- Neice of Raza Murad.
- Niece of Producer, Actor and Sharmila Tagore secretary N Kabir (NS Kabir) N Kabir is often mistaken with the name M Kabir (M. Kabeer). With this name he is often mistaken as Sonam's father Mushir Khan.
- Niece of Costume designer and Producer Sabiha Kabir. (Sanober's mom). Sahiba had Sonam sign a contract stating she would get 30% of her earnings. In return Sahiba would make all required decisions for Sonam's career.
- Sonam had came to Feroz Khan's office and gave a audition. Feroz liked what he saw and thought she had potential. At that point Feroz was considering her for Yalgaar. This was in 1987 That film starred Feroz Khan, Anil Kapoor, Jackie Shroff, Sri Devi, Anuradha Patel. But the production got delayed due to Feroz Khan's brother in law passing away. Plus Anil was upset that Jackie Shroff was dropped from the film. It was a Indian army based movie. In the mean time Sonam got a offer from Yash Chopra for Vijay. She asked Feroz if she could show her test to Yash Chopra. Feroz agreed due his shelving Yalgaar and now the delay with Dayavan. He did not want her to lose out in. Plus he had not signed her to a legal contract. Feroz started Yalgaar once again in 1991, but with a different script and starcast.
- Son Gaurav (Rolly) Rai appeared in the end credits of Asambhav.
- Settled in Britain along with her husband, Rajiv, and one child. (2007)
- She is the daughter-in-law of the late Gulshan Rai.
- Cousin actress Sanober Kabir.
- Cousin of actor/ director Faruk Kabir.
- Was engaged to actor Deepak Saraf.
- Married Murali Poduval in 2017. He is a divorcee.
- Mother's name is Talat.
- Aunt Sahiba Kabir was promoting a newcomer named Neela in the early 90s. She had signed Insaniyat Ke Devta. She later dropped out. She had signed Mr. Junglee with Dharmendra and Jaya Pradha.
- Feroze Khan wanted to launch her but his film got shelved.
- Was given the name Sonam by Yash Chopra.
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