When we talk about Bollywood debuts, most first‐timers lean on glamour to make an impression. But Sofia Parveen, the breakout talent as a leading lady in Rajiv Rai’s ZORA, is walking in with something rare: years of professional performance training and a mastery of craft.

Before the film camera found her, Sofia spent years in theatre-an environment where every emotion is magnified, every movement deliberate, and every pause meaningful. She has played lead roles in stage dramas, written scripts for national‐level plays, and even dabbled in direction. This immersion in theatre has given her a natural ease in switching between emotional registers, a skill that could make her on‐screen performances deeply memorable.