Sonali Bendre (Marathi:
सोनाली बेन्द्रे, born
1 January 1975) is an Indian actress and model. Sonali bendre has starred in Bollywood films mostly but has acted in a few Marathi, Tamil,
Telugu and Kannada films. She is also one of the four judges of fourth season of
Indian Idol and
India's Got Talent.
Sonali Bendre
started out as a model before being selected for the "Star Dust Talent
Search". She was invited to Bombay and received training from a variety
of top actors and performers of the Indian film industry. Her first role
was in Aag (1994) opposite Govinda. Though she initially struggled to
be a successful actress,
Sonali Bendre was eventually given
critical acclaim for her performances in films like Bhai (1997),
Sarfarosh, Zakhm, Duplicate, Kadhalar Dhinam (Tamil film), Hum
Saath-Saath Hain: We Stand United (1999), Tera Mera Saath Rahey and
Anaahat (2003) among many others.
Sonali Bendre is also known for
being one of the few actresses who acted opposite all top four Khans
(Aamir, Shahrukh, Saif and Salman). She has also starred opposite some
of the other biggest names in bollywood such as Akshay Kumar Suniel
Shetty, Ajay Devgan, Sanjay Dutt and Anil Kapoor.
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