New Delhi: Sonali Bendre stays away from the big screen but she made an exception for Milan Luthria directed 'Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai Dobara' (OUATIMD) and says her association with the director goes back a long way and that is why she agreed to do the "guest appearance" in the underworld drama.
Produced by Balaji Motion Pictures, the film features her as Mumtaz. She will be seen on the big screen after a gap of 10 years when the film releases Aug 15.
Sonali's last big screen outing was again a guest appearance in Shah Rukh Khan, Priety Zinta and Saif Ali Khan starrer 'Kal Ho Naa Ho', in which she had played a doctor.
"The film is directed by Milan Lutharia and I have known him since a long time. He used to assist (Mahesh) Bhatt sahab and my first ever song 'Sambhala hai maine...' was shot by Milan. So the equation and the relationship go very far back," Sonali, who is married to Goldie Behl, told IANS....
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Mumbai: Bollywood star Akshay Kumar has made a short clip appealing cinema-goers to cut their mobile phone usage inside the theatres as he gears up to release his upcoming film 'Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai Again'. Kumar who is playing a gangster, Shoaib, in the Milan Luthria directed sequel, will be donning his character's look in the forthcoming video. The clip will be played in PVR theatres from Friday....
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