Originally posted by: RaniPreityAish
Sonali was not a leading heroine like the others I mentioned but I still put her in their league because she has classics like Hum Saath Saath Hain and Sarfarosh and it seems a lot of people still like her. For an actress who has not been steadily working in forever, minus her recent comeback, I still see her name get mentioned a lot. In fact, I remember a community where the demand was to find brides that look like Sonali Bendre. And this was only a few years ago so the expectation would be to hear more contemporary actresses like Katrina or Deepika mentioned rather than a 90s actress like Sonali. In comparison, I've never heard of anyone talk about Pooja Bhatt.
Border I've never seen although I know that was a huge hit. But that was mainly a film for the male actors from what I've heard. The female parts I imagine are filler roles. And I've never heard of any of the other movies you mentioned.
Divya is not the one I was talking about who was outspoken but had a broken family with little finances. I was referring to Pooja. A fan of hers and her sister told me they had a very hard upbringing with zero involvement from their father.
Sonali somehow, don't know how, got those 2 or 3 films with Khans but in totality she was always B listed actress of Bollywood.
In no way Sonali was in the same league of actresses like Karishma, Juhi, Kajol etc she was far far behind them...
Sonali was in the league of Shilpa shetty and Twinkle Khanna maximum... I have lived 90s decade and can tell you this for sure with confidence.
It's just that the new kids born during or after 90s at IF likes her in hssh with Salman and her beauty but she was a B lister of 90s. Even the likes of Manisha Koirala, Pooja Bhatt and Raveena Tandon were far ahead of her in popularity and categorization.
Pooja Bhatt got the meatiest part and most screen time among all actresses in Border, though it was a male centric film. Tamanna, Zakhm, Daddy and Phir teri kahani yaad aayi are her master pieces.
In film Prem Deewane Pooja Bhatt got more screen time then Madhuri Dixit.
Dhkmn and Sadak are her movies and are super hits and cults. Maybe Sonali resurfaces due to her beauty and participations in tv shows judging dancing etc which Pooja never did, that's why she is maybe more visible to the new kids, but Sonali as a heorine was a B lister and forsure was behind Pooja Bhatt in popularity during the 90's.
Not at all... Pooja Bhatt had and still have great bond with and support from her father Mahesh Bhatt, infect 60% of the films Pooja has acted in were directed by her father.
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