Sonali Bendre is one of the most talented actresses in Bollywood. The diva is one of the most admired ladies who unquestionably ruled the 90s with her charismatic personality. She is known for her gorgeous looks and stunning performances. She became a part of some iconic films, such as Diljale, Hum Saath Saath Hai, Naaraaz, Duplicate and so many others. In her personal life, Sonali is married to filmmaker, Goldie Behl.
In a recent interaction with Hauterrfly, Sonali Bendre recalled how back in the 90s, heroines weren’t supposed to be extremely skinny, and filmmakers preferred actresses who were curvaceous and slightly voluptuous. She talked about her own case and remembered how every producer was asking her to fatten up and eat more. Moreover, Sonali revealed that actresses with curly hair were more desirable than those with flat hair. In her words:
“When I came in the industry, heroines didn’t used to be this skinny. Every producer was trying to fatten me up all the time. They would just tell me to eat eat eat bahut patli hai. They wanted curves. At that time, they wanted women who were curvaceous and voluptuous and who had curls in their hair. And I was straight black hair and I was skinny.”
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This hasn’t been the first time that Sonali Bendre has opened up about facing severe criticism over her skinny body type, back when she was quite a newcomer in films. While speaking with Bollywood Bubble, Sonali recalled how being skinny was not considered to be a marker of beauty back then, as a result of which she was skinny-shamed quite often. She expressed:
“Being skinny was definitely not the standard of beauty back in the 90s, so voluptuousness was the standard of beauty. I was told you were just not a woman enough if you were not voluptuous, you know, which it shouldn’t be. I do agree body shaming should not have any part in our society and especially little girls and the kind of ideas they are growing up with and the crazy dieting people are doing. People are forgetting that it is not holistic.”
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For the unversed, Sonali Bendre was diagnosed with stage four of metastatic cancer and underwent rigorous treatment in New York, before she was declared cancer-free. However, the difficult chemotherapy took a toll on her appearance, and she lost her hair. Nevertheless, Sonali didn’t fret away from showing her scars and even dropped a bold picture of herself with her bald head. In one of her earlier interviews, she once talked about her fear of witnessing her bloated face, bald head and scar marks on the mirror, due to which she felt scared to step out.
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