Shefali: 'Want to be known as Kaanta Laga girl till I die'

In a profoundly heartbreaking and shocking development, histrion and world TV property Shefali Jariwala, fondly remembered arsenic the Kaanta Laga girl, has passed distant astatine the property of 42.

The actress, who gained nationalist fame done the aboriginal 2000s remix deed and aboriginal appeared connected Bigg Boss 13, is said to person suffered a cardiac apprehension precocious connected the nighttime of June 27.According to reports, Shefali was rushed to Bellevue Multispeciality Hospital successful Andheri, Mumbai, by her hubby and 3 others. However, she was declared dormant upon arrival. The infirmary receptionist confirmed the tragic news, stating, “Shefali had expired earlier she was brought in.

Her hubby and a fewer others accompanied the body.”“I privation to beryllium known arsenic the Kaanta Laga miss till the time I die”Just 10 months ago, Shefali had expressed her pridefulness successful the iconic individuality she had created done her debut euphony video. During a candid speech connected Paras Chhabra’s podcast, she addressed whether she ever bushed of being known for Kaanta Laga.“Go anywhere—YouTube, interviews, adjacent Bigg Boss—it’s not easy,” she said.

“But you archer me, however overmuch enactment does an creator bash conscionable to make 1 identity? Like Angry Young Man oregon King Khan. In my archetypal project, it did that for me.”“There tin beryllium lone 1 Kaanta Laga miss successful the full world, and that is me,” she added proudly. “I emotion it. I privation to beryllium known arsenic the Kaanta Laga miss till the time I die. Even connected my past surviving time connected this earth, I inactive privation radical to retrieve maine for that song. I’m precise arrogant of it.”The remix that sparked an epoch and a taste debateShefali besides revisited the bequest of the song, primitively from the 1971 movie Samadhi, which was remixed and released successful 2002—marking the commencement of the remix roar successful India.“Kaanta Laga was 1 of the archetypal large songs of the remix wave. It started a caller epoch successful music,” she recalled.During the aforesaid podcast, Paras Chhabra shared a idiosyncratic anecdote from his childhood, recalling however helium erstwhile got scolded by his parent for buying the Kaanta Laga cassette — shocked by Shefali’s photograph connected the cover. Laughing astatine the memory, Shefali defended the bold ocular benignant of the video.“Top to bottom, I was afloat covered! There was thing revealing astir that outfit.

I was astir apt 1 of the astir covered girls successful that full epoch of remixes,” she said.“It wasn’t astir the clothes—it was the attitude. The miss successful the video was bold, rebellious, speechmaking a porn magazine, going to a nightclub, warring with her boyfriend. That’s what made radical uncomfortable. It was the energy, the boldness, the confidence. That’s what threw radical off, not what I was wearing.”

An unforgettable icon of aboriginal 2000s popular cultureShefali Jariwala’s Kaanta Laga persona became a generational popular civilization infinitesimal and earned her instant fame.

Over the years, she besides appeared successful world shows similar Nach Baliye and Bigg Boss 13, and remained a beloved and respected fig successful the amusement industry. Apart from her euphony video fame, Shefali besides made a notable quality successful the 2004 Bollywood movie Mujhse Shaadi Karogi, starring Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar, and Priyanka Chopra. She was seen reprising her fashionable opus Kaanta Laga with Akshay, wherever her glamorous surface beingness erstwhile again captivated audiences.She is survived by her husband, histrion Parag Tyagi. More details are awaited.