Happy Belated Birthday Sonal Chauhan!

"Zara sa dil mein de jaga tu". This dynamic and popular track from 2008's hit film Jannat encaptures our minds when we hear of the model-turned-actress, Sonal Chauhan. On the 16^th of May, the pretty lass celebrated her 29^th birthday!

Born in Muzzafarnagar, UP, Sonal's family consists of her father who is in the police force, her mother who is a housewife, an older brother and two younger sisters. She attended the Delhi Public school in Noida and is a Philosophy Honors holder from Gargi College, New Delhi. Soon after college, Sonal made her way to the glamour world and won a number of named beauty pageants, including the prestigious Miss World Tourism 2005 held in Malaysia. It was a major achievement for her as she was the first Indian lady honored with this title. It was from that point onward that there was no looking back for her as she quickly scaled the ladder of success and became one of the top models of Delhi.

One could often catch Sonal in various ads of brands such as Ponds, Nokia, Hindustan Times, LG, Reliance, etc. She has even walked the ramp for the jewellery brand YSI8 as the showstopper during the International Jewellery week 2011. Sonal also featured on cover pages for magazines like FHM and Man Magazine. Her name and fame eventually made way for her acting career and she debuted with Himesh Reshammiya's album, Aap Ka Surroor. It wasn't until 2008's film Jannat that Sonal received her first blockbuster super-hit opposite Emraan Hashmi. However, even after such a successful start with Jannat, she has not been able to maintain a steady acting career and has only manage to do two  films in Bollywood thus far; the action film Buddah Hoga Tera Baap and the 2013 released horror thriller 3G.

Sonal with her grace and elegance may have charmed the judges and audience all around the world but she has more to offer than modelling and acting. She made her singing debut with the song "Kaise Bataaon", a duet sung with popular singer KK. It was sung for Sonal's latest release 3G, where she paired with Neil Nitin Mukesh. 

Sonal may be just three films old but Jannat has given her enough tracks to credit. As mentioned earlier, the romantic track "Zara Sa" was the highlighted song from the album featuring her romance with Emraan. Other than this, other songs that gained her fame were "Haan Tu Hai" and "Lambi Judaai", all picturized on her from the same movie.