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Sonali Bendre

1975 - Today

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Sonali Bendre Behl (born 1 January 1975), is an Indian actress predominantly known for her work in Hindi and Telugu films. One of the leading actresses of the 1990s, Bendre started her career as a model and marked her acting debut with Aag (1994), which won her the Filmfare Award for New Face of the Year. Following several box office failures, she had her career breakthrough with the romantic action film Diljale (1996). Bendre achieved further success by featuring as the female lead in the action comedy Duplicate (1998), the action Major Saab (1998), the drama Zakhm (1998), the action thriller Sarfarosh (1999), the romantic Tamil film Kadhalar Dhinam (1999) and the highly successful family drama Hum Saath Saath Hain (1999) In the following decade, Bendre's performance in the romantic drama Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai (2000), earned her the Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2024). Sonali Bendre is the 11,378th most popular actor (down from 10,021st in 2024), the 1,296th most popular biography from India (down from 1,120th in 2019) and the 324th most popular Indian Actor.

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Among people born in 1975, Sonali Bendre ranks 732Before her are Lázaro Rivas, Christophe Maé, Radu Niculescu, Diana Amft, Linda, and Elias Viljanen. After her are Mindaugas Žukauskas, Marius Urzică, Iwona Marcinkiewicz, Sibusiso Zuma, Masaki Ogawa, and Jarkko Ruutu.

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In India

Among people born in India, Sonali Bendre ranks 1,296 out of 1,861Before her are Sanjay Mishra (1963), Pawan Kalyan (1971), Pankaj Mishra (1969), Navjot Singh Sidhu (1963), Neena Gupta (1959), and Ranjan Gogoi (1954). After her are Seema Punia (1983), Mahima Chaudhry (1973), Sai Paranjpye (1938), Sanal Edamaruku (1955), Ramesh Krishnan (1961), and Archanna Guptaa (1979).

Among ACTORS In India

Among actors born in India, Sonali Bendre ranks 324Before her are Honey Irani (1954), Adil Hussain (1963), Suhasini Maniratnam (1961), Sanjay Mishra (1963), Pawan Kalyan (1971), and Neena Gupta (1959). After her are Mahima Chaudhry (1973), Archanna Guptaa (1979), Esha Deol (1981), Sharat Saxena (1950), Aarya Babbar (1982), and Tom Alter (1950).