Kuntambama lapho ngifika emzini ka-Nafisa Ali Sodhi e-Defence Colony, e-Delhi, futhi kuba nesindwane emoyeni wasehlobo. Ngazivumela ukuba ngingene (ayikho insimbi yokuncencethwa emnyango yokumemezela ukufika kwami) futhi ngathola u-Ali Sodhi elele kusofa ngencwadi. Ubukeka ekhululekile futhi ecwebezela njengoba bengilindele, ikhanda elimpunga nemigqa embalwa enza okuncane ukuphazamisa ubuhle bakhe obukhazimulayo. Azikho izimonyo ebusweni bakhe, izinwele zakhe ziboshwe ngendlela evamile, futhi umkhathi uwonke ujabule futhi ukhululekile. Angikaze ngiye endaweni yobuhle. Angikaze ngibe nezinwele zobuso, izinzipho zokuhamba ngezinyawo, ukucwala izinwele… lutho. Ngimane ngihlikihle ubuso bami ngokhilimu ngemva kokugeza futhi kunjalo, kusho unobuhle wodumo, owathweswa isicoco sokuba u-Femina Miss India ngo-1976 waphinde walala isibili kuMiss International ngo-1977. Bengihlale ngiwumqemane futhi ngingumsubathi, kodwa manje ukuthi ngine-thyroid, ngikhuluphele futhi ngizizwa kabi ngayo.
Iligi yompetha
U-Ali Sodhi usekude namafutha, kodwa kufanele sikhumbule ukuthi wayengumdlali wezemidlalo ophumelelayo, futhi izindinganiso zakhe zokuqina zihluke kakhulu. Wazalelwa e-Kolkata ngoJanuwari 18, 1957, kumthwebuli wezithombe odumile u-Ahmed Ali kanye no-Philomena Torresan, wayengumsubathi ovelele esikoleni, owaba ngumzwilili wokubhukuda eWest Bengal ekuqaleni kweminyaka yama-Seventies kanye nengqwele yokubhukuda kazwelonke ngo-1974. ngibuye ngaba ngujokhi isikhashana eCalcutta Gymkhana ngo-1979. Ngakhula ngendlela ejabulisayo e-Kolkata. Sasivame ukuhlala endlini enhle yamakholoni kuJhowtala Road. Ngafunda ukubhukuda ngisemncane kakhulu. Ngangivame ukubizwa ‘ngomntwana wamanzi acwebileyo’ ngalezo zinsuku ngoba ngangiyonqoba yonke imiqhudelwano yokubhukuda.
Inkanyezi yemvelo
Ngokubukeka okuhle kuka-Ali Sodhi nempumelelo kwezemidlalo, ubengusaziwayo ngandlela thile e-Kolkata nangaphambi kokuba anqume ukubamba iqhaza emqhudelwaneni we-Femina Miss India. Ngakho-ke kwakungalindelekile nhlobo lapho ewina isicoco eMumbai ngoJuni 1976. Ukuwina kukaMiss India kwahlahla indlela yokuba u-Ali Sodhi abambe iqhaza kuMiss International, umqhudelwano owawuzoba se-Tokyo. Bekumnandi kakhulu. Ngangingowesibili ophume isibili futhi sathathwa kulo lonke elaseJapan ngama-convertibles lapho sasizungeza khona izihlwele. Ngemuva kwempumelelo yomncintiswano wakhe, ibhulashi lika-Ali Sodhi ne-Bollywood lavela ngenhlanhla. U-Rishi Kapoor ubone isithombe sakhe ekhasini le- I-Junior Statesman , umagazini owawudumile wangaleso sikhathi, futhi wawubonisa uyise uRaj Kapoor. Bobabili bahlatshwa ubuhle bakhe obumangalisayo. U-Raj Kapoor waze wamnikeza ifilimu emelene noRishi, kodwa uyise ka-Ali Sodhi, owayengakhululekile ngombono wendodakazi yakhe esebenza kumafilimu, wawenqaba.
Lokho, nokho, kwakungesona isiphetho samaphupho ka-Ali Sodhi we-Bollywood. Kamuva, lapho ehlangana no-Shashi Kapoor no-Shyam Benegal ngosuku lokuzalwa luka-Raj Kapoor eMumbai, wanikezwa isikhundla sokuhola. Junoon . Ubaba wayengafuni ngithathe isinyathelo, kodwa ngenxa yokuthi ngangisanda kuhlanganisa iminyaka engu-21, wangitshela ukuba ngizenzele esami isinqumo. Ngakho ngathatha ithuba ngathuthela eBombay. Nini Junoon kwakwenziwa, umenzi wefilimu uNasir Hussain wayefuna ukulingisa u-Ali Sodhi kwifilimu ebhekene noRishi Kapoor. Njengoba lo wokugcina ebhala encwadini yakhe Khullam Khula (HarperCollins), nokho, ukumatanisa kwabo okusesikrinini bekungeke kwenzeke nakulesi sikhathi: Cishe ngesikhathi esifanayo Junoon , uNasir Hussain wayemenzela inkontileka azosebenza nami kuyo Zamaane Ko Dikhana Hai . Yasayinwa, yavalwa futhi yahanjiswa, futhi yonke into yayisendaweni lapho, futhi, uyise ephonsa isipanela emisebenzini. Akazange avumelane nezigatshana ezimbalwa zenkontileka.
Ngenkathi u-Ali Sodhi osemusha evuma i-diktat kayise ngaleso sikhathi, ukungakwazi ukwakha umsebenzi kumafilimu kube ukuzisola kwakhe njalo. Ngiyazisola ngokulalela ubaba. Bekufanele ngingalokothi ngimlalele mayelana nohambo lwami lwasesinema. Isinema inika amandla, iyashukumisa, futhi iyajabulisa... Ungaba yinoma yini ofuna ukuba yikho; lobo ubukhulu besinema, usho kanje. Ngemva Junoon ngo-1979, u-Ali Sodhi wabuya ngemuva kwekhefu ukuze akwenze Major Saab no-Amitabh Bachchan ngo-1998, Bewafaa ngo-2005, Ukuphila E-A... Metro ngo-2007 futhi Yamla Pagla Deewana ngo-2010 noDharmendra. Uphinde walingisa efilimini yesiMalayalam ebizwa ngokuthi Omkhulu B ngo-2007 noMammootty.
Super trooper
Junoon yayinokubaluleka okukhulu empilweni ka-Ali Sodhi ngezindlela ezingaphezu kweyodwa. Okokuqala, kwakungesikhathi sokushuthwa kwale filimu lapho ahlangana khona nomyeni wakhe, umdlali we-polo kanye no-Arjuna Awardee Colonel RS 'Pickles' Sodhi. Indawo yempi ku Junoon wadutshulwa eqenjini lomyeni wami ngakho ngangiwazi wonke amaphoyisa. Kwakunguye yedwa isoka. Lapho eza eKolkata ezodlala umdlalo wamahhashi nomdlalo we-polo, ngamazi kangcono. Futhi lapho ngiya eDelhi for the Junoon okokuqala, wanginxenxa ngamahhashi. Ngangiwathanda amahhashi, ngakho lonke uthando lwaluwazungezile! U-Ali Sodhi uyakhumbula.
Nokho, uthando lwalungelula neze. Babevela emazweni ahlukahlukene, babeneminyaka engu-14 phakathi kwabo, kanti uSodhi wayengumSikh, kuyilapho u-Ali engumSulumane. Naphezu kokuphikiswa okunzima kwemindeni yabo, lo mbhangqwana ube nomshado obhalisiwe e-Kolkata owalandelwa oweSikh endaweni ehlala uMaharani Gayatri Devi eDelhi.
U-Ali Sodhi wayehlale ehileleke emsebenzini wezenhlalakahle, kodwa kwaba kuphela ngemva kokuthuthela eDelhi lapho ekwazi ukuthuthukisa uthando lwakhe ngokugcwele. Wethula Isikhwama Sokusiza Ngesishingishane sase-Orissa ngenkathi umbuso uhlaselwa yisiphepho esikhulu ngo-1999. Wayekhona ngenkathi ukuzamazama komhlaba kugadla eBhuj, eGujarat, ngo-2001. Wasebenza kakhulu ezigodini futhi wasiza ekwakheni amaqhugwane angama-340.
Ukunakekelwa kweziguli ezine-HIV kuyimbangela eseduze nenhliziyo ka-Ali Sodhi. Ngenkathi ngiqala ukusebenzela abantu abane-HIV/AIDS ngo-1994, akekho owayenendaba noma wenza okuthile ngakho. Nganquma ukuthi ngizokwenza idokhumentari ngale ndaba futhi ngaya ekhaya leziguli ezine-HIV eDelhi ukuze ngiyocwaninga. Isimo seziguli engazibona lapho sangiphazamisa futhi sangilimaza kwaze kwaba sekugcineni kwami. Ngakho ngaya kundunankulu wangaleso sikhathi uSheila Dikshit ngamtshela ukuthi anginamali, kodwa ngangifuna ukunakekela iziguli ezine-HIV futhi ngidinga indawo yokwenza lokhu. Wangethemba futhi wangivumela ukuba ngiqhubeke. Ngavula ikhaya lami lokunakekela i-HIV/AIDS elibizwa ngokuthi i-Ashraya e-Rajokri Village, eDelhi, ne-Action India, ngaliphatha iminyaka eyisishiyagalombili. U-Ali Sodhi uphinde waphatha uhlelo lwe-DOTS lwe-TB lapho. Ngeshwa, kudingeke ukuthi ayivale ngo-2009 ngesikhathi izimali ziqala ukoma.
USanjay Grover, osebenze no-Ali Sodhi kusukela ngo-1996 emikhakheni eyahlukene, uthi nakuba ayenekhono elihle lokuqoqa izimali nokuxhumana nohulumeni, ekugcineni kube nzima kakhulu ukuphatha ikhaya ngemali encane. Wayetshalwe imali ngokuphelele kuphrojekthi. Wayeya ezindaweni ezinamalambu abomvu eyobheka ukuthi iziguli ezinegciwane lengculazi ziqhuba kanjani futhi aziqashele emakhaya. Kodwa-ke, imali ibiyinkinga futhi kwaba nzima ukuqasha odokotela ngamanani abelwe ama-Rs 15,000 kanye nabahlengikazi ngo-Rs 6,000.
Isilwane sezombangazwe
Ku-Ali Sodhi, ukungena kwezombusazwe kwakufana nokwandiswa kwemvelo komsebenzi wakhe wezenhlalakahle. Ngangingazi lutho kwezombusazwe, kodwa ngangilwa kimina. Ngajoyina ipolitiki ukuze ngithole inkundla enkulu futhi ngivunyelwe ukuthatha izinqumo zenqubomgomo. Wakhankasela u-Sheila Dikshit omele uCongress ngo-1998 okhethweni lwe-Delhi State Assembly. Ngemuva kokuwina kukaDikshit, u-Sonia Gandhi wenza u-Ali Sodhi waba yilungu eliphezulu leKomidi leCongress yaseDelhi Pradesh.
Lapho u-Ali Sodhi, 47, ethola ithikithi leCongress lokungenela ukhetho lwe-Lok Sabha lwango-2004 esifundeni saseNingizimu Kolkata, wagxumela embangweni, kodwa wehluleka. Uthole elinye ithuba lokungenela ukhetho ngo-2009 ngesikhathi enikezwa ithikithi le-Samajwadi Party esihlalweni sephalamende saseLucknow. Kodwa waphinda wehlulwa.
Ukuhlubuka kuka-Ali Sodhi ku-SP kuCongress kwaphakamisa amashiya ambalwa. Nokho, ngemva kokuhlulwa kwakhe, wabuyela kuKhongolose ngoNovemba 2009. Okwamanje, u-Ali Sodhi akasebenzi kwezombusazwe, nakuba esaqhubeka nokuba yingxenye yeCongress. Angikanyakazi ngoba ngilimele ukuthi nakuba ngikwazi kakhulu, angizange nginikezwe amathuba. Ngiyamthanda uNkk (Sonia) Gandhi ngoba bekulula ukusebenza naye. Inkathi yamanje, nokho, iyindaba ehlukile. ICongress namuhla idinga ukuqinisekisa abantu ngokubaluleka kwayo. Kuyiphathi ebaluleke kakhulu kodwa konke abakwenzayo kubi.
Nakuba ezombangazwe kungenzeka ukuthi zibambe iqhaza empilweni ka-Ali Sodhi, akasebenzi neze futhi usebenzisa ukuthatha umhlalaphansi okuphoqelekile ukuthi achithe isikhathi nezingane zendodakazi yakhe endala u-Armana, ahlele umshado wendodakazi yakhe uPia futhi asize indodana yakhe u-Ajit ithole indawo e-Bollywood. Nokho, njengoba sazi isiqhumane, ngeke simangale uma ephuma ngokushesha enkundleni yesokunxele futhi asithuse futhi.
