Bollywood actor Sonu Sood who has won awards and appreciation for villainous roles in reel life is in reality known as ‘Messiah of the Masses.’

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The famous gangster of films has turned out to be no less than an angel during the time of coronavirus pandemic

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With Sood’s help, many people who were severely affected during the COVID-19 pandemic got a new lease of life

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On July 30, 2022, Sood turned 49 years old and many took to social media to wish him a healthy life ahead

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Here are some lesser known facts of the star cum messiah-

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Sood is an engineer turned actor and he completed his graduation in electrical engineering from Yeshwantrao Chavan College of Engineering (YCCE), Nagpur

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He comes from a highly educated family as his father Shakti Sagar Sood was a businessman and mother Saroj Sood was a college professor

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Sood is also an entrepreneur with his own production house named after his father Shakti Sagar Production along with a social media app called Explurger

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The philanthropist who also founded Sood Charity Foundation to help people has co-authored a book with Meena Iyer titled ‘I Am No Messiah’

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When Sood started auditioning for Bollywood, many people called him Amitabh Bachchan’s doppelganger

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