Actor-model Shefali Jariwala, best known as the "Kaanta Laga" girl, has died at the age of 42, Mumbai Police confirmed. She was brought dead to Bellevue Hospital in Andheri after reportedly suffering a cardiac arrest. Her husband, actor Parag Tyagi, and three others rushed her to the hospital, but she could not be saved.
Journalist Vickey Lalwani first shared the news on social media, stating that hospital staff confirmed she was already deceased upon arrival.
Her husband, Parag Tyagi, has not spoken to the media, and the exact cause of death remains unconfirmed, though sources suggest a possible cardiac arrest. Mumbai Police confirmed she was found unresponsive at her Andheri residence and declared dead on arrival at the hospital.
Actor and close friend Pooja Ghai revealed that Shefali had taken a vitamin C IV drip on the day she passed away. “It’s a very common thing—many of us take vitamin C regularly, especially post-Covid,” she said, adding that she has also had such drips herself.
Ghai shared that while at Shefali’s residence, police summoned the person who administered the drip to verify the medication. “That’s when it became clear she had taken an IV drip,” she noted.
Defending the treatment, Ghai added, “It’s routine now. In places like Dubai, you’ll find vitamin C drips offered in clinics and salons. Shefali was in a profession where looking and feeling her best mattered—and she truly did.”
According to reports, Shefali had been using anti-ageing infusions, including glutathione, for nearly a decade. On the day of her death, she had been fasting for a religious puja but still received her regular anti-ageing injection in the afternoon.
While the official cause of death is yet to be confirmed, initial findings suggest a possible cardiac arrest linked to unsupervised medication. Police are now investigating the contents of the IV drip and her long-term treatments. The postmortem is complete, and a final report is awaited.
Shefali, once an aspiring computer engineer, shot to fame at 20 with the hit music video ‘Kaanta Laga’, a remix of the 1972 song from ‘Samadhi’. She appeared in several music videos and films and was a contestant on ‘Bigg Boss 13’ in 2020.
