EXCLUSIVE: Sonali Bendre opens up about her OTT debut: Main apni umar ka character play karna chahti thi

Sonali Bendre made her acting comeback with the web series titled The Broken News. She plays the role of a fierce and bold journalist, Amina Qureshi, who is the Editor-in-Chief of an organization. Sonali Bendre marks her OTT debut as well, with The Broken News. We sat down the actress for a candid chat about her show recently.

In an interview with Bollywood Bubble, Sonali Bendre opened up about her OTT debut and the reason for which she chose to play the character of Amina Qureshi in The Broken News.

The actress said, “Woh bohot zaroori tha, pehla jaise OTT platform pe main jaise play karu, woh character kaisa ho. Woh character important tha mere liye. Ek toh main apne Umar ka character play karna chahati thi. I did not want to play younger, or whatever. (It was very important what character I play on the OTT platform for the first time, how my character is. That character was important for me. First of all, I wanted to play an age-appropriate character. I did not want to play younger, or whatever)”

 

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Bendre further added, “Iska matlab yeh nahi, main glamourous, jaise main real life mein hun normally, waise. Aise koi, specially alag, ya. Let me put it more precisely, jo main kar chuki thi, woh main kar chuki thi. (That does not mean, I am not glamourous, I am just how I am normally in real life. Just something different. Let me put it more precisely, whatever I did before, I did not want to do similar roles.)”

Sonali continued, “Aur mujhe uss past mein nahi jeena tha. Toh mujhe Naya chahiye tha, aaj ka chahiye tha. Jaise main abhi hun, waise chahiye tha. Aisa role chahiye tha jo sirf looks ke baare mein naa ho. (I didn’t want to live in that past. I wanted something new, something of today. How I am today, I wanted something of that sorts. I wanted a role that was solely not based on looks.)”

Take a look at the full conversation below:

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