Sonali Bendre answers if Raj Thackeray had a crush on her 20 years ago: ‘Its not in good taste when people…’ | Bollywood News

Sonali Bendre recently made headlines for alleged rumours of being romantically involved with Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray 20 years ago. The speculations about the politician having a crush on the actor escalated after an old video of the two went viral on social media. However, in a recent interview with ANI, Sonali responded to the rumours, and expressed her displeasure over unnecessary gossip, saying that families are involved in all of that.
Reacting to the buzz about Thackeray having a crush on her years ago, Sonali instantly said, “Did he? I doubt it, but ya.” She further dismissed the claims over the viral video and elaborated, “Honestly, when I spoke and I called in the video, I was talking to my ser, who was right there. Not even behind him, but I was telling my ser to come. That’s the thing about this. It’s just not in a very good taste when people talk about it.”
Criticising the online chatter and explaining the link between their families, she said, “First of all, there are families and people involved. Secondly, something that till date I’ve never even bothered telling this, but other than the fact my brother-in-law, who is a cricketer, hence he used to play cricket with Raj’s cousin. Moreover, my ser’s mother-in-law was the head of department in literature at the college I am from. She knows Raj because of his father, they all know each other somehow.”
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Sonali added, “For me, the connection was that Sharmila, Raj’s wife, her mother, and my Maasi were best friends. Her mother has held me for 10 days because you know how, oh, her, my mother’s younger ser, Maasi. So when she delivered Raj, they all came laughing. Oh, her elder ser’s ba. Let’s go and see the ba. They’ve come to the hospital and seen me. So literally, that’s the kind of connection. I have always travelled around, so it’s not like I know them beyond a point, because I came into Maharashtra only once in two years during summer holidays or something like that.”
On the work front, Sonali Bendre was last seen in the second season of her ZEE5 show The Broken News. She will next star in a series, reportedly based on the infamous Ranga and Billa, along with Ali Fazal.