Sonali Bendre On Shooting For Bombay Song Humma Humma: "Sundar Master Ji Gave Me 100 Bucks"

"It's not my film song... and today, it's my song," said Sonali Bendre

Actor Sonali Bendre says she had decided to pack her bags and leave the film industry if she was unable to do a good performance in the song Humma Humma from Mani Ratnam's 1995 movie Bombay.

Bendre, who was barely five films old in the industry, said she was often "slammed" by choreographers for her moves until she got a breakthrough for her stint as the female dancer in the superhit track Humma Humma alongside Prabhu Deva's brother Raju Sundaram.

According to the actor, it was a common perception at the time that one couldn't become a heroine if they didn't know how to dance. The 49-year-old said she wanted to give it a shot as the song was choreographed by the legendary Prabhu Deva.