Best Friends Dia Mirza, Sussanne Khan and Gayatri Joshi Take over Sonali Bendre’s Digital Book Club
The actress who is battling Metastatic Cancer has already begun chemotherapy sessions and seems to be handling the whole situation positively. For friendship day celebrations, her gang of girls, Gayatri Joshi and Sussanne Khan joined Sonali in New York.
Sonali Bendre’s digital book club that started last year on Facebook, has been taken over by her best friends Dia Mirza, Sussanne Khan and Gayatri Joshi. The trio took to Facebook to organize an interactive conversation that was streamed live on the actress’ Facebook profile.
Sonali Bendre who is currently in New York for treatment appears happy to see the trio taking over her digital book club. She shared a photo of them and posted these lines "I've said it before and I'll say it again... 'I have the best friends in the world!' Thank you sooooo much Gayatri Joshi, Sussanne Khan and Dia Mirza for coming together to celebrate Friendship Day with #SBC... I had so much fun watching this... So glad some of my influence has rubbed off on you!"
Journey on becoming a published author
Sonali Bendre who is a published author herself has organized interactive sessions with both upcoming and popular authors such as Preeti Shenoy, Ravi Subramanium, Anand Neelakantan, Amish Tripathi and Rashmi Bansal. The actress made her debut as an author when she released her book titled ‘The Modern Gurukul: My Experiments with Parenting’ in 2015.
In an interview with Rajeev Masand, the ‘Sarfarosh’ actress says that her tryst with writing started when she began making small notes on her personal journey of being a new mother. The journey of being a new mother was quite challenging and a never-ending role for her. She hesitated to publish the writings as she felt that it was too personal. Nonetheless, with a lot of persuasion and coaxing by her close pals and husband, the actress went ahead and published the book. The actress’ son Ranveer playfully gave her the tag of being a ‘published author’ which made her feel on top of the world.
Sonali Bendre – an inspiration
The actress who is battling Metastatic Cancer has already begun chemotherapy sessions and seems to be handling the whole situation positively. For friendship day celebrations, her gang of girls, Gayatri Joshi and Sussanne Khan joined Sonali in New York. The actress took to Instagram to post a photograph with her girlfriends, clicked by Hrithik Roshan. For the first time, the actress appears completely bald in the photograph. She even posted a few lines, thanking her friends.
Here’s an excerpt. "I am extremely grateful to my friends, my pillars of strength, who at a moment's notice, arrived to be with me and help me through this. In between their busy schedules they find time to visit, call, message, FaceTime... basically never leaving a moment for me to feel alone. Thank you for showing me what true friendship is.”
In the Instagram post, the actress shares that she is very happy to be with her pals on friendship day. She now pays close attention to every moment and looks for every opportunity to feel joy. The actress has also revealed that she spends far less time to get dressed as she has shaved her head completely. She’s looking out for the positive in every situation no matter how negative the circumstances are, thereby sending an inspiring message to all her followers. She adds “Because I don't have to fuss over my hair! Bald is beautiful. Find the positive. One day at a time."
Since the actress was diagnosed with cancer, she has taken to social media platforms to regularly post updates about her treatment to her fans. The actress’ husband Goldie Behl tweeted that his wife is stable and is responding well to the treatment.
"Thank you all for the love and support for Sonali... she is stable and is following her treatment without any complications. This is a long journey but we have begun positively."