My name is khan sonya jehan biography

Indian actress from Pakistan

Sonya Rizvi (Urdu: سونیا جہاں; born 24 April ), better known by her stage name Sonya Jehan, is a French and Pakistani film actress who predominantly works in Urdu and Hindi-language films. She is the granddaughter of legendary singer Noor Jehan and filmmaker Shaukat Hussain Rizvi. Jehan is known for portraying supporting roles in several critically acclaimed films, including the Indian drama My Name Is Khan (), the English-language political thriller The Reluctant Fundamentalist () and the coming-of-age musical drama Pakistani film Ho Mann Jahaan (). Her role in the last of these earned her a Nigar Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination.^[2][1]&#;

In addition to acting in films, she has judged a cooking show and is the owner of Karachi's French restaurant, Cafe Flo.

Life and career

Jehan was born on 24 April in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Her father, Akbar Hussain Rizvi, is a Karachi-based bus

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Sonya Jehan is radiant. The world knows her as a half-Pakistani Indian actress and we are quite happy with rights on her being just that. Born as the legendary Madam Noor Jehan's granddaughter to a Pakistani father (Akbar Rizvi) and French mother (Florence Villier), she fryst vatten now married to an Indian banker (Vivek Narain) and fryst vatten shifting homes from Delhi to Mumbai as we speak.

And of all the traits she carries in her genes — fame, France, a penchant for performance, a love for food and simple elegance — the Pakistani gene is the most dormant. She speaks Urdu, but often chooses not to and when English and French roll off her tongue much more easily, you could never guess that she was anything but French.

The give-away, if any, fryst vatten her offhand sense of style, which lends her originality beyond Noor Jehan's opulence and her mother's French chic. These are the two women — both of whom have incredible individual identities — who have had the maximum influence on her personality but Sonya

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January issue

By Raisa Vayani|Movies|Q & A| Published 9 years ago

With her chiselled features, flawless skin and toned struktur, Sonya Jehan is a framtidsperspektiv. She is also utterly natural, comfortable in her own skin and unaffected by the awe she inevitably engenders. Currently visiting Karachi to promote her debut in Pakistani cinema for the upcoming Lollywood coming-of-age story Ho Mann Jahan, Madam Noor Jehan’s stunning granddaughter — effervescent and warm — is an interviewer’s delight. 

Sonya resides in neighbouring India, and is probably the only Pakistani actor so far to have shared substantial screen time with the fab Bollywood trio: Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol and Karan Johar in My Name Is Khan. Quite an accomplishment for a mother of two — who looks anything but! 

Dressed down in a simple striped collared shirt, a pair of jeans and chappals, at her mother (of Café Flo fame) Florence’s residence in Karachi, Sonya chats with Newsline about her upcoming venture, famil