 years.