Sonali Bendre recently talked about her crusade against cancer and how Bollywood actress and cancer survivor Manisha Koirala has been a big help. "Manisha (Koirala) has been a big help. She has been through it and is a survivor. She has also written a lovely book about it," she said during an interactive session organised by FICCI FLO (Bangalore Chapter) here late Wednesday evening.

Sonali Bendre was responding to a question as to whether she had received tips from celebrities like Yuvraj Singh and Manisha to fight cancer. Manisha was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2012, but was declared cancer-free by mid-2014 after undergoing treatment. Sonali said she did not meet another cricketer Yuvraj Singh, a cancer survivor. She did however, meet his mother. "I haven't met Yuvraj. I met his mother, though, and she was very warm and kind," she added. In 2011, Yuvraj was diagnosed with a cancerous tumour in his left lung and underwent chemotherapy treatment in Boston and Indianapolis. In March 2012, he was discharged from the hospital after completing the third and final cycle of chemotherapy and returned to India in April.