Love Sonia

Love Sonia
Directed by	Tabrez Noorani
Produced by	David Womark; Tabrez Noorani; Rakesh Singh (Line Producer)
Written by	Ted Caplan; Alkesh Vaja
Starring	Mrunal Thakur; Freida Pinto; Demi Moore; Mark Duplass; Manoj Bajpayee; Rajkummar Rao; Richa Chadda; Riya Sisodiya; Anupam Kher; Adil Hussain; Sai Tamhankar; Sunny Pawar;
Music by	Niels Bye Nielsen A. R. Rahman
Cinematography	Lukasz Bielan
Edited by	Martin Singer
Production; company	Tamasha Talkies; Womark/Noorani Productions; Love Sonia Films; India Take One Productions;
Distributed by	Zee Studios
Release date	21 June 2018 (London Indian Film Festival); 14 September 2018 (India); ; ; ;
Running time	120 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi; English

Love Sonia is a 2018 Indian film directed by Tabrez Noorani and produced by David Womark. The film features newcomer Mrunal Thakur as the title character along with Riya Sisodiya, Freida Pinto, Demi Moore, Manoj Bajpayee, Richa Chadda, Anupam Kher, Adil Hussain, Rajkummar Rao, and Sai Tamhankar. Love Sonia had its world premiere at the London Indian Film Festival on 21 June 2018.The film is scheduled to to release in Indian theatres in 14 September 2018.

Plot

Love Sonia tells the heartfelt and brave story of Sonia (Mrunal Thakur), a young Indian Village girl whose life irrevocably changes when she is entrapped into the vicious global sex trade network.

Cast

Mrunal Thakur as Sonia
Freida Pinto as Rashmi
Demi Moore as Selma
Mark Duplass^[7]
Manoj Bajpayee as Faizal^[8]
Rajkummar Rao as Manish
Richa Chadda as Madhuri^[9]
Riya Sisodiya as Preeti
Anupam Kher as Baldev Singh
Adil Hussain as Shiva^[10]
Sai Tamhankar as Anjali
Sunny Pawar as Bang Bang

Production

Development

Tabrez Noorani was inspired to make Love Sonia after he was introduced to Human Trafficking in Los Angeles in 2003, when some girls were found in a shipping container from China. One of them was a young Indian girl. The incident inspired Noorani to work with non-governmental organizations focused on trafficking in Los Angeles. He has also participated in several brothel raids.^[11] Noorani and Womark met on Ang Lee's Life of Pi and have been working on the project for three years.^[6]