She gave tough competition to Madhuri Dixit, Juhi Chawla and Sridevi. The actress started working at the age of 16. She reportedly visited a red light area for a film’s role.
She has worked with Rishi Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan, Dimple Kapadia and Amrish Puri in her brief Bollywood career.
Some of her blockbuster films include Tridev, Vishwatma, Ajooba, Krodh, and Insaniyat. Wondering who the actress is?
Presenting, Sonam Bakhtawar Khan. The Bollywood diva who loved taking risks, wore bikinis and shot bold scenes.
Her on-screen lip lock with Rishi Kapoor in the 1991 film Ajooba made headlines. She became the talk of the town for doing a scene that most actresses of her time refused.
The one-minute sequence between Rishu Kapoor and Sonam Khan was the X-factor of the Gennady Vasilyev & Shashi Kapoor directorial.
But then Sonam Khan chose love and got married to director Rajiv Rai at the age of 19. She got pregnant at 20 and welcomed her first child, a son.
Sonam Khan and Rajiv Rai met on the sets of her film, and they reportedly dated for three years. Rajiv was 17 years older to Sonam. The couple’s happy paradise didn’t last long, and they parted ways after six years.
Sonam Khan had worked in close to 25 films. After her wedding, she quit the showbiz world and wanted to focus on her family.
Sonam Khan again found love in Murli. The two exchanged vows in 2017 in Ooty.