EXCLUSIVE: Sonali Bendre Reveals NOT Getting Enough Credit In Shah Rukh Khan’s Duplicate; Confesses, “My Character Started Becoming Very One-Dimensional”

Sonali Bendre is an actress predominantly known for her work in Hindi and Telugu films. Considered as one of the leading actresses of the 1990s and early 2000s, Bendre started her career as a model and marked her acting debut with Aag (1994). In an exclusive interview with Bollywood Bubble, Sonali Bendre recalls not getting enough credit in Shah Rukh Khan’s Duplicate.

Sonali Bendre Felt Her Role Became Secondary In Shah Rukh Khan’s Duplicate

When shown a picture of her with Shah Rukh Khan from the film Duplicate, Sonali Bendre said, “This was—I mean, you know—because it’s Shah Rukh, and because that song was so popular. It was a film that a lot of people talk about. But this is one of those films that really helped shape the way I wanted my character to be. The idea was to have beautiful grey shades in this character, but it kind of started becoming… my character started becoming very one-dimensional, you know? I think it became more of a secondary character when I got onto it.”

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She added, “See, when I did Zakhm, I knew it wasn’t the main character—I knew Pooja had that role. But it was a beautiful story with Bhatt Sahab, and I just wanted to be a part of it, so I did it. But when Duplicate was concerned, I was supposed to have had an equal amount, you know? And at that point, it started to feel like it wasn’t the same kind of role anymore. So at that time, I did start to feel like I wasn’t getting my due. But I think eventually, it all evened out, and you know—I did get my due.”

Concluding, the actress said, “Because that song that we shot… which one? Not Mere Mehboob Mere Sanam—the other one. It was Karan’s vision for that song. Farah and I had this short wig and it was so hot, amazing.”

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