Shilpa Shetty, the tall beauty is an Indian actress, model, producer, entrepreneur, and author. She has worked remarkably hard to get to this point in her life. She won many accolades over the years for many of her roles. She even added fitness yogi and Youtube cooking star to her long list of labels! Her story is quite the tear-jerking inspirational story!
She was a college student when a photographer scouted her for a shoot. She first landed on the modeling world through this shoot. Slowly she started working hard to break into Bollywood. She made her debut in the 1993 hit movie, Baazigar, alongside Bollywood biggies, Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol. It was a huge thing for her.
She opened up about the experience. It was nerve-wracking working on her first film. She wasn’t very confident about her skill at the time. She was also a tall, lanky lady with tan skin. While she did make it, at one point producers started canceling the contract and removed her from the project due to different prejudices.
She said that it was a tough time for her. She had hit fame and then things started to stagger. It was tough to keep everything moving. Even though things were rough, she still is known for her work in the movie industry, modeling, her work with fitness, her book, The Great Indian CookBook, her YouTube channel for healthy living.
Her story is quite like any other who is trying to make it in the world, which is probably why it is so inspiring… Despite hitting walls in her career she kept trying! When one door closed on her, she opened another window. Let us know what you think of her story.