'Shefali Was Content Being The Kaanta Laga Girl'

Vinay Sapru and Radhika Rao were the ones who discovered Shefali Jariwala and introduced her to showbiz more than two decades ago.

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The directors of her breakout song, Kaanta Laga, which released in 2002, they had discovered the then college-going girl on Linking Road, northwest Mumbai.

Vinay Sapru goes back in time and tells “From an engineering student to the nation’s heart-throb, it was an amazing journey.”

Shefali Jariwala's sudden death has shocked the entertainment industry.

She was our closest and dearest protege. Her death has saddened the industry and I can see the reaction everywhere. We switch on (television) channels, newspapers, Web sites, and it's 'Kaanta Laga Girl, Kaanta Laga Girl' everywhere.

How did you get to know of her death?

Divya Khosla messaged me at 1.30 am. She was the first to convey the sad news. From there on, it’s been a floodgate of memories, which is so tough to cope up with.

Tell us about your association with Shefali Jariwala.

We wanted a girl who looked like a doll. We discovered her at 19, and have been in touch since the last two decades.

Doesn't her death expose the difficult side of showbiz?