Sonu Sood lists on the top of ‘50 Asian Celebrities in The World’, beats Amitabh Bachchan, Priyanka Chopra & Prabhas!

Sonu Sood lists on the top of ‘50 Asian Celebrities in The World’, beats Amitabh Bachchan, Priyanka Chopra & Prabhas!
Thursday, December 10, 2020 17:43 IST
By Santa Banta News Network
Sonu Sood is not less than any messiah for the poor and needy people as the actor earned huge reputed image after helping people in the COVID-19 pandemic. He even received several awards for helping stranded migrants and now a UK-based weekly newspaper Eastern Eye named Sonu Sood the number one South Asian celebrity in the world for his philanthropic efforts during the Covid-19 pandemic. The actor is listed on the top '50 Asian Celebrities in The World'. The list also includes eminent personalities like Amitabh Bachchan, Priyanka Chopra, Prabhas and singer Armaan Malik. But surpassing everyone, Sonu Sood grabs the title.

In September month, Sonu Sood was honored with SDG Special Humanitarian Action Award by the United Nations Development Programme. With the award, Sonu Sood joined the likes of Angelina Jolie, David Beckham, Leonardo DiCaprio, Emma Watson, Liam Neeson, Cate Blanchett, Antonio Banderas, Nicole Kidman, and Priyanka Chopra who have been similarly honored by different UN bodies. Well, due to his reputed work, the actor has an immense fan following among his people and now the actor has achieved the 8 million followers milestone on Instagram.

During the nationwide lockdown amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Sonu Sood helped thousands of stranded Indian migrant workers to reach their homes by arranging buses, special trains and chartered flights for them. From there, the actor gained immense popularity and also launched a website and app called Pravasi Rojgar to help migrant workers find suitable jobs amid the pandemic.

On the work front, he was last seen in Rohit Shetty's cop universe 'Simmba' as Durva Ranade. On the other side, Sonu Sood will join the star cast of Chandraprakash Dwivedi's historical period-drama film, 'Prithviraj' alongside Akshay Kumar and Manushi Chillar.
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