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samir launch soni at suzanne roshan 's the charcoal project london , united kingdom british samir soni rajlakshmi & ndash ; present -rrb- khanvilkar -lrb- divorced -rrb- neelam kothari -lrb- 2011 1995 & ndash ; present samir soni filmitada.jpg samir soni
 samir soni
samir soni

samir soni -lrb- born in london , england -rrb- is an british film and television actor and a former model of indian descent .
soni made his debut in the hindi serial `` samandar '' based on navy officers .
in 1996 , he appeared as ashok mathur in doordarshan 's `` a mouthful of sky '' .
he made his film debut in `` china gate '' , which was followed by cameo appearances .
in 2003 , soni appeared in the film `` baghban '' and played lead roles in basti and kahan ho tum .
in that same year , soni also worked in the television series `` jassi jaissi koi nahin '' .
in 2004 , he worked in a '' saaksshi '' .
soni featured as one of the contestants in the reality television show bigg boss 4 in 2010 .
soni was playing the lead role in ekta kapoor 's indian soap opera `` parichay - nayee zindagi kay sapno ka '' -lrb- 2013 -rrb- which earned him the indian telly award for best actor , and ita award for best actor - drama -lrb- popular -rrb- in 2012 .
soni attended school at london school of commerce .
he graduated from the university of california , los angeles in economics .
he was an investment banker in new york .
he attended acting courses while in both new york and los angeles .
through modeling , he met rajlakshmi khanvilkar .
the two were married for six months before they divorced .
on 24 january 2011 , he married former actress neelam kothari .
