Mumbai: Actress Sonali Bendre turns a year older Friday.
Before appearing in films, Sonali earned a lot of name in the field of modeling. At the age of 19, Sonali bagged her first debut film Aag (1994). She received a Filmfare’s New Face of the Year award for the film. In 1994, she also appeared in Naaraaz for which she was awarded Filmfare’s Sensational Debut award. In 1995, she appeared in Bombay in the song Humma Humma.
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While she is no more doing any movies, she was one of the most sought after actresses in the 90s. Every director wanted to work with her. Many actors were even madly in love with her and wanted to marry her.
But, the cute actress married her love Goldie Behl, the noted film director and producer. The couple has a son Ranveer.
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Here’s a list of celebrities who were rumoured to be in love with her.
Raj Thackeray: Among the many males that were madly in love with Sonali was Raj Thackeray. However, Raj was already married. Reports claim that he wanted to marry her but his uncle Bal Thackeray advised him against it and told him that it will impact the image of his party Shiv Sena.
Shoaib Akhtar: The next name is cricketer Shoaib Akhtar. The Pakistani bowler revealed that he was a die-hard fan of Sonali. He even allegedly kept her picture in his wallet They finally met during one of the matches between India and Pakistan but it ended as an official meeting rather than a personal affair as the cricketer couldn’t confess his love while the actress was never interested in the bowler.
Suniel Shetty: It is alleged that Sonali had a big crush on Suniel Shetty. After several romantic films together, like Takkar, Sapoot, Qahar and Bhai, Sonali couldn’t help falling head over heels for macho-man Sunil. But she chose to remain a silent admirer rather than break Sunil’s marriage to Mana, his childhood sweetheart.
Govinda: Govinda had once confessed in an interview that had he not been married he would have proposed to Sonali.
