Sonali Bendre filmography

Sonali Bendre Behl is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Hindi and Telugu films. Bendre made her debut with the action-drama Aag (1994), which earned her the Filmfare Lux New Face of the Year. Her other release that year Naaraaz, won her the Sensational Debut award. Following several box office failures, she had her breakthrough with the romantic action Diljale (1996).

Bendre established herself as a leading actress of Hindi films with the commercially successful films—action comedy Duplicate (1998), action Major Saab (1998), drama Zakhm (1998), action thriller Sarfarosh (1999), the highly successful family drama Hum Saath Saath Hain (1999) and romantic drama Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai (2000). For Sarfarosh, she earned IIFA Award for Best Actress nomination and Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai won her the Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Bendre made her Telugu film debut with the romantic drama Murari (2001), for which she received Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu nomination. She achieved further success with action drama Indra (2002), romantic comedy Manmadhudu (2002) and comedy drama Shankar Dada M.B.B.S. (2004). Bendre won the Screen Award for Best Actress – Marathi for her performance in Anahat (2003). Following a career hiatus, Bendre appeared in the television series Ajeeb Daastaan Hai Ye (2014) and The Broken News (2022-2024) and judged various reality shows. The Broken News earned her a nomination for Filmfare OTT Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.