Former Bollywood actor Sonali Bendre has made some shocking revelations about the film industry; he claims that his career was affected due to “pressure from the underworld”.
One of the main faces of Indian cinema of the 90s, Sonali Bendre, who reappears with the webseries ‘The broken news’He appeared on a podcast when he revealed the reason he has been absent from Bollywood for over a decade.
Bendre revealed that he lost many films due to pressure from the underworld mob, as they did most of the financing for the titles at the time. “A lot of clean sources were funding movies. But there was no proper, formal industry status,” he told the presenter. “So, there was also a lot of unregulated financing coming in, and the banks won’t give it to you. So, that limit was there.”
the ‘sarfaroush’ The actress revealed that her then-boyfriend Goldie Behl (to whom she is now married) helped her through that phase, as he was more aware of the dynamic. “Their [Behl] his mother would know, his father was also at the movies. So, you just knew. So, that just fell into place,” he added.
Additionally, Bendre stated, “As far as I’m concerned, at the time I’d know it’s a little iffy, at that point, the excuse I’d give is, ‘Oh, I’m shooting a movie in the South, so I can’t. to do that.”
Talking more about the pressure from the underworld, the actor revealed, “There were times when I was supposed to play a role and it went to someone else because someone called them. But then the director or the co-actor will call you and say ‘I have this pressure and I can’t do anything about it'”.
On the work front, Bendre returned to the entertainment industry last year as a talent show judge after battling cancer. The actress made her OTT debut earlier this month with ZEE5. ‘The broken news’ with Jaideep Ahlawat.
