Sonali Bendre the most gorgeous star of
Bollywood industry starred in Bollywood films mostly but has acted in a few
Marathi, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films.The actress started her career as a model for the "
Star Dust Talent Search".
Sonali's first role was in Aag (1994) with co-star
Govinda. Sonali had to struggle a lot to become a successfuk star in the bollywood industry and was also 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 was also recognized as a graceful dancer through films like Bombay, Lajja and Major Saab to name a few. She is frequently listed as one of the top most beautiful Bollywood actress.
In 2003, she made a special appearance as Shah Rukh Khan's doctor in Kal Ho Naa Ho which was produced by Karan Johar, which also starred
Saif Ali Khan and
Preity Zinta. She also hosted the 50th Filmfare Awards with Saif Ali Khan and Farida Jalal on February 26, 2005. Currently the actress was also the judge of a reality show India's Got Talent.