Actor Sonu Sood turned 47 last week, and while he was showered with wishes both from in and out of the industry, he had a special moment for himself. Sonu remembered his first-ever birthday in Mumbai, when he had landed fresh in the city to pursue a career in the film industry, and has no friends yet.
In an interview, he said, “I remember when I just came up to Bombay for the first time and I came on the 25th or 26th of July 1st time in 1997/98. on the 30th of July, I did not know a single soul in the city and there was no one to wish me.” He said he rang in his birthday alone on a bridge in Lokhandwala, with tears in his eyes.
“I was siting at a bridge in Lokhandwala alone in the middle of the night. At 12 o'clock, my mom, my dad and my sister called me and they wished me. They asked, 'Do you have any friends there?' and I said 'I don't have any friends in Mumbai'. I was feeling alone and I had tears in my eyes, that this city is so big, with so many people, and there's no one to wish you personally.”
Sonu Sood added, “I feel that today after 22 years, that day is here when the whole world is going to celebrate my birthday with me. So it's a special journey and I will always remember that day when there was no one to wish me in this city.” The actor has been at the forefront of relief efforts ever since the pandemic hit.
