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{{short description|Indian film actor}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Sooraj Pancholi
| image = Sooraj Pancholi graces Vogue Beauty Awards 2017.jpg
| caption = Pancholi at Vogue Beauty Awards 2017
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1990|11|09}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mid-day.com/articles/sooraj-pancholi-opens-up-on-jiah-khan-case-lost-someone-i-loved/21745166|title=Sooraj Pancholi opens up on Jiah Khan case: Lost someone I loved|date=18 September 2019|website=mid-day|access-date=24 October 2019|archive-date=24 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191024055118/https://www.mid-day.com/articles/sooraj-pancholi-opens-up-on-jiah-khan-case-lost-someone-i-loved/21745166|url-status=live}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Bombay]], [[Maharashtra]], India
| years_active = 2015–present
| partner(s) = [[Jiah Khan]] (2012-2013(Khan's death))<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mid-day.com/articles/sooraj-pancholi-opens-up-on-jiah-khan-case-lost-someone-i-loved/21745166|title=Sooraj Pancholi opens up on Jiah Khan case: Lost someone I loved|date=18 September 2019|website=mid-day|access-date=24 October 2019|archive-date=24 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191024055118/https://www.mid-day.com/articles/sooraj-pancholi-opens-up-on-jiah-khan-case-lost-someone-i-loved/21745166|url-status=live}}</ref>
| occupation = Actor
| religion =
| parents = [[Aditya Pancholi]] (father) <br/>[[Zarina Wahab]] (mother)
}}

'''Sooraj Pancholi''' (born 9 November 1990) is an Indian actor who appears in [[Bollywood|Hindi]]-language films. He debuted with the romantic action film ''[[Hero (2015 Hindi film)|Hero]]'' (2015) for which he won a [[Filmfare Awards|Filmfare award]] for ''Best Newcomer''.<ref name="Filmfare newcomer"/>

==Early life==
Pancholi was born on 9 November 1990 to [[Aditya Pancholi]] and [[Zarina Wahab]] in [[Mumbai]]. His parents are also Bollywood actors<ref>{{cite web |title="My mother is the real 'Hero' of my life" - Sooraj Pancholi |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/features/my-mother-is-the-real-hero-of-my-life-sooraj-pancholi |work=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |access-date=23 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830181635/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/features/my-mother-is-the-real-hero-of-my-life-sooraj-pancholi/|archive-date=30 August 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> He has a sister Sana Pancholi,<ref>{{cite web |title=I'm not giving Sana anything,says Sooraj Pancholi |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/interview-i-m-not-giving-sana-anythingsays-sooraj-pancholi-2119480 |work=dnaindia.com |access-date=29 August 2015 |archive-date=13 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150913220900/http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/interview-i-m-not-giving-sana-anythingsays-sooraj-pancholi-2119480 |url-status=live }}</ref> and his grandfather Rajan Pancholi was a filmmaker.

==Career==
Sooraj was an assistant director on films such as ''[[Guzaarish (film)|Guzaarish]]'' and ''[[Ek Tha Tiger]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=SOORAJ, AS HIS PALS KNOW HIM |url=http://www.mumbaimirror.com/entertainment/bollywood/Sooraj-as-his-pals-know-him/articleshow/20581710.cms |work=mumbaimirror.com |access-date=14 June 2013 |archive-date=15 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615193215/http://www.mumbaimirror.com/entertainment/bollywood/Sooraj-as-his-pals-know-him/articleshow/20581710.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2015, he made his acting debut in the romantic action film ''[[Hero (2015 Hindi film)|Hero]]'', which earned him a [[Filmfare Award]] for Best Newcomer in 2016.<ref name="Filmfare newcomer">{{Cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/movie-awards/filmfare-awards-winners/bollywood/2016/101 |title=Archived copy |access-date=1 November 2019 |archive-date=30 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190930023230/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/movie-awards/filmfare-awards-winners/bollywood/2016/101 |url-status=live }}</ref> He then acted in ''[[Satellite Shankar]]'' which released on 8 November 2019.<ref name="toi:ss">{{cite web|url=https://www.newsxset.com/entertainment/not-ujda-chaman-sooraj-pancholi-starrer-satellite-shankar-to-clash-with-ayushmann-khurranas-bala-on-november-8|title=Not Ujda Chaman, Sooraj Pancholi's Satellite Shankar to clash with Ayushmann Khurrana's Bala on November 8|website=newsx|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105132812/https://www.newsxset.com/entertainment/not-ujda-chaman-sooraj-pancholi-starrer-satellite-shankar-to-clash-with-ayushmann-khurranas-bala-on-november-8|archive-date=5 November 2019|access-date=5 November 2019}}</ref> He has also been cast in the upcoming Indian dance film [[Time to Dance]].<ref name="TTD">{{cite news|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/bollywood/report-time-to-dance-katrina-kaif-s-sister-isabelle-kaif-sooraj-pancholi-s-film-to-go-on-floors-in-london-2599066|title='Time To Dance': Katrina Kaif's sister Isabelle Kaif, Sooraj Pancholi's film to go on floors in London|date=29 March 2018|publisher=DNA|access-date=25 March 2019|archive-date=27 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327101316/https://www.dnaindia.com/bollywood/report-time-to-dance-katrina-kaif-s-sister-isabelle-kaif-sooraj-pancholi-s-film-to-go-on-floors-in-london-2599066|url-status=live}}</ref> He has also appeared in the music videos ''GF BF'' (2016) and ''Dim Dim Lights'' (2019).

==Personal life==
In 2013, Pancholi dated actress [[Jiah Khan]], who died of suicide in June of that year. Based on Khan's suicide note, which blamed the couple's strained relationship as a reason for her death, Pancholi was arrested and interviewed under suspicion he aided Khan's suicide.<ref>{{cite news |title=Jiah Khan suicide case: This is what Jiah Khan's letter to Sooraj Pancholi |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/celebrities/story/jiah-khan-suicide-case-this-is-what-jiah-khans-letter-to-sooraj-pancholi-said-abortion-pregnancy-court-full-text-276755-2015-12-11 |access-date=19 August 2020 |work=India Today |date=11 December 2015 |language=en |archive-date=19 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819020200/https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/celebrities/story/jiah-khan-suicide-case-this-is-what-jiah-khans-letter-to-sooraj-pancholi-said-abortion-pregnancy-court-full-text-276755-2015-12-11 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Mahendru |first1=Tanya |title=Jiah Khan's suicide: Why is Sooraj Pancholi still in jail? |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/jiah-khans-suicide-why-is-sooraj-pancholi-still-in-jail-167982-2013-06-25 |access-date=14 November 2019 |agency=India Today |publisher=Living Media India Limited |date=25 September 2013 |location=New Delhi |archive-date=13 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191113183445/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/jiah-khans-suicide-why-is-sooraj-pancholi-still-in-jail-167982-2013-06-25 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2018 Pancholi was formally charged with abetting Khan's suicide.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dhillon |first1=Amrit |title=Jiah Khan's ex-partner Sooraj Pancholi charged over death of Bollywood star |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/31/jiah-khans-ex-partner-sooraj-pancholi-charged-over-death-of-bollywood-star |access-date=14 November 2019 |agency=The Guardian |publisher=Guardian Media Group |date=31 January 2018 |location=World, India |archive-date=15 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190815153422/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/31/jiah-khans-ex-partner-sooraj-pancholi-charged-over-death-of-bollywood-star |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Mathur |first1=Yashika |title=Sooraj Pancholi charged in Jiah Khan suicide: Father Aditya Pancholi 'happy' to start 'real fight' |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/sooraj-pancholi-charged-in-jiah-khan-suicide-father-aditya-pancholi-happy-to-start-real-fight/story-H4L0CNEmRflWzDmGUeFnfL.html |access-date=14 November 2019 |agency=Hindustan Times |publisher=HT Media Ltd |date=31 Jan 2018 |location=Bollywood |archive-date=24 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180224194254/https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/sooraj-pancholi-charged-in-jiah-khan-suicide-father-aditya-pancholi-happy-to-start-real-fight/story-H4L0CNEmRflWzDmGUeFnfL.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

The criminal case was expected to begin in March 2018, but {{as of|November 2019|lc=y}}, it had not begun yet, which Pancholi attributed to Khan's mother's refusal to proceed.<ref>{{cite news |title=Trial against Sooraj Pancholi to start soon |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/trial-against-sooraj-pancholi-to-start-soon/ |access-date=14 November 2019 |agency=The Indian Express |publisher=Indian Express Group |date=14 November 2019 |location=Mumbai |archive-date=31 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731153820/https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/trial-against-sooraj-pancholi-to-start-soon/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Pancholi has denied involvement in Khan's death, describing himself as a scapegoat for her decision to end her life.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sooraj Pancholi opens up about Jiah Khan's suicide, #MeToo and more |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/sooraj-pancholi-opens-up-about-jiah-khans-suicide-metoo-and-more/articleshow/72015122.cms |access-date=14 November 2019 |agency=Times of India |publisher=Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. |location=Entertainment |date=12 Nov 2019 |archive-date=13 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191113024908/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/sooraj-pancholi-opens-up-about-jiah-khans-suicide-metoo-and-more/articleshow/72015122.cms |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Key
| style="background:#ffc;"| {{dagger|alt=Films that have not yet been released}}
| Denotes films that have not yet been released
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
! Year
! Film
! Role
!Director
! Notes
|-
|2010
|''[[Guzaarish (film)|Guzaarish]]''
|{{N/A}}
|[[Sanjay Leela Bhansali]]
|Assistant Director
|-
|2012
|''[[Ek Tha Tiger]]''
|{{N/A}}
|[[Kabir Khan (director)|Kabir Khan]]
|Assistant Director
|-
| 2015 || ''[[Hero (2015 Hindi film)|Hero]]'' ||Suraj Kaushik
|[[Nikkhil Advani]]
| Debut film,
[[Stardust Awards]], [[Filmfare Awards]]
|-
| 2019 || ''[[Satellite Shankar]]'' || Shankar
|Irfan Kamal
|
|-
| 2021 || ''[[Time to Dance]]''
| Rishabh
| Stanley D'costa
|
|-
| {{TBA}}
| {{Not yet|''[[Hawa Singh]]''{{Dagger}}|align=left}}
| Hawa Singh
| Prakash Nambiar
|
|}

==Music videos==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Song !! Singer !! Co-Starring
|-
| 2016 || "GF BF" || Gurinder Seagal ||[[Jacqueline Fernandez]]
|-
| 2019 || "Dim Dim Lights" || [[Rahul Jain]] || Larissa Bonesi
|-
|}

== Awards ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year
!Film
!Award
!Category
!Result
|-
|2015
|''[[Hero (2015 Hindi film)|Hero]]''
|[[Stardust Awards]]
|Best Jodi (Pair) Of The Year <small>(Shared with [[Athiya Shetty]])</small>
|{{Won}}<ref name=":01">{{Cite web|url=https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/news/346785/checkout-stardust-awards-2016-winners-list|title=Stardust Awards 2015 Winners List!|website=Pinkvilla|language=en|access-date=12 August 2018|archive-date=20 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820101930/https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/news/346785/checkout-stardust-awards-2016-winners-list|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|2016
|''Hero''
| [[Filmfare Awards]]
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut|Best Male Debut]]
| {{Won}}
|-
|}

==See also==
*[[List of Indian film actors]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Sooraj Pancholi}}
* {{IMDb name|4808460}}
* {{Bollywood Hungama person|sooraj-pancholi}}

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[[Category:1987 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian male film actors]]
[[Category:Male actors in Hindi cinema]]
[[Category:Male actors from Mumbai]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian male actors]]

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