Sony Surana

Personal life · The Josh Machine

Discipline in the gym. Joy on the dance floor.

Tech geek by day, fitness freak by habit and a dancer at heart. Workouts keep me disciplined, dance keeps me joyful, and building Lego with my son keeps me curious — the same energy I bring to every client project.

Fitness Dance Lego workshop
Sony Surana — fitness, dance and familyThe Josh Machine · @sonysurana

Fitness · discipline

The gym is where discipline lives

“8 years of working on myself” — and counting. For me, working out isn’t a phase, it’s a discipline: show up, put in the reps, come back tomorrow. In my own words, it’s where “all the aggression, anger and negativity” gets “put to some productive use.”

180 kg

Squats × 10 reps

240 kg

Leg press × 10 reps

8 yrs

of consistent training

40 kg

Dumbbell incline press — the comeback after a neck injury

Sony Surana — In the gym
In the gymTraining is a discipline, not a phase.
Sony Surana — Leg press — 240 kg × 10
Leg press — 240 kg × 10“All the aggression, anger and negativity put to some productive use.”
Sony Surana — Squats — 180 kg × 10
Squats — 180 kg × 10Leg day, no shortcuts.
Sony Surana — Arms day
Arms dayReal efforts add up to daily progress.
Sony Surana — The comeback
The comebackBack after a neck injury — 40 kg dumbbell incline press.
Sony Surana — With bodybuilder Sangram Chougule
With bodybuilder Sangram ChouguleMeeting a favourite bodybuilder.
Sony Surana — Never miss a workout
Never miss a workoutConsistency over motivation.
Sony Surana — Powai Run
Powai RunMornings that start with energy.
Sony Surana — Keep moving
Keep movingThe Josh Machine wanna keep moving.

Never miss a workout

Routine beats motivation — through injuries, travel and lockdowns.

The Josh Machine

Energy from the gym that carries straight into client work.

Fitness with purpose

From push-ups for charity to training with friends and family.

When the 2020 lockdown closed every gym, my son even built me a complete gym out of Lego for Father’s Day — see it here.

Dance · passion

Dancing is my happy place

“Dance is one thing that keeps you happy amidst the chaos of work and life.” If the gym is discipline, dance is pure passion — Bollywood choreography, garba and dandiya every Navratri, Zumba mornings and stage performances from the Powai Carnival to family sangeets.

🏆 2026

Best Dancing Couple prize — Tiranga Dandiya 2026

Stage

Powai Carnival 2023 dance performance, Mumbai

Every Navratri

Garba & dandiya — “twirl your heart out in devotion and tradition”

Powai Carnival 2023 dance performanceOn stage at the Powai Carnival, Mumbai — 2023.
Muqabla — Bollywood sangeet choreographyFather–son on the dance floor with Dhairya and Yash.
Sangeet Sandhya dance mashupA Bollywood group-dance mashup for a family wedding.
Sangeet couple dance — “Tum Ho Hatke”A couple dance at a family sangeet, 2023.
Sony Surana — Best Dancing Couple — Tiranga Dandiya 2026
Best Dancing Couple — Tiranga Dandiya 2026Prize winners at Tiranga Dandiya 2026.
Sony Surana — Navratri fever
Navratri fever“Twirl your heart out in devotion and tradition.”
Sony Surana — Garba night
Garba nightMy favourite garba hook step.
Sony Surana — Dandiya
DandiyaNavratri, every year.
Sony Surana — On stage
On stageSangeet performance with family.
Sony Surana — Dance-fitness mornings
Dance-fitness morningsDance, dance, dance at the Powai Run.

More on YouTube @SonySurana and Instagram @sonysurana.

World Robot Olympiad team mentored by Sony SuranaWRO Nationals · Gold badge

Robotics mentor

From Lego bricks to the World Robot Olympiad

The Lego hobby grew into competitive robotics. I mentor a student team including my son Dhairya at the World Robot Olympiad (WRO) India.

  • WRO 2024 “Earth Allies” — an AI-powered trash sorter, the Smart Dustbin; Gold badge and 4th position at the WRO Nationals in Ahmedabad.
  • WRO 2025 Nationals — a solution designed to help wheelchair users around the world.
Sony Surana with his son Dhairya

Family · the Lego workshop

Dinosaurs, robots & a prosthetic Lego arm →

Tour the father–son Lego workshop: a Jurassic World collection, motorised Technic machines and the gifts my son built for me.

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