Sonali Raut

Sonali Raut (born 23 December 1990) is an Indian model and actress.

In 2010, Raut won a modeling assignment in the annual Kingfisher Calendar which features models in swimsuits. In 2014 she modeled for Maxim magazine with Ranveer Singh. She starred in the Bollywood film The Xposé, playing the role of a movie star who is murdered; film critic Taran Adarsh described her as glamorous. There were reports of an off-screen catfight between Raut and co-star Zoya Afroz, mirroring an on-screen fight, which reportedly prevented them from promoting the film together. In an interview, she described Bollywood as "not very welcoming". She generated controversy in the media when she abandoned a commitment to be in a film entitled 100% Useless Fellows, angering Kannada film director S. K. Basheed, to act as a contestant in the Indian Reality TV show Bigg Boss. Basheed said "Sonali didn't even have the courtesy to inform me in advance that she was planning to enter the reality show." Bigg Boss features contestants in an isolated place who vote after each week to "evict" one of their members. She was on season eight of the show despite the objections of her parents and was evicted after a vote in a surprise decision. The show's three-member secret society found her "not behaving properly with the girls" by not mingling enough. Raut was the first contestant of the season to be evicted.

She is the younger sister of Indian supermodel Ujjwala Raut.

Filmography

 * The Xposé as Zara (Hindi), 2014
 * Bigg Boss season eight, contestant