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Sonali Kulkarni Salman Khan Mother in India: Many times such casting is seen in Bollywood films, which people are surprised to see. Something similar was seen in Salman Khan's film 'Bharat' released in 2019. In this, actress Sonali Kulkarni played the role of Salman Khan's mother. The interesting and surprising thing in this was that Sonali is about 9 years younger than Salman. Many questions were raised regarding this casting. Now after many years, Sonali Kulkarni has broken her silence regarding this casting. According to her, she was initially not ready to do this role, but director Ali Abbas Zafar and casting director Mukesh Chhabra told her the importance of this character. After which he accepted it as a challenge.

Sonali had initially rejected the offer

Sonali Kulkarni had refused to play the role of Salman Khan's mother in 'Bharat'. In the film India, the story progresses in different eras and flashbacks were used a lot. For this reason, the makers were looking for an actress who could fit into different parts of the character. However, when Sonali was selected for this role, she initially rejected it. While talking to Screen, Sonali told that at the time of casting she had clearly said that she cannot do this role. But Ali Abbas Zafar and Mukesh Chhabra assured that she would be right for this character.

Makers assured

The actress said, when the casting was happening, I had said that I cannot play this role. But I remember that both director Ali Abbas Zafar and casting director Mukesh Chhabra were confident that it was right to cast me for this role. Because he was thinking about the flashback scenes shown in the film. Flashback was everything in that film.

Questions raised on casting

After seeing Sonali in the role of Salman's mother in 'Bharat', people's attention was drawn to the age difference between the two. Sonali is about 9 years younger than Salman, hence many people raised questions on this on social media. Sonali told that she too had questioned this matter, but later she understood that the makers were taking the decision keeping in mind not only the age but also the character and the story of the film. He considered this role a challenge for himself. The actress said, 'No director or casting director would want a wrong person to fit into his film. This will be a big failure from their side also. So I tried to understand that thing, and accepted it as a challenge.

Sonali has no regrets about playing the role of a mother.

Sonali Kulkarni made it clear that most of her scenes in 'Bharat' were with the child artist who played the character of younger 'Bharat'. At the same time, her scenes with Salman were not that many. Despite this, he has no regrets on being a part of this film. The actress also said that she got good money for this role. For him, this project was not just to be a part of a big star's film but he got a chance to do a different kind of role. Apart from this, Sonali jokingly said that she got a chance to see Katrina Kaif dancing live, which was a different experience for her.

Talking about Sonali Kulkarni, she is a well-known actress of Marathi and Hindi film industry. He has played many types of characters in his career. He has also worked in Hindi films like 'Dil Chahta Hai' and 'Mission Kashmir'. He has also done excellent work in Marathi cinema. He was awarded the Special Jury Award of the National Film Award for 'Chaitra'.