Sonam Kapoor: Difference between revisions

On 8 May 2018, Kapoor married Indian businessman Anand Ahuja in a traditional Sikh ceremony in [[Bandra]]. [[Mumbai]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/sonam-kapoor-anand-ahuja-tie-the-knot-in-an-anand-karaj-ceremony/articleshow/64074876.cms |title=Sonam Kapoor, Anand Ahuja tie the knot in an Anand Karaj ceremony |date=8 May 2018 |work=[[The Economic Times]] |access-date=8 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180508193826/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/sonam-kapoor-anand-ahuja-tie-the-knot-in-an-anand-karaj-ceremony/articleshow/64074876.cms |archive-date=8 May 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> The following month, she featured in [[Shashanka Ghosh]]'s ''[[Veere Di Wedding]]'', a [[female buddy film]] co-starring [[Kareena Kapoor]], [[Swara Bhaskar]] and Shikha Talsania. Namrita Joshi of ''[[The Hindu]]'' found the film formulaic and clichéd, while Sweta Kaushal of ''Hindustan Times'' thought the film had "style but no soul" and was partly impressed with Kapoor's performance.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Joshi |first1=Namrata |title='Veere Di Wedding' review: four women and a wedding |url=http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/veere-di-wedding-review-four-women-and-a-wedding/article24056214.ece |access-date=19 June 2018 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=1 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627190506/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/veere-di-wedding-review-four-women-and-a-wedding/article24056214.ece |archive-date=27 June 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Kaushal |first1=Sweta |title=Veere Di Wedding movie review: Kareena Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor film offers style but no soul |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/movie-reviews/veere-di-wedding-movie-review-kareena-kapoor-sonam-kapoor-film-offers-style-but-no-soul/story-tWieepTyYazGWXC0nTLYaP.html |access-date=19 June 2018 |work=Hindustan Times |date=1 June 2018 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180617034152/https://www.hindustantimes.com/movie-reviews/veere-di-wedding-movie-review-kareena-kapoor-sonam-kapoor-film-offers-style-but-no-soul/story-tWieepTyYazGWXC0nTLYaP.html |archive-date=17 June 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> With earnings of over {{INR convert|1.34|b}}, the film proved to her second top-grossing Hindi film not featuring a well-known male star.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/box-office-special-features/box-office-worldwide-collections-day-wise-breakup-veere-di-wedding/|title=Box Office: Worldwide Collections and Day wise breakup of Veere Di Wedding|publisher=Bollywood Hungama|access-date=18 June 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614192232/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/box-office-special-features/box-office-worldwide-collections-day-wise-breakup-veere-di-wedding/|archive-date=14 June 2018|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://boxofficeindia.com/report-details.php?articleid=4014|title=Veere Di Wedding Second Monday Business|publisher=Box Office India|date=12 June 2018|access-date=12 June 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627190505/https://boxofficeindia.com/report-details.php?articleid=4014|archive-date=27 June 2018|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Later that month, Kapoor featured in [[Rajkumar Hirani]]'s biopic of [[Bollywood]] actor [[Sanjay Dutt]], entitled ''[[Sanju]]'', as one of Dutt's love interests. Kapoor said that despite her brief role, she agreed to the project to work with Hirani and to reunite with Ranbir Kapoor after her debut.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jha |first1=Subhash K. |title=Sonam Kapoor opens up on reuniting with Ranbir, funny mangalsutra scene in Sanju |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/bollywood/250618/why-sonam-kapoor-chose-sanju.html |access-date=29 June 2018 |work=Deccan Chronicle |date=25 June 2018 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629185511/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/bollywood/250618/why-sonam-kapoor-chose-sanju.html |archive-date=29 June 2018 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Anna M. M. Vetticad criticised the film's attempt to whitewash Dutt's misdeeds, but found Kapoor's portrayal of her small role "sweet".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Vetticad |first1=Anna M. M. |title=Sanju movie review: Ranbir Kapoor is superb, but what a startlingly dishonest Sanjay Dutt biopic this is |url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/sanju-movie-review-ranbir-kapoor-is-superb-but-what-a-startlingly-dishonest-sanjay-dutt-biopic-this-is-4629331.html |access-date=13 July 2018 |work=Firstpost |date=29 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630111929/https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/sanju-movie-review-ranbir-kapoor-is-superb-but-what-a-startlingly-dishonest-sanjay-dutt-biopic-this-is-4629331.html |archive-date=30 June 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> On the other hand, Rajeev Masand called the film "consistently engaging", and wrote that Kapoor "hit the right notes as Sanjay Dutt’s [partner]".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://in.bookmyshow.com/discover/movies/reviews/hindi-reviews/rajeev-masands-movie-review-of-sanju/amp|title=Rajeev Masand's Movie Review of Sanju|access-date=25 July 2018|author=Masand, Rajeev|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722095901/https://in.bookmyshow.com/discover/movies/reviews/hindi-reviews/rajeev-masands-movie-review-of-sanju/amp|archive-date=22 July 2018|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> ''Sanju'' broke several box-office records, becoming one of the highest-grossing Indian films.<ref>{{cite news |title='Sanju' box-office collection Day 13: Sanjay Dutt's biopic becomes the highest grosser of the year |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/box-office/sanju-box-office-collection-day-13-sanjay-dutts-biopic-becomes-the-highest-grosser-of-the-year/articleshow/64959687.cms |access-date=13 July 2018 |work=The Times of India |date=12 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717102744/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/box-office/sanju-box-office-collection-day-13-sanjay-dutts-biopic-becomes-the-highest-grosser-of-the-year/articleshow/64959687.cms |archive-date=17 July 2018 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

In 2019, Kapoor starred in the coming-of-age film ''[[Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga]]'' (as Sonam K Ahuja), co-starring her father, [[Juhi Chawla]], and Rajkummar Rao.<ref>{{cite news|last=Sharma|first=Priyanka|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/anil-kapoor-sonam-kapoor-team-up-for-ek-ladki-ko-dekha-toh-aisa-laga-4888787/|title=Anil Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor team up for Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga|work=[[The Indian Express]]|date=13 October 2017|access-date=24 January 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126012429/http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/anil-kapoor-sonam-kapoor-team-up-for-ek-ladki-ko-dekha-toh-aisa-laga-4888787/|archive-date=26 January 2018|df=dmy-all}}</ref> She played a closeted lesbian who has trouble coming out to her conservative family. She agreed to the project to break stereotypes about same-sex relationships in India.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga Star Sonam Kapoor Says 'Stereotypes Are Dangerous' |url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/ek-ladki-ko-dekha-toh-aisa-laga-star-sonam-kapoor-says-stereotypes-are-dangerous-1986364 |publisher=NDTV |access-date=2 February 2019 |date=31 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190201233310/https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/ek-ladki-ko-dekha-toh-aisa-laga-star-sonam-kapoor-says-stereotypes-are-dangerous-1986364 |archive-date=1 February 2019 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Critics were encouraging of its positive representation of homosexuality.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chauhan |first1=Soumyata |title=I thought it was a joke: When Sonam Kapoor first heard about 'Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga' |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/bollywood/interview-i-thought-it-was-a-joke-when-sonam-kapoor-first-heard-about-ek-ladki-ko-dekha-toh-aisa-laga-2714969 |access-date=2 February 2019 |work=Daily News and Analysis |date=1 February 2019 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202151610/https://www.dnaindia.com/bollywood/interview-i-thought-it-was-a-joke-when-sonam-kapoor-first-heard-about-ek-ladki-ko-dekha-toh-aisa-laga-2714969 |archive-date=2 February 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> Kapoor starred in [[Abhishek Sharma (director)|Abhishek Sharma]]'s [[The Zoya Factor (film)|film adaptation]] of [[Anuja Chauhan]]'s romantic comedy novel ''[[The Zoya Factor]]'', in which she played the titular character of a clumsy woman who becomes a lucky charm for the Indian cricket team.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/sonam-kapoor-begins-shooting-zoya-factor-shares-updates-on-day-1/story-27IoywIdVEZ7xuER7M1ScJ.html|title=Sonam Kapoor begins shooting Zoya Factor, shares updates on day 1|work=Hindustan Times|date=29 August 2018|access-date=31 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831175018/https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/sonam-kapoor-begins-shooting-zoya-factor-shares-updates-on-day-1/story-27IoywIdVEZ7xuER7M1ScJ.html|archive-date=31 August 2018|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Ankur Pathak of ''[[HuffPost]]'' was appreciative of her comic timing but bemoaned that "she’s out of depth in scenes that require her to exhibit more emotion".<ref>{{cite news |last=Pathak |first=Ankur |title='The Zoya Factor' Review: Dulquer Salmaan Is A Knockout In This Sweet Rom-Com |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.in/entry/the-zoya-factor-review-dulquer-salmaan-sonam-kapoor_in_5d845c69e4b0849d4726b888 |access-date=21 September 2019 |work=HuffPost |date=20 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190920145732/https://www.huffingtonpost.in/entry/the-zoya-factor-review-dulquer-salmaan-sonam-kapoor_in_5d845c69e4b0849d4726b888 |archive-date=20 September 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> Both of her movies of 2019 were commercially unsuccessful.<ref>{{cite web |last=Tetuja |first=Joginder |title=Box Office: Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga flops in one week, Manikarnika – The Queen of Jhansi holds well in second week |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/box-office-special-features/box-office-ek-ladki-ko-dekha-toh-aisa-laga-flops-one-week-manikarnika-queen-jhansi-holds-well-second-week/ |access-date=8 February 2019 |website=Bollywood Hungama |date=8 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209180207/https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/box-office-special-features/box-office-ek-ladki-ko-dekha-toh-aisa-laga-flops-one-week-manikarnika-queen-jhansi-holds-well-second-week/ |archive-date=9 February 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="boxoffice">{{cite news |last1=Lad |first1=Tanvi |title=From Kalank to Bharat: Major Flops of 2019 |url=https://www.ibtimes.co.in/kalank-bharat-major-flops-2019-810675 |accessdate=24 December 2019 |work=[[International Business Times]] |date=23 December 2019}}</ref>