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Shilpa Shirodkar Reflects on Leaving Bollywood, Depression and Husband’s Sacrifice

She describes how her husband’s decision to leave his banking career abroad helped rescue her from deep depression

Overview

  • Shirodkar says she walked away from a flourishing Bollywood career at its peak to follow banker husband Aparesh Ranjit to New Zealand and has no regrets about that choice.
  • She revealed that she is a tenth-grade dropout while her husband holds a double MBA and insisted she never felt inferior in their relationship.
  • After losing both parents in 2010, Shirodkar battled deep depression and credits her husband with quitting his London banking job to move back to India and support her recovery.
  • She gradually reentered the entertainment industry through television roles and reality shows before transitioning into production and securing multiple brand collaborations.
  • Shirodkar also debunked a decades-old rumor that she had been shot dead during the Raghuveer shoot, confirming it was merely a publicity stunt.