HOME | SCOOP!! & NEWS | BOLLYWOOD Meet Soniya Mehra, daughter of Vinod Mehra31st Jan 2007 19.55 IST By Aparajita Ghosh Following her father’s footsteps, this feisty teenager is making a foray into Bollywood. Soniya Mehra doesn’t have many fond memories of her late father, actor Vinod Mehra. She was just a child when her dad passed away. But she has heard numerous accounts of him by her mother Kiran Mehra. And Soniya claims that ever since she can remember, she wanted to act in movies, like her father. 
Soniya was brought up in Kenya. She began learning dance at the young age of four and joined London Academy of Music and Arts when she was nine. By the time she was in her teens her mind was firmly made up to join Hindi film industry. Basically, Soniya is trained in theatre acting. But when she came to Mumbai she joined Anupam Kher's acting school to learn the nuances of film acting. It was Anupam Kher only who referred Soniya’s name to actor-turned-producer Kamal Sadanah when he was looking for an actress for the modern remake of ‘Victoria No. 203’. The role originally went to Amrita Arora , who opted out of the project because of contractual problems. But the film was already on the floors and Sadanah needed an urgent replacement. It was then Anupam Kher gave him Soniya’s photos and told him that the girl has potential. Soniya was eventually signed for the movie. In Victoria No. 203 , Soniya plays the same role once enacted by legendary Saira Banu in the original movie. Anupam Kher and Om Puri are the main actors. The film will also feature Soniya in a sizzling towel dance number. So far Soniya has signed just this one film, but she is looking forward to work with some best directors of Hindi film industry. We wish her all the best. Related Soniya Mehra Anupam Kher Amrita Arora Victoria No. 203 Om Puri | ALSO READ scoop ~ Dil Kabaddi – Movie Preview ~ Youngsters need to understand Islam in the right way: Shahrukh Khan ~ Terror could not stall this film's shoot ~ When Asin got shoes worth Rs 2 lakh! ~ Who inspired Aamir Khan's look in 'Ghajini'? ~ Nayantara returns to home turf ~ Indian model Diana Penty is the new face of Maybelline ~ Terror fallout – Ayesha Takia postpones marriage, Tusshar Kapoor cancels party ( more in scoop ) happenings ~ Aamir Khan on the cover of GQ ~ Amitabh Bachchan turns down Bill Clinton's invite ( more in happenings ) AKC HOT INDEX ECARDS > Halloween, New Year, Diwali, Birthday, Valentines, Love, Christmas MOVIES Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!, Sorry Bhai, Yuvvraaj, Dostana, Dasvidaniya, Golmaal Returns, Fashion, Ek Vivaah Aisa Bhi, EMI, Heroes, Roadside Romeo, Kidnap, Drona, Dil Kabaddi , Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi , Rang Rasiya , Meerabai Not Out MUSIC Ghajini , Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi celebs » wallpapers » the celeb A-Z who's in » Katrina Kaif | Deepika Padukone | Ranbir Kapoor | Harman Baweja | Aishwarya Rai | Abhishek Bachchan | Imran Khan | Shahrukh Khan | Salman Khan | Aamir Khan | Hrithik Roshan | Akshay Kumar | Zayed Khan | Saif Ali Khan | John Abraham | Shahid Kapur | Kareena Kapoor | Vidya Balan | Priyanka Chopra | Rani Mukherjee | Mallika Sherawat | Bipasha Basu | Preity Zinta | Kajol | Neha Dhupia | Sameera Reddy | Juhi Chawla | Karisma Kapoor | Madhuri Dixit | Chitrangada Singh | Payal Rohatgi | Sneha Ullal | Mahima Chaudhary | Meghna Naidu | Gayatri Joshi | Rakhi Sawant | Bhumika Chawla | Lisa Ray | Dimple Kapadia | Ayesha Takia | Dia Mirza | Sushmita Sen | Amisha Patel | Esha Deol | Amrita Rao | Amrita Arora | Genelia D'Souza | Arjun Rampal | Amitabh Bachchan | Vivek Oberoi | Raima Sen | Riya Sen | Rekha | Rimi Sen | Nigar Khan | Tanushree Dutta | Yana Gupta | Deepal Shaw | Shilpa Shetty | Celina Jaitley | Sonam Kapoor | Neha Oberoi | Nisha Rawal | Manjari Fadnis | Kamal Haasan | Rajnikant | Asin | Sanjay Dutt | Shahid Kapoor | Sherlyn Chopra | Farhan Akhtar | Prachi Desai | Mandira Bedi | Shahana Goswami | Konkona Sen Sharma | Kangana Ranaut | Anushka Sharma | Mugdha Godse | Masumeh Makhija | Minissha Lamba | Vidya Malvade | Malaika Arora | Shweta Kumar | | more... | 
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