Bollywood actress Sonali Bendre revealed that she did not know she was pregnant while shooting for the Marathi dance number "Cham Cham Karta" from the 2004 film "Aga Bai Arrecha". Sonali made the revelation while having a conversation with choreographer-filmmaker Farah Khan, who had come to her house to cook a meal that included a flavourful Kashmiri Gucchi Pulao.
Farah said, "Sonali, we have shot a lot of songs together. We have shot Aankhon Mein Basey Ho Tum. Then we shot Duplicate... a famous Marathi song Cham Cham Karta Hai."
Sonali added, "I didn't know I was pregnant when we were shooting for that song."
Farah revealed that at that time Sonali looked full and looked like a "filmy heroine." To which, Sonali said, "She (Farah) is telling me you married a Punjabi. You are eating food from Goldie's house. And then I found out I was pregnant. I just didn't know."
"She did the whole dance while she was pregnant," added Farah.
The actress married filmmaker Goldie Behl in November 2002 in Mumbai. They have one child, a son, who was born in 2005.
Sonali further said that it was always easy to work with Farah. "There was no stress like with Saroj ji. I knew she would scold me. Farah looks like she will scold but in two minutes you understand that it's all a show. From inside it's all love and she and we had too much fun," said Sonali.
Sonali started her career as a model and marked her acting debut with Aag in 1994. Following several box office failures, she had her career breakthrough with the romantic action film Diljale in 1996. She achieved further success by featuring as the female lead in Duplicate, Major Saab, Zakhm, Sarfarosh, Kadhalar Dhinam and Hum Saath Saath Hain.
In the following decade, her performance in the romantic drama Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai got her wider acclaim. She further expanded to Telugu films with the romantic drama Murari, Indra, Manmadhudu and Shankar Dada M.B.B.S.
