Sonali Bendre On Bollywood's Connection With Underworld, Jaideep Ahlawat Reacts To Salman Khan Firing Incident | EXCLUSIVE

Sonali Bendre, Jaideep Ahlawat, and Shriya Pilgaonkar reunited for the second season of The Broken News. Returning after two years, Vijay Waikul's directorial venture will premiere on May 3 on ZEE5. In an exclusive interaction with Rudrani Chattoraj, the versatile actress Sonali reacted to the influence of the underworld on Bollywood.

During the 1990s, receiving threatening calls from underworld figures was a frequent occurrence for renowned Bollywood personalities. On the other hand, Jaideep Ahalwat reacted to the recent gunfire incident at Salman Khan's house. Read on!

Sonali Bendre spills beans on Bollywood's connection with underworld, Jaideep talks about firing incident at Salman's Galaxy apartment
At the age of 19, Sonali marked her entry into Bollywood with the 1994 film Aag. Prior to this debut, she had garnered attention through numerous TV commercials. Throughout the 90s, she delivered notable performances. Recently, she ventured into the world of OTT with The Broken News.

In a conversation with Zoom, she gave us details about Bollywood’s connection with the Underworld.

Confirming the underworld presence in the industry, Sonali said, "Mere choices bohot simple the. My upbringing and my choices helped me deal with the underworld presence in the 90s. Jo gift, aap deserve nhi karte ho, woh gift ki tarah nhi leni chahiye. Agar is baat se, aap bade hue ho, aur aapko koi gift bhej raha hai aur fancy hai, aap kyu hi accept karoge. If you're clear about this, bohot saarein choices waha pe clear hojate hai. Wahi pe cheezein band hojati hai. "

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She further added, "Sometimes you're just plain lucky. But sometimes else someone can be in that situation and you might not be lucky. So many people come to take pictures with the actors. Not all actors who have been seen with people from the underworld in pictures, are linked to them. Sometimes, it is a coincidence. It’s misleading to say that the entire film industry has links to the underworld. That’s not true."

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Reacting to Salman Khan's firing incident outside his Mumbai residence Galaxy Apartment, Jaideep said, "We live in a country where people throw stones at the houses of popular cricket players when they lose the match."

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Moving forward, the duo emphasised that being a public figure doesn't require commenting on every national issue without adequate knowledge about it.

Jaideep told Zoom, "Just because you are a public figure it’s not necessary for you to comment on everything that happens in the country when you don’t have full knowledge. We are also humans. Actors are very vulnerable to threats. Agar aapki ek food choice ke uppar log aapko troll kar sakte hai, toh agar aapne kisi serious baat pe kuch bol diya, phir toh woh log pathar phek denge. Agar aap chahte wala honest rahe, us honesty ki bhi aapko kadar karni padegi. (People judge us so much and if we say something that some people don’t agree with, they might physically attack us for it.)

Sonali agreed with Jaideep and shared, "When I was diagnosed with cancer, I decided to open up about it because I realised it was still such a taboo subject. I had knowledge about it so I spoke about it.

For the unversed, last Sunday (April 14), at 5 am, two unidentified persons opened fire outside Salman's Bandra residence, Galaxy apartment. Police have already arrested two accused of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang. As per the reports, the two accused have been identified as Vicky Gupta (24) and Sagar Pal (21), belonging to Bihar. The entire operation was conducted by the Bhuj police.