Shilpa Shetty has claimed on a social media post that producers kicked her out of projects without giving any reasons. In a post shared on the official Humans of Bombay Instagram page, SHilpa recounted the struggle and treatment meted out to her when she started her career in Bollywood. Shilpa made a promising debut in Baazigar in 1993 opposite Shah Rukh Khan.
In the post she said, “I was this dark, tall and lanky child who had her life pretty much laid out for her. I’d graduate and work with my dad. Even though in my heart I wanted to do something different, something bigger and better, I never felt like I could. But when I participated in a fashion show, just for fun, I met a photographer who wanted to click my photographs. Soon, I got offered my first film. There was no looking back from there, I was going onwards and upwards. But nothing worth having comes easy. I was all of 17 when I entered the industry, I hadn’t seen the world or even understood life. With all the success came scrutiny. I wasn’t ready for it.”
Talking about the lull she faced in her career, Shilpa said, “I reached a point where after a few films my career hit a lull. I tried hard but it always felt like I was lagging behind. It’s not easy to be celebrated one moment and ignored the next. I remember there were producers, who without any reason, threw me out of their films.”
However, her resilience and persistence gave her rewards. She decided to reinvent herself and entered the reality TV show Celebrity Big Brother 5 which made a “huge impact”. There has been no looking back ever since for Shilpa who is happily married to Raj Kundra and has a son Viaan Raj Kundra with him.
(Source: Facebook)
