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Shefali Shah Shares Parenting Insights

Shefali, who launched the Dish TV Smart+ services in Delhi on Monday, said, “There is a very nice thing I read somewhere – ‘The most important thing you give your children is roots and wings’…reports Asian Lite News

Actress Shefali Shah, who earned a lot of acclaim for her work in ‘Three of Us’, has shared her parenting secrets as she opened up about the reading habits of her two kids.

Shefali said while her children were not avid readers when they were young, over the years they have developed a taste for reading books. She also said that their reading habits are very different from hers.

“Now, to accept that my children have grown up and are going to make their own decisions is a little difficult for parents. But it is a fact. ‘Mene bachpan mein unhne sikhaya, padhaya’. However, what they will do will depend on them as they grow up. And whether they listen to me or not, they will accept what they want.”

She added, “I kept telling my children – ‘You must read, you will love it’. Both the children were not into reading, which was very sad for me. But then, as they grew up, suddenly they started reading. And not the stuff that I read. I read everything. But they started reading a lot of stuff which tells them life hacks. You know, my older one wants to be a businessman. My younger one wants to do something else.

“So, they started reading on their own. Honestly, children do what they have to do. You can control them until a certain age. After that, they will do everything.”

She also spoke about the challenges of repeating roles, saying it’s not difficult for her.

“I am an actor because I want to play different roles. If I wanted to play only one role, Shefali is not a bad role to follow. So it’s not difficult for me. In fact, that is what excites me. ‘Oh, this is completely different. I have done this. Let’s do this’. So, this question is not difficult for me. It’s exciting for me.”

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Twisted, dark, and psychologically disturbing ‘HUMAN’

(Streaming on Disney+ Hotstar), Duration: Averages 46 minutes per episode Directors: Vipul Amrutlal Shah, Mozez Singh, Cast: Shefali Shah, Kirti Kulhari, Vishal Jethwa, Ram Kapoor, Seema Biswas, Aditya Srivastava, Mohan Agashe (Rating: ***1/2)

Set in tragically scarred Bhopal, ‘Human’ is a twisted, dark, and psychologically disturbing 10-episode series that unravels the secrets of the medical world relating to clinical drug trials. But at its core, it also shows us the degradation of the human race.

Shot on a lavish scale with ace production values, brilliant camera work, and adrenaline-pumping background score, the series begins with a scene where we are shown dead guinea pigs surreptitiously discarded into a water body and later a victim of a clinical drug trial suffering. Then we are transported to Manthan, a multi-speciality hospital run by the ace neurosurgeon Dr Gauri Nath, which is the centre of this narrative.

Running parallel to the events at Manthan is the subplot of Mangu, who works in the local civic morgue and is the ambitious son of a rickshaw driver. In his endeavour to make some extra money, he is lured to recruit people for clinical drug trials. He enrols his parents in the scheme, and soon his mother who suffers from comorbidities is affected by the after-effects of the drugs and is in a serious condition.

His path crosses with Dr Saira Sabharwal, the efficient and capable cardiac surgeon, a new entrant at Manthan who is also the apple of Dr Gauri Nath’s eye.

When Dr Saira realises that something is amiss with the drug trials conducted in the hospital and tries to bring it to Dr Gauri’s attention, she stumbles upon things much sinister and beyond her comprehension.

What makes this series appealing is its well-etched but flawed characters, some with more than skewed emotional issues plaguing them. Also, the plot dives deep into the complex web of emotions and thoughts of the key characters where lies and deception are a part of their daily living.

The chatter between the characters does not take away from the show the visible effort and meticulousness put into crafting each shot which appears candid and natural. The series is skilfully written, astutely mounted, and incredibly well-acted.

Shefali Shah is a brilliant performer, and as Dr Gauri Nath, she is an enigma that unravels effortlessly. Ram Kapoor as Gauri’s cuckold husband Pratap Munjal, is perfunctory and unimpressive.

Seema Biswas in an underwritten, complex and convoluted role, as the cold and devious matron ‘Roma Maa’ is natural and menacing. Her ominous presence onscreen is unsettling.

Kriti Kulhari is simply understated, graceful, and effortless as the efficient Dr Saira Sabharwal but a masterful liar and manipulator in her personal life who finds herself in a world that she can’t control completely, and yet she has a conscience.

Indraneil Sengupta as Dr Saira’s husband Neil, Atul Kumar Mittal as Dr Snehal Shinde, Gaurav Dwivedi as Dr Vivek Shekhawat, Shruti Bapna as Dr Shekhawat’s wife Sucheta in minuscule roles leave their mark on the screen. Mohan Agashe as Mohan Vaidya, the founder of the pharma company, is wasted in a minor role.

On a different level, it is Vishal Jethwa as Mangu who steals the show. He enthralls the audience with his stained teeth and intense facial expressions. He is aptly supported by Pranali Ghogare as his sister Meena, Sushil Pandey as his father, and the rest of the supporting cast, who seemed to be playing an extension of themselves.

Overall, the series is fairly compelling.

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