‘DON’T WANT TO FIGHT MY AGE BUT OWN IT’
Sonali Bendre reveals how she has learnt to embrace ageing and take projects that look beyond an actor’s appearance
ENow, the scripts that are coming to me are more than just me looking good. I’m very grateful about that. I want more of those, which is why I am being selective today. SONALI BENDRE, Actor
ver since actor Sonali Bendre made her comeback in the industry two years ago, she has been inundated with a lot of offers. But that doesn’t mean she’ll grab anything that comes her way. Instead, she wants to take projects that represent her true age and thoughts.
“When I wanted to come back, a lot of work was coming my way. But I wanted to be sure about what I was coming back with, what am I saying? What kind of character am I playing? What is the story that I want my son to see? That was very important for me,” shares Bendre, who made her return with The Broken News (2022) after an arduous battle with cancer.
At 49, the Diljale (1996) and Duplicate (1998) actor knows how to embrace ageing. “I’m grateful for my genetics. They make me look glamorous, but one has to grow beyond that. Ageing is part of life. I don’t want to fight it, I want to own it. The scars on my body are the stripes I have earned and the battles I have fought. I don’t want to get rid of them. A blank face will be a life that has not been lived,” she tells us.
Bendre reveals that she learnt a lot after being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2019. “My illness taught me that beauty is in imperfection. Now, I don’t want to be stuck with just the looks. I want something beyond that, which is where Broken News comes in,” she says, adding that she’s looking forward to the second season of the web drama.