Sonu Sood

Bollywood actor Sonu Sood, who emerged as the saviour for many during the lockdown, has announced the release of his autobiography. The book, titled I am no Messiah, will be co-authored by Meena Iyer and will be published by Penguin Publications in December. The book will revolve around his experience during the pandemic and the challenges he faced in his life. Sonu further urged people to be compassionate with each other.

The United Nations Development Programme(UNDP) awarded Bollywood actor Sonu Sood, with honourable SDG Special Humanitarian Action Award, on September 28. He is also known as the "Messiah of Migrants" because of his social work during the coronavirus-pandemic situation. He received an award for helping lakhs of migrants, and students to go back to their native. The actor accepted the recognition by the UN body as a 'rare honour'.

While appearing on the new season of Actor Neha Dhupia's podcast- 'No Filter Neha', Sonu Sood stated that director Anurag Kashyap disappeared after offering him a role in Gulaal. The actor even today, taunts the director for this incident. Later in the podcast, Sonu Sood revealed some candid moments with Actor Akshay Kumar. Sood is the second guest on 'No Filter Neha Season 5' after Saif Ali Khan. 

Actor Sonu Sood on August 26 arranged smartphones for students of a remote village in Morni, Haryana. The students had to travel miles to access a smartphone to attend online classes. Moved by the news, Sood arranged the delivery through his friend, Karan Gilhotra. Gilhotra delivered the phones to the Government Senior Secondary School's principal. Later, the students interacted with the actor over a video call.