Sonal Sehgal

She married Naresh Kamath in 2011. Before pursuing an acting career, Sehgal assisted ad filmmaker and director Pradeep Sarkar who made his film debut with Parineeta. She also worked as a copywriter for leading advertising agencies in Delhi. The actress turned into a producer with Indo-Latvian sci-fi thriller Manny in which she played a lead role opposite Russian actor Jurijs Dyakonovs.{{Cite web|title=Sonal Sehgal to romance Russian co-star in debut co-production|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/sonal-sehgal-to-romance-russian-costar-in-debut-coproduction/1884337|access-date=2020-12-28|website=www.outlookindia.com/}}

Aashayein was directed by the national award-winning director Nagesh Kukunoor. Sehgal was cast opposite John Abraham, who played the dying protagonist. Sehgal played the pillar of strength and the only ray of hope in the dying man's life. Radio is a drama, featuring a complex relationship between a man, his ex-wife (played by Sehgal), and his current girlfriend.

Future to bright hai ji, although a disappointment at the box office, earned great reviews.{{citation needed|date=July 2021}} It is a comedy about a couple from a small town (played by Aamir Bashir and Sonal Sehgal) who come to Mumbai to try their luck in Bollywood. It is a hilarious account of their trials and tribulations. Sehgal penned the lyrics of the title song of the same film.{{Cite web|first=Parag|last=Maniar|date=Oct 23, 2012|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/aamir-bashir-ventures-into-comedy-with-sonal-sehgal/articleshow/16915035.cms|title=Aamir Bashir ventures into comedy with Sonal Sehgal|website=The Times of India}} In Rahat Kazmi's Mantostaan, based on the works of celebrated writer Saadat Hasan Manto, she played the leading role.{{Cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/regional/partition-of-india-saadat-hasan-manto-goes-to-cannes-2784679/|title=Mantostaan Goes to Cannes International Festival this year|date=5 May 2016}}

Sonal plays the lead role in and has also co written the screenplay of "Lihaaf", along with director Rahat Kazmi. The film based on Ismat Chugtai's story of the same name, is produced by Oscar Winner Marc Baschet.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/bollywood/report-ismat-chugtai-s-lihaaf-poster-gets-unveiled-at-cannes-film-festival-2018-2615827|title = Ismat Chugtai's Lihaaf poster gets unveiled at Cannes Film Festival 2018|date = 16 May 2018|work=DNA}}

She began her career with theatre and television. She had a pivotal role in the celebrated theater scriptwriter/director Mahesh Dattani's play Mad about Money. She also had lead roles in the television serials Saara Akaash and Hotel Kingston, in which she played diverse characters.{{Cite web|title=Sonal Sehgal|url=https://www.tellychakkar.com/tv/interviews/sonal-sehgal}}{{bsn|date=July 2021}} These programs aired back-to-back from 2005 to 2007. In Saara Akash, she played an undercover spy on the Indian Air force base who lost her heart to a pilot.{{Cite web|title=Hindi Tv Serial Saara Akaash - Cast & Crew|url=https://nettv4u.com/about/Hindi/tv-serials/saara-akaash/all-cast-and-crew}}{{bsn|date=July 2021}} The audience loved to hate her and then fell in love with her. In Hotel Kingston, she played a spoiled brat who inherited her father's hotel and managed it incompetently. The character was a brat with a golden heart who the audience adored.

Sonal Sehgal worked on many Hindi and Punjabi private albums from 2001 to 2003. Hit songs include Chadi Jawani with Jassy B, Ghungat by Pankaj Udhas, Botla Sarab Diyan with Bally Sagoo, Harbhajan Maan and many more.{{cite news|url=https://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/bollywood-news/article/The-words-just-came-to-me--Sonal-Sehgal-185247|date=15 October 2012|title=The words just came to me: Sonal Sehgal|first=Shaheen|last=Parkar|work=Mid-Day}}

Sonal has written lyrics for the title track of the film Future to Bright Hai ji (2012). She also wrote the lyrics of the 2018 single "Saawariya", composed by Naresh Kamath and sung by Shilpa Rao.{{Cite web|date=25 June 2018|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/sonal-sehgal-on-the-write-track/articleshow/64725245.cms|title = Sonal Sehgal on the write track|work=Mumbai Mirror}}

• The Day That Nothing Happened (2018), a fictional story about people who travel to a 'Multiverse'

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