Kunze kwava kudoka pandinosvika kumba kwaNafisa Ali Sodhi kuDefence Colony, Delhi, uye mumhepo yechirimo mune kuremerwa kusinganzwisisike. Ndakazvipinza mukati (hapana bhero repamusuwo rekuzivisa kusvika kwangu) uye ndikawana Ali Sodhi achizorora pasofa nebhuku. Anotaridzika akasununguka uye kupenya kwese kwandanga ndichimutarisira kuve, musoro webvudzi uye mitsetse mishoma ichiita zvishoma kudzongonyedza runako rwake runopenya. Iko hakuna makeup pachiso chake, vhudzi rake rakasungirirwa mune yakasarudzika updo, uye mamiriro ekunze anofara uye akadzikama. Ini handimboendi kunoyevedza. Handina kumbobvira ndave nechiso, pedicure, manicure ... hapana. Ndinozora kumeso kwangu necream mushure mekunge ndageza ndizvozvo, anodaro tsvarakadenga ine mukurumbira, uyo akapiwa korona yeFemina Miss India muna 1976 uye akaita wechipiri paMiss International muna 1977. Ndagara ndakagwinya uye ndiri mumhanyi, asi iko zvino. kuti ndine thyroid, ndafuta uye ndinonzwa zvakashata nezvazvo.
Chikwata cheChampion
Ali Sodhi ari kure nemafuta, asi tinofanira kuyeuka kuti akanga ari mutambi wemitambo, uye maitiro ake ehutano akasiyana zvikuru. Akazvarwa muKolkata muna Ndira 18, 1957, kumutori wemifananidzo ane mukurumbira Ahmed Ali naPhilomena Torresan, anga ari mumhanyi akatanhamara muchikoro, akazove shasha yekushambira yeWest Bengal mukutanga kwemakumi manomwe uye shasha yekutuhwina yenyika muna 1974. Ali Sodhi aive ndakamboitawo joki kwekanguva kuCalcutta Gymkhana muna 1979. Ndakakura zvakanaka muKolkata. Taigara muimba yakanaka yekoloni paJhowtala Road. Ndakadzidza kushambira ndichiri mudiki. Ndaiwanzonzi ‘mwana wemvura inodziya’ mazuva iwayo nekuti ndaizohwina mikwikwi yose yekutuhwina.
Natural star
Nekunaka kwaAli Sodhi uye budiriro yemitambo, anga ari munhu ane mukurumbira muKolkata kunyangwe asati afunga kutora chikamu muFemina Miss India peji. Saka zvakanga zvisingatarisirwi zvachose paakahwina korona muMumbai muna Chikumi 1976. Kuhwina kwaMiss India kwakagadzirira Ali Sodhi nzira yekutora chikamu muMiss International, makwikwi aizoitirwa kuTokyo. Kwaive kunakidza kukuru. Ndakanga ndiri wechipiri-muhwina uye takatorwa muJapan mose mune zvinoshandurwa uko taizosimudzira mhomho. Mushure mekubudirira kwake kwepeji, bhurashi raAli Sodhi neBollywood rakauya nemukana. Rishi Kapoor akaona mufananidzo wake pabutiro re Mudiki Statesman , magazini yakakurumbira yenguva iyoyo, uye akairatidza kuna baba vake Raj Kapoor. Vese vakashamiswa nerunako rwake rwaishamisa. Raj Kapoor akatomupa firimu rakatarisana naRishi, asi baba vaAli Sodhi, avo vakanga vasina kugadzikana nepfungwa yemwanasikana wavo achishanda mumafirimu, vakaramba.
Izvozvi, zvakadaro, kwete kupera kwemaroto aAli Sodhi's Bollywood. Gare gare, paakasangana naShashi Kapoor naShyam Benegal pazuva rekuzvarwa kwaRaj Kapoor muMumbai, akapihwa basa rekutungamira Junoon . Baba vangu vakanga vasingadi kuti ndiite chimwe chinhu, asi nemhaka yokuti ndakanga ndichangosvitsa makore 21, vakandiudza kuti ndizvisarudzire. Saka ndakatora mukana wacho ndokutamira kuBombay. Rini Junoon yakanga ichigadzirwa, mugadziri wemufirimu Nasir Hussain aida kukanda Ali Sodhi mufirimu rakatarisana naRishi Kapoor. Sekunyora kunonyora mubhuku rake Khullam Khulla (HarperCollins), zvisinei, yavo pa-screen pairing yaisazoitika panguva ino zvakare: Kutenderedza panguva imwe chete se Junoon , Nasir Hussain akanga achigadzira kondirakiti yokuti ashande neni mairi Zamaane Ko Dikhana Hai . Yakasainwa, yakasimbiswa uye yakaunzwa, uye zvese zvaive munzvimbo apo, zvakare, baba vake vakakanda spanner mumabasa. Haana kubvumirana nezvikamu zvishoma muchibvumirano.
Nepo mudiki Ali Sodhi akabvuma diktat yababa vake panguva iyoyo, kusakwanisa kuvaka basa mumafirimu kwave kuzvidemba kwake kusingaperi. Ndinodemba kuteerera baba vangu. Ndingadai ndisina kumbomuteerera maererano nerwendo rwangu mubhaisikopo. Cinema inopa simba, inokurudzira, uye inonakidza… Unogona kuve chero chaunoda kuva; ndihwo hukuru hwemabhaisikopo, anodaro. Mushure Junoon muna 1979, Ali Sodhi akadzoka mushure mekuzorora kuita Major Saab naAmitabh Bachchan muna 1998, Bewafaa muna 2005, Hupenyu MuA... Metro muna 2007 uye Yamla Pagla Deewana muna 2010 naDharmendra. Akaitawo mufirimu reMalayalam rinonzi Big B muna 2007 naMammootty.
Super trooper
Junoon aive nekukosha kukuru muhupenyu hwaAli Sodhi munzira dzakawanda kupfuura imwe. Kune imwe, yaive panguva yekupfurwa kwefirimu iyi yaakasangana nemurume wake, polo player uye Arjuna Awardee Colonel RS 'Pickles' Sodhi. Nzvimbo yekurwa mukati Junoon akapfurwa ari muuto remurume wangu saka ndaiziva mapurisa ese. Ndiye chete aiva bhachura. Paakauya kuKolkata nokuda kweshoo yebhiza nomutambo wepolo, ndakasvika pakumuziva zviri nani. Uye pandakaenda kuDelhi kune Junoon akatanga kundinyengerera nemabhiza. Ndaida mabhiza, saka rudo rwose rwakanga rwakavapoteredza! Ali Sodhi anoyeuka.
Zvisinei, kudanana kwacho kwakanga kusiri nyore. Vaibva kunyika dzakasiyana-siyana, vaiva nemakore 14 pakati pavo, uye Sodhi aiva muSikh, nepo Ali ari muMuslim. Kunyangwe kushorwa kwakasimba kubva kumhuri dzavo, vaviri ava vakaita muchato wakanyoreswa muKolkata uchiteverwa neyeSikh pamusha weMaharani Gayatri Devi muDelhi.
Ali Sodhi aigara achibatanidzwa mubasa rekugarisana nevamwe, asi zvakangoitika mushure mokunge atamira kuDelhi kuti akakwanisa kukudziridza chido chake zvizere. Vakaparura homwe yeOrissa Cyclone Relief Fund apo nyika yakarohwa nedutu guru muna 1999. Vaivepo pakaitika kudengenyeka kwenyika muBhuj, Gujarat, muna 2001. Vakashanda zvakanyanya mumisha uye vakabatsira kuvaka dzimba mazana matatu nemakumi mana.
Kuchengetwa kwevarwere veHIV chikonzero chiri padyo nemoyo waAli Sodhi. Pandakatanga kushandira vanhu vane HIV/AIDS muna 1994, hapana aiva nehanya nazvo kana kuita chimwe chinhu nezvazvo. Ndakafunga kuti ndichaita documentary pamusoro penyaya iyi uye ndakaenda kumusha wevarwere veHIV kuDelhi kunotsvakurudza. Mamiriro evarwere vandakaona paya akandivhiringidza uye akandirwadza kusvika pakati pemoyo wangu. Saka ndakaenda kumukuru wepanguva iyoyo Sheila Dikshit ndokumuudza kuti ndakanga ndisina mari, asi ndaida kutarisira varwere veHIV uye ndaida nzvimbo yokuitira izvi. Aivimba neni uye akandibvumira kuti ndienderere mberi. Ndakavhura musha wangu wega wekuchengeta HIV/AIDS unonzi Ashraya muRajokri Village, Delhi, neAction India, ndikaushandisa kwemakore masere. Ali Sodhi akamhanyisawo chirongwa cheDOTS cheTB ikoko. Nehurombo, aifanira kuivhara muna 2009 apo mari yakatanga kupera.
VaSanjay Grover, avo vanga vachishanda naAli Sodhi kubva muna 1996 mumabasa akasiyana, vanoti kunyange hazvo vaikwanisa zvikuru kuunganidza mari pamwe nekudyidzana nehurumende, zvakazonetsa kuti vafambise musha nemari shoma. Akanga akaiswa mari yakakwana mubasa racho. Vaienda kunzvimbo dzine maranji matsvuku kuti vaone kuti varwere veko vaivapo vairarama sei uye ovapinza basa mumba. Mari, zvakadaro, raive dambudziko uye zvakave zvisingaite kuhaya vanachiremba pamitengo yakagoverwa yeRs 15,000 uye vanamukoti neRs zviuru zvitanhatu.
Mhuka yezvematongerwo enyika
Kuna Ali Sodhi, kupindira mune zvematongerwo enyika kwakafanana nekuwedzera kwechisikigo kwebasa rake rezvemagariro. Ndakanga ndisina mukana wezvamatongerwe enyika, asi ndakanga ndiine kurwa mandiri. Ndakapinda mune zvematongerwo enyika kuitira kuti ndiwane nzvimbo yakakura uye ndibvumidzwe kuita sarudzo dzemitemo. Akakurudzira mumiriri weCongress Sheila Dikshit muna 1998 kuDelhi State Assembly Sarudzo. Mushure mekukunda kwaDikshit, Sonia Gandhi akaita Ali Sodhi nhengo yepamusoro yeDelhi Pradesh Congress Committee.
Ali Sodhi ane makore makumi mana nemanomwe paakawana tikiti reCongress rekukwikwidza musarudzo dzeLok Sabha muna 2004 kubva mudunhu reSouth Kolkata, akasvetukira mumakwikwi, asi akakundwa. Akawana mumwe mukana wekukwikwidza musarudzo muna 2009 paakapihwa tikiti reSamajwadi Party yechigaro cheparamende yeLucknow. Asi zvakare, akakundwa.
Kutsauka kwaAli Sodhi kuSP kubva kuCongress kwakasimudza tsiye dzinopfuura shoma. Mushure mekukundwa kwake, zvakadaro, akadzokera kuCongress munaNovember 2009. Parizvino, Ali Sodhi haasi kuita zvematongerwo enyika, kunyange zvazvo achiramba ari chikamu cheCongress. Ini handisi kushanda nekuti ndakarwadziwa kuti kunyangwe ndichigona zvakawanda, handina kupihwa mikana. Ndinoda Mai (Sonia) Gandhi nekuti zvaive nyore kushanda navo. Nguva yazvino, zvisinei, inyaya yakasiyana. Kongiresi nhasi inofanirwa kuvimbisa vanhu nezve kukosha kwavo. Iparty ine basa chairo asi zvese zvavanoita zvinorasika.
Nepo zvematongerwo enyika zvingangove zvakadzosera kumashure muhupenyu hwaAli Sodhi, ari kure nekusaita zvekushandisa uye nekumumanikidza kuenda pamudyandigere kuti apedze nguva nevana vemwanasikana wake mukuru Armana, kuronga muchato wemwanasikana wake Pia uye kubatsira mwanakomana wake Ajit kuwana nzvimbo muBollywood. Kuziva mbambo yemoto, zvisinei, hatingashamisi kana akakurumidza kubuda kunze kwemunda wekuruboshwe uye akatikatyamadza zvakare.
