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Sonali Bendre gets emotional recalling her son Ranveer's reaction to her cancer diagnosis
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News18•07-10-2026, 19:40
Sonali Bendre gets emotional recalling her son Ranveer's reaction to her cancer diagnosis
- •Sonali Bendre was diagnosed with high-grade metastatic cancer in 2018, sending shockwaves through her entire family.
- •When her husband Goldie Behl broke the news to their young son Ranveer, he reacted with unexpected calm and maturity rather than panicking.
- •Ranveer told his father that this would be a difficult test for the family and their world was going to change completely.
- •His profound understanding came from a book he had previously read with his mother, which dealt with a similar cancer diagnosis in a family.
- •Sonali became emotional while sharing this incident and emphasized the life-saving impact of putting good books into the hands of children.
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In 2018, actress Sonali Bendre was diagnosed with a serious illness known as high-grade metastatic cancer.
Upon learning about his mother's cancer, 12-to-13-year-old Ranveer did not panic or cry, but instead calmly told his father that it would be a major test and that their world was going to change completely.
Ranveer had previously read a book with his mother where a young boy's brother gets cancer and the family's happy world changes completely, which mentally prepared him for the situation.
