Kaanta Laga Girl, Shefali Jariwala Reveals She Had Epilepsy While Growing Up. Life Isn’t Like Shown On Screen
It happens every once in a while that the people we grow up watching on our television screens, portraying some of our favourite characters, become so iconic, that we forget that they are humans. Having always seen them in their picture perfect avatars, glamourous and surrounded by luxuries, we forget that they too are just like us, and so are their struggles. The women we have grown up idolising haven’t had it all easy, and one such star that we’re talking about is the famous actress, Shefali Zariwala who rose to fame with her iconic performance in the song Kaanta Laga.
We all know that the actress won hundreds of hearts with her hit song back in the day. And of course, that literally swoon-worthy g-string. But what we don’t know is that Shefali too had her own share of struggles and problems to overcome in order to survive in the industry. She only recently revealed that she has been epileptic and that the first time she had a seizure because of it, it was when she was just 15 years old.
She shared, “I was 15 years old when I had my first epileptic seizure. Yes, I was an epileptic. The medication that I had to take because of the condition caused a lot of weight gain. Shortly, after that I did a music video which was a big hit after that I was really busy with work, dancing all the time. I had to keep my energy levels up and also look good on camera.”
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But looking good on camera suddenly became all that more difficult since the medications she would take for her epilepsy, started making her gain weight instead. She then added, “That’s when I realised I need to shed a few kilos and I went to gym for the very first time, so my fitness journey started from there about 20 years ago and it has a whole new meaning today.”
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Today looking as fit as ever and often putting up videos of her rigorous workout, seems like there is no stopping our Kaanta Laga girl. She even said, “What started 20 years ago with just something for me to lose weight, has become so big for me today… I realised as a woman especially post 30 your body really changes and so should your workout regime.” And hers is a great example to go by. Guess, sometimes even though our role models may not have that picture perfect life in reality, they are still people and with problems. And we could all be kinder.
