Happy birthday to Sonali Bendre.
The viewers of
bollywood films wish happy birthday to Sonali Bendre on 1st January,
2012. Sonali Bendre showed a lot of promise in the 90s when she joined
bollywood films. She had spontaneity in her performance and did not imitate any
star. She was sublime in Aamir Khan’s
film Sarfarosh.
Sarfarosh was
the film based on the story of an honest police officer who addressed the
corruption existing in the police department itself and the other wings of the
Govt. Sonali Bendre ably assisted Aamir Khan in his noble mission. Jagjit
Singh’s song “husnwale” became very successful.
Her performance
in Sunil Shetty’s film Bhai requires special mention. Although she loved Sunil
Shetty like Pooja Batra but when she knew that Pooja Batra was also attached to
him, she sacrificed her love. She died at the end of the film while fighting
for the cause of Sunil Shetty. In fact she helped Sunil Shetty to learn
urbanized style of living as he came from the hills and was uneducated.
She acted in
completely different role opposite Shahrukh Khan in the film Duplicate.
Shahrukh Khan played a double role in the film, one having an affair with Juhi
Chawla while the other having an affair with Sonali Bendre. She acted opposite
Shahrukh Khan who played the role of the smuggler. From the time the two
characters interchanged Sonali Bendre expressed the astonishment in style. Her
lips in the song “mere mehboob mere sanam” require special mention. Although
the film had mainly comedy element in it, the powerful performance of Sonali
Bendre and Juhi Chawla helped the film to be successful.
Her other hit
films include Hum Saath Saath Hai, opposite Salman Khan, Zakhm with Ajay
Devgan, to name a few. She received the star-screen best supporting actress
award for her brilliant performance in the film Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai. Her
performance in the film was as outstanding as Anil Kapoor and Aishwarya Rai.
After success in
films like Jis Desh Me Ganga Rehta Hai with Govinda, Major Sahab, etc., she
left films in 2002. He appeared in many TV programs in a number of private
channels, in some of them being the judges of those programs. But she was not
found in prominent roles in the films released in the last few years. The
viewers expect her to make a comeback in character roles in future.