Sonali Bendre recalls songs like ‘Humma Humma’ today termed as item songs

Sonali Bendre recalls songs like ‘Humma Humma’ today termed as item songs

Sonali Bendre a well-acknowledged actress has worked in films like ‘Sarfarosh’, ‘Hum Saath Saath Hain’, ‘Diljale’ among others. Besides her roles, she is also known to be associated with some of the best songs from the 90s and was also a part of the hit song ‘Humma Humma’ from Mani Ratnam’s 1995 film ‘Bombay’.

In her recent media interaction Sonali went on to reveal that songs like ‘Humma Humma’ are today termed as item songs while it wasn’t the case back then. However, she was cynical in being a part of ‘Humma Humma’ notwithstanding being part of songs in her earlier movies. The wavering came largely from her non-dancing background.

She added that time around, the challenge in front of her was that she couldn’t dance. She had an ‘English Babu Desi Mem’ where Saroj Khan was ready to kill her because she couldn’t dance. And she was playing a bar dance and Sonali was struggling. Every hour she was not working, and was trying to learn how to dance. At time, Ahmed Khan was Saroj ji’s assistant. He would bribe her with chocolates and ice cream. and would pick her up from her Lokhandwala home and take him to a rehearsal hall. He would teach her and when would say she can’t do it and she is fed up.Come on, one step, just once more’.

Sonali Bendre wasn’ sure on how or why she landed the song ‘Humma Humma’ and had no clue what the song would do to her career. She was also wasn’t aware why she landed in it. The actress was also supposed to dance with Prabhu Deva’s brother. It was going to be a killing dance. So it was this kind of weird thinking that Saroj Khan made her do it adding that she also thought about it helping her earn good money and her team as well.

She remembers going to the rehearsal hall there and practicing. The song was almost like one shot and they edited it. They were doing really long, long shots and she recollects at one point when on the set Sundaram Masterji, Prabhu Deva’s father, had come and he gave her hundred bucks and saying that it’s amazing that she did this’. And she said, ‘Oh my God, she has a place in this industry’. She thought she could pull this off and there is something over here that she can look forward.

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