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Sonal Monteiro | |
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| Occupation(s) | Actress , Model |
| Years active | 2014 – Present |
Sonal Monteiro is an Indian actress. [2] She appeared in many Coastalwood and Sandalwood movies.
Sonal joined St. Agnes College, Mangalore[ citation needed ]. During her studies, she joined the modelling industry and won Miss Beautiful Smile 2013, Miss Konkan 2015[ citation needed ]. She first appeared in "Anjea Sarkhen Chedun" Konkani Album Song of Late. Jerome Dsouza from the Konkani Music Album – NAACH KONKANNANT, Which released on YouTube in the year 2013 [3] and gained popularity in coastal region.
She made her acting debut in 2015 as the lead actress in the Tulu film Ekka Saka . Sonal then played a modern girl role in Jai Tulunad and then played the lead role in the romantic comedy Pilibail Yamunakka . Her Sandalwood film Abhisaarike got released in 2018. In 2018 another film MLA with Pratham also released, [4] released in 2018. Sonal Monteiro signed on to a Bollywood Film Saajan Chale Sasuraal 2 . [5] She has two additional Sandalwood films Gaalipata 2 and Buddivantha 2 in production Stage. Sonal Monteiro's recent Release Panchatantra film directed by Yograj Cinema's was superhit rom-com, [6] Panchatantra. She also played important star role in the Roberrt 2021.
Alongside her acting career, Sonal participates in stage shows, is on the Jury for Beauty Pageants and sings. [7] Sonal is the Director of Fashion ABCD a Fashion event & Celebrity management Company.
| † | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
| Year | Film | Role | Language | Notes | ||
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| 2015 | Ekka Saka | Divya | Tulu | |||
| 2016 | Jai Tulunad | Nandhitha | ||||
| Pilibail Yamunakka | Nisha | |||||
| 2018 | Abhisaarike | Sarika | Kannada | Nominated—SIIMA Award for Best Female Debutant Actor – Kannada | ||
| MLA | Sonu | |||||
| Maduve Dibbana | Parvathi | |||||
| 2019 | Panchatantra | Sahitya | [8] | |||
| 2020 | Demo Piece | Adhya | [9] | |||
| 2021 | Roberrt | Tanu | [10] | |||
| 2022 | Shambho Shiva Shankara | Divya | 2022 | Banaras | Dhani | [11] |
| 2023 | Garadi | Puppy Sukanya alias Kabbali | [12] | |||
| Sugar Factory | Adithi Bopanna | [13] | ||||
| Budhivanta 2† | TBA | Post-production [14] | ||||
| TBA | Margaret Lover of Ramachari† | Meera Raghav Ram "Maggi" | Filming [15] |
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