Yash Soni

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Yash Soni
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Born (1996-10-16) 16 October 1996 (age 27) [1]
NationalityIndian
OccupationActor
Years active2015–present

Yash Soni (born 16 October 1996) is an Indian theater and film actor who primarily works in Gujarati cinema. He debuted with the hit comedy Chhello Divas (2015). He later starred in films like Days of Tafree (2016), Shu Thayu? (2018). He then starred in Chaal Jeevi Laiye! (2019) alongside Siddharth Randeria, which became the highest grossing Gujarati film.

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Career

Soni debuted in Gujarati cinema in 2015 with Chhello Divas directed by Krishnadev Yagnik which was declared a hit, and he was praised for his performance. [2] [3] Later he acted in some experimental and commercial theatre productions.

In 2016, he debuted in Bollywood (Hindi cinema) with Days of Tafree , the Hindi remake of Chhello Divas, directed by Yagnik. [4] He again collaborated with Yagnik in another commercially successful Gujarati film Shu Thayu? (2018). [5] [6] In 2019, he starred in Chaal Jeevi Laiye! [7] [4] in the lead role which became the highest grossing Gujarati film. [8] [9] In 2022, he appeared in Naadi Dosh [10] and Raado , [11] both Gujarati films written and directed by Krishnadev Yagnik; and in Fakt Mahilao Maate directed by Jay Bodas. [12] In 2023, he appeared in the hit comedy 3 Ekka with Malhar Thakar and Mitra Gadhavi. [13] He will be seen in the upcoming masala film Danny Jigar . [14]

Filmography

Films

Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearTitleRoleLanguageNotes
2015 Chhello Divas Nikhil Gujarati
2016 Days of Tafree Nikhil Hindi
2018 Shu Thayu? Neel Gujarati
2019 Chaal Jeevi Laiye Aditya Parikh
2022 Naadi Dosh Kevin
Raado Karan
Fakt Mahilao Maate Chintan Parikh
2023 3 Ekka Kabir/Baba [13]
2024 Danny Jigar Danny Jigar [14]
2024 Jagat Jagat Pandya [14]

Theatre

YearTitleRole
2019Tran Aadi Liti [15] Hemang

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