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Shefali Shah

(1972) Actor

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Shefali Shah is an actor.

Quick Facts About Shefali Shah

Born: July 20, 1972
Profession: Actor

About Shefali Shah

[Wikidata] Indian film actress... | [Wikipedia] Shefali Shah is an Indian actress of film, television and theatre. Working primarily in independent Hindi films, she has received multiple local and foreign accolades for her performances. Shah's acting career started on the Gujarati stage before she debuted on television in 1993. After small parts

Quotes by Shefali Shah

Doing 'Kucch Luv Jaisaa' was like a debut. There were never any apprehensions.

Any

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On OTT, it's not about her or heroine, every single character is powerful and a hero, heroine in their own space.

Character

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As actors when we have to emote, we internalise things, find moments that hurt us and portray them.

Find

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Immediately after 'Dil Dhadakne Do' in which I played a mother, I made the choice of not doing films which put me…

Choice

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I refer to myself as an actor. I mean, why is there an 'actor' and an 'actress' when there is no 'doctor'…

Actor

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I don't pick up a project based on its success ratio. If it instinctively hooks me, then it hooks me.

Hooks

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There were years where I kept saying no to work because it was just being so unfair. And then 'Juice' happened. And…

Gentle

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I am a full time mother and a housewife. I don't think I need anything else to do.

Anything

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Acting happened to me incidentally, I never planned.

Acting

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I've neglected my own vanity. Not that I regret it, but looking good is part of my job.

Good

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Things are fair and unfair, whichever profession you take. Every profession cannot have a 100% rate of fairness.

Cannot

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A woman's physical body language and intelligence change as her age progresses.

Age

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Every family has chinks in their armour. I don't know of any family that is perfect.

Armour

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I did a show where I played the mother of a 15-year-old, I was 20 years old when I played a mom…

Age

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I don't want to put myself in a small block. That will be limiting myself and no actor wants to do that.

Actor

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Being an actress has the same requirements as being an actor, but it needs more. Fair, reed thin, tall, can lip-synch, can…

Actor

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The fact that 'Delhi Crime' dropped on Netflix and 191 countries in one go, that reach is humungous.

Crime

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I am sure that I don't want to do 'age' roles.

Age

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I have jumped off a balcony from the second floor.

Balcony

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When one sees me on screen I hope he or she only sees and feels the character, not Shefali.

Character

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Midway, when I was working full-fledged on TV, I realised I was loving it. I didn't have a manger, or anyone promoting…

Cinema

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My goal is that my films should at least match up to my previous films if not be more.

Cinema

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The biggest advantage of OTT is that it is not confined to the box office.

Advantage

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It's very difficult for a mother to disown her child even if he/she is wrong.

Children

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OTT platforms have taken away the pressure that would plague films earlier... the pressure of box office, the number of screens it…

Big

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