SUPER ACTORS: Milind Soman

Tuesday 26 June 2012

Milind Soman

Milind Soman was born to a Marathi Chitpavan Brahmin family in Scotland and lived in England until the age of seven, when his family moved back to India. He is a Gowd Saraswat Brahmin from his maternal side. He was also a national-level swimmer for India and was then discovered as a model.

For many years, Milind had a relationship with co-model Madhu Sapre.

In July 2006, Soman married Mylene Jampanoi, his French co-star in the film Valley of Flowers at a tourist resort in Goa. They had met on the set of the film. The two divorced in 2009. Soman was seeing another actress, Shahana Goswami, but they broke up.Soman was one of the earliest professional male models in India. His first significant work was to model in an advertising campaign for a clothing manufacturer. He quickly became one of the most successful models in the country.[citation needed] He rose to further fame while featuring in Alisha Chinai's superhit music video, Made in India (1995) which then made him a household name.