Kusemva kwemini xa ndifika kwikhaya lika-Nafisa Ali Sodhi kwi-Defence Colony, eDelhi, kwaye kukho ukuntyiloza okungathethekiyo emoyeni wasehlotyeni. Ndizivumele ukuba ndingene (akukho ntsimbi yomnyango yokubhengeza ukufika kwam) kwaye ndifumene u-Ali Sodhi ehleli esofeni ngencwadi. Ukhangeleka ekhululekile kwaye yonke into ikhazimla njengoko bendilindele ukuba abenjalo, intloko engwevu kunye nemigca embalwa eyenza kancinci ukubuphazamisa ubuhle bakhe obuqaqambileyo. Akukho makeup ebusweni bakhe, iinwele zakhe zibotshelelwe kwi-updo eqhelekileyo, kwaye umoya jikelele uyonwabile kwaye ubuyile. Andizange ndiye kwindawo yobuhle. Andizange ndanxiba ubuso, pedicure, manicures ... akukho nto. Ndimane ndiphulula ubuso bam nge cream emva kokuba ndihlambile kuyilonto, itsho le nzwakazi yasentsomini eyathweswa isithsaba sokuba nguFemina Miss India ngo-1976 yaze yaphuma isibini kuMiss International ngo-1977. Bendisoloko ndisempilweni kwaye ndiyimbaleki, kodwa ngoku ukuba ndine-thyroid, ndiye ndatyeba kwaye ndiziva ndibuhlungu ngayo.
Iligi yeentshatsheli
U-Ali Sodhi ukude emafutheni, kodwa kufuneka sikhumbule ukuba wayengumdlali ophumeleleyo, kwaye imigangatho yakhe yokufaneleka yahluke kakhulu. Uzalelwe eKolkata nge-18 kaJanuwari, ngo-1957, kumfoti odumileyo u-Ahmed Ali noPhilomena Torresan, wayeyimbaleki ebalaseleyo esikolweni, owathi waba yintshatsheli yokuqubha yelizwe laseWest Bengal kwiminyaka yoo-1974. ndikwayijoki okwexeshana eCalcutta Gymkhana ngo-1979. Ndakhulela ebuntwaneni eKolkata. Sasidla ngokuhlala kwindlu entle yobukoloniyali kwindlela iJhowtala. Ndafunda ukuqubha ndisemncinane kakhulu. Ndandidla ngokubizwa ngokuba ‘ndilusana lwamanzi ashushu’ ngezo mini kuba ndandiza kuphumelela kuzo zonke iintshatsheli zokuqubha.
Inkwenkwezi yendalo
Ngenkangeleko entle ka-Ali Sodhi kunye nempumelelo yezemidlalo, wayengumntu odumileyo eKolkata nangaphambi kokuba athathe isigqibo sokuthatha inxaxheba kukhuphiswano lweFemina Miss India. Ngoko ke bekungalindelwanga kwaphela xa waphumelela isithsaba eMumbai ngoJuni 1976. Ukuphumelela kukaMiss India kwavula indlela yokuba u-Ali Sodhi athathe inxaxheba kuMiss International, ukhuphiswano olwaluza kubanjelwa eTokyo. Kwakumnandi kakhulu. Ndandingowesibini kwindawo yesibini kwaye sathathwa kulo lonke elaseJapan ngokuguqulelwa apho sasiya kuwangawangisa izihlwele. Emva kwempumelelo yokhuphiswano lwakhe, ibrashi ka-Ali Sodhi ene-Bollywood yeza ngamabona-ndenzile. URishi Kapoor wabona ifoto yakhe kwiphepha elingaphandle Umntu omncinci waseMelika , iphephancwadi elidumileyo ngelo xesha, waza wabonisa uyise uRaj Kapoor. Bobabini bachukunyiswa bubuhle bakhe obumangalisayo. URaj Kapoor wade wamnika ifilimu echasene noRishi, kodwa uyise ka-Ali Sodhi, owayengakhululekanga ngombono wentombi yakhe esebenza kwiifilimu, wayilahla.
Oko, nangona kunjalo, yayingesosiphelo samaphupha e-Bollywood ka-Ali Sodhi. Emva kwexesha, xa wadibana noShashi Kapoor kunye noShyam Benegal kumhla wokuzalwa kukaRaj Kapoor eMumbai, wanikwa indima ephambili Junoon . Utata wayengafuni ndenze isigqibo, kodwa ekubeni ndandisandul’ ukuba neminyaka engama-21 ubudala, wathi mandizenzele isigqibo. Ngoko ndathabatha ithuba ndafudukela eBombay. Nini Junoon kwakusenziwa, umenzi wefilimu uNasir Hussain wayefuna ukuphosa u-Ali Sodhi kwifilimu echasene noRishi Kapoor. Njengoko lo wokugqibela ebhala kwincwadi yakhe Khullam Khulla (HarperCollins), nangona kunjalo, ukudityaniswa kwabo kwiscreen akuzukwenzeka nakweli xesha: Malunga nexesha elinye njenge. Junoon , uNasir Hussain wayesenza isivumelwano sokuba asebenze nam kuso Zamaane Ko Dikhana Hai . Yasayinwa, yatywinwa yaza yaziswa, kwaye yonke into yayisendaweni xa, kwakhona, uyise waphosa isipanela kwimisebenzi. Akazange avumelane namagatya ambalwa kwikhontrakthi.
Ngelixa u-Ali Sodhi osemncinci wavuma kwi-diktat kayise ngelo xesha, ukungakwazi ukwakha umsebenzi kwiifilimu kuye kwaba ukuzisola kwakhe okungapheliyo. Ndiyazisola ngokumamela utata. Ngendingazange ndamphulaphula malunga nohambo lwam kwi-cinema. Umboniso bhanya-bhanya uyaxhobisa, uyavuselela, kwaye unika umdla... Unokuba yiyo nantoni na ofuna ukuba yiyo; bubungangamsha becinema obo, utshilo. Emva koko Junoon in 1979, Ali Sodhi wabuyela emva ikhefu ukwenza Major Saab kunye no-Amitabh Bachchan ngo-1998, Bewafaa ngo-2005, Ubomi kwi-A... Metro ngo-2007 kwaye Yamla Pagla Deewana ngo 2010 kunye Dharmendra. Uphinde wadlala kwifilimu yeMalayalam ebizwa ngokuba Omkhulu B ngo-2007 kunye noMammootty.
Super trooper
Junoon yayinokubaluleka okukhulu kubomi buka-Ali Sodhi ngeendlela ezininzi kunenye. Ngomnye, kwakukho ngexesha lokudubula le filimu wadibana nomyeni wakhe, umdlali wepolo kunye no-Arjuna Awardee Colonel RS 'Pickles' Sodhi. Indawo yedabi kwi Junoon wadutyulwa kwibutho lomyeni wam ngoko ke ndandiwazi onke amagosa. Yayinguye yedwa isoka. Xa weza eKolkata kumboniso wamahashe nomdlalo wepolo, ndamazi ngakumbi. Kwaye xa ndaya eDelhi for the Junoon okokuqala, wandicenga ngamahashe. Ndandiwathanda amahashe, ngoko lonke uthando lwaluwangqongile! UAli Sodhi uyakhumbula.
Noko ke, uthando aluzange lube lula. Babephuma kumazwe ahlukeneyo, beneminyaka eli-14 phakathi kwabo, yaye uSodhi wayengumSikh, ngoxa uAli wayengumSilamsi. Ngaphandle kwenkcaso eqatha evela kwiintsapho zabo, esi sibini saba nomtshato obhalisiweyo eKolkata olandelwa ngoweSikh kwindawo yokuhlala yaseMaharani Gayatri Devi eDelhi.
U-Ali Sodhi wayesoloko ebandakanyeka kumsebenzi wentlalontle, kodwa kuphela emva kokufudukela eDelhi ukuba wakwazi ukuphuhlisa umdla wakhe ngokupheleleyo. Waphehlelela i-Orissa Cyclone Relief Fund xa urhulumente wathwaxwa yinkanyamba ngo-1999. Wayekhona xa inyikima yahlasela iBhuj, eGujarat, ngo-2001. Wasebenza kakhulu ezilalini kwaye wancedisa ekwakheni izindlu ezingama-340.
Ukhathalelo lwezigulane ezine-HIV ngunobangela okufutshane nentliziyo ka-Ali Sodhi. Ukuqala kwam ukusebenzela abantu abane-HIV/AIDS ngo-1994, akukho mntu wayekhathala okanye wenza nantoni na ngaloo nto. Ndaye ndagqiba ekubeni ndenze i-documentary ngalo mbandela kwaye ndaya kwikhaya labaguli be-HIV eDelhi ukuze ndiphandwe. Imeko yezigulana endizibone apho ibindiphazamisa kwaye yandivisa kabuhlungu. Ngoko ndaya kumphathiswa welo xesha uSheila Dikshit ndaza ndamxelela ukuba andinamali, kodwa ndandifuna ukunyamekela abaguli abaneHIV yaye ndifuna indawo yokwenza oku. Ebendithembile wandinika imvume yokuya phambili. Ndavula ikhaya lam lokhathalelo lwe-HIV/AIDS elibizwa ngokuba yi-Ashraya kwiLali yaseRajokri, eDelhi, kunye ne-Action India, kwaye ndaliqhuba iminyaka esibhozo. U-Ali Sodhi uye waqhuba inkqubo ye-DOTS ye-TB apho. Ngelishwa, kwafuneka ayivale ngo-2009 xa imali yaqala ukoma.
USanjay Grover, obesebenza no-Ali Sodhi ukusukela ngo-1996 kwizikhundla ezahlukeneyo, uthi nangona wayenobuchule kakhulu ekuqokeleleni imali kunye nokunxibelelana norhulumente, ekugqibeleni kuye kwanzima kakhulu ukuqhuba ikhaya ngemali encinci. Wayetyalwe ngokupheleleyo kwiprojekthi. Wayesiya kwiindawo ezinezibane ezibomvu ukuze ajonge ukuba ziqhuba njani na izigulana ezine-HIV kwaye wayeziqeshela ekhaya. Inkxaso-mali, nangona kunjalo, yayiyingxaki kwaye kwaba nzima ukuqesha oogqirha ngemilinganiselo eyabelwe i-Rs 15,000 kunye nabongikazi nge-Rs 6,000.
Isilwanyana sezopolitiko
Ku-Ali Sodhi, ukungena kwezopolitiko kwakufana nokwandiswa kwendalo komsebenzi wakhe wentlalontle. Ndandingenamdla kwezopolitiko, kodwa ndandinomlo kum. Ndazibandakanya nezopolitiko ukuze ndifumane iqonga elikhulu kwaye ndivunyelwe ukwenza izigqibo zomgaqo-nkqubo. Ukhankasele umgqatswa weCongress uSheila Dikshit ngo-1998 kuNyulo lweNdibano yeSizwe yaseDelhi. Emva kokuphumelela kukaDikshit, u-Sonia Gandhi wenza u-Ali Sodhi ukuba abe lilungu lesigqeba seKomiti yeNgqungquthela yaseDelhi Pradesh.
Xa u-Ali Sodhi oneminyaka engama-47 ubudala wafumana itikiti leNkongolo lokukhuphisana kunyulo lwe-Lok Sabha luka-2004 ukusuka kwingingqi yonyulo yaseMzantsi Kolkata, watsiba ngqo kungquzulwano, kodwa waphulukana. Ufumene elinye ithuba lokungenela unyulo ngo-2009 xa wanikwa itikiti leqela le-Samajwadi kwisihlalo sepalamente yaseLucknow. Kodwa kwakhona, woyiswa.
Ukuphambuka kuka-Ali Sodhi kwi-SP kwiCongress kuphakamise ngaphezu kwamashiya ambalwa. Emva kokutshatyalaliswa kwakhe, nangona kunjalo, wabuyela kwiCongress ngoNovemba 2009. Okwangoku, u-Ali Sodhi akasebenzi kwezopolitiko, nangona eqhubeka eyinxalenye yeCongress. Andikhuthazi kuba ndonzakele kukuba nangona ndikwazi kakhulu, khange ndiwanikwe amathuba. Ndiyamthanda uNkosikazi (Sonia) Gandhi kuba bekulula ukusebenza naye. Ulawulo lwangoku, nangona kunjalo, ngumcimbi owahlukileyo. INkongolo namhlanje kufuneka iqinisekise abantu ngokubaluleka kwabo. Liqela elibaluleke kakhulu kodwa yonke into abayenzayo ayinamsebenzi.
Ngelixa upolitiko lusenokuba luthathe umva kubomi buka-Ali Sodhi, ukude nokungenzi nto kwaye umsebenzisa ngokunyanzeliswayo ukuba athathe umhlala-phantsi ukuba achithe ixesha nabantwana bentombi yakhe endala u-Armana, aququzelele umtshato wentombi yakhe uPia kwaye ancede unyana wakhe u-Ajit afumane indawo kwi-Bollywood. Ukwazi ukuba umlilo, nangona kunjalo, asiyi kumangaliswa ukuba kungekudala agqabhuke ngaphandle kwebala lasekhohlo aze asikhwankqise kwakhona.
