Mumbai: Actress Sonali Bendre successfully battled a “high-grade cancer” after battling with the deadly disease for months in a hospital in New York. The actress who stole the hearts of millions of her fans is now well.
While she is no more doing any movies, she was one of the most sought after actress in the 90s. Every directors wanted to work with her. Even many actors were madly in love with her and wanted to marry her.
But, the cute actress married her love Goldie Behl, a director and producer. The couple now has a son Ranveer. Here’s a list of stars who were mad for her.
Raj Thackeray: Among the many males that were madly in love with beautiful Sonali was Raj Thackeray. However, Raj was already married. Reports claim that he wanted to marry her but Uncle Bal Thackeray advised him against it and told him that it will impact the image of his party.
Shoaib Akhtar: The next name is cricketer Shoaib Akhtar. Pakistani bowler Shoaib Akhtar revealed that he was a die-hard fan of Sonali Bendre. He started keeping her picture in a wallet and was even thinking of kidnapping her. 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 cricketer couldn’t confess his love while the actress was never interested in this 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 Bendre couldn’t help falling head over heels for macho-man Sunil Shetty. 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.