Dashing Duo - All That Arjun Rampal And Sonu Sood Bond Over

Arjun Rampal and Sonu Sood share a lot in common, including dreams. Letting their guards down for a heart-to-heart with Society, the good-looking men with irresistible bodies reveal themselves in the various roles they play beyond the ones on screen.

- Arwa Janjali

Arjun Rampal is in for a big surprise when we walk into his office with a copy of his first Society cover, shot in ’94. He was 21 and a supermodel, being touted as the next big face in the fashion industry after Milind Soman. With both his hands pulling his silky, flowing hair behind, his close-up look on this cover shouts out ‘hunk’, the title he has been so lovingly bestowed with, both on the ramp and on screen. The childlike innocence on his face is unmistakable.

What’s heartening to see though is that even after piling on about two decades to the formal aging process, Arjun’s childlike innocence and enthusiasm is still intact. He is super thrilled to see the magazine and quickly takes his mobile phone to capture some screenshots of the cover and the inside pages. A picture of him piggybacking his then-girlfriend Malini Ramani pops up on one of the pages. Undeterred, he continues clicking. “This was my first big magazine cover after moving to Bombay. It opened a lot of doors for me,” he says in his trademark baritone, the mini shutterbug in his hand still in action. After a few more clicks, he settles on the chair. There is an easy air around him. He can’t stop talking about the cover as he narrates his vivid memories of meeting the writer of the story, Rehmat Merchant, at Taj’s coffee shop.