Netflix's 'Delhi Crime' actress Shefali Shah: 'Tragic when they say a heroine's shelf life is just 25 and...'

Netflix’s ‘Delhi Crime’ actress Shefali Shah has been acting for over three decades. She was always one of the finest actresses in the industry whose potential was tapped quite later but it finally happened and how! Her web-show Delhi Crime has entered its third season with all glory and aplomb.

Speaking at this year’s IFP Festival, the actress unapologetically blasted the idea that 25 is the shelf life for a woman in the industry. “The concept that needs to end is that 25 is the shelf life of a woman. Women at every age just like men have stories to tell, their own romances, secrets. And I feel very happy."

Shah added, “I just feel let’s be a little more realistic about it. Let’s just rubbish the whole thing about ‘Kitne saal tak log young rahenge yaar. Ek din to age hona hi padega na.’ So what are you going to do? It’s quite tragic when they say a heroine’s shelf life is just 25."

The work-life balance debate

In another interview with News18 amid Deepika Padukone’ s shift demand that has stirred a debate in Bollywood, Shah revealed, “After all this time, after Delhi Crime, after me headlining a show, now I get what I ask for. Earlier, it was out of the question. For the longest time, I didn’t have any agent now I have someone with me who is very fierce and she goes all out to protect me.”

The actress  added, “Also, now there is a thing of if this is not possible then I will not do the project. Earlier, whatever they say, I agreed.”

Shefali Shah  also revealed, “Recently, Vipul Shah (her husband and producer) was talking to my assistant and told her that she has to get me out of the set after the agreed time because I can’t shoot for 24 hours. He told her, ‘She has to be taken out of there. She has to be physically moved out’. I am still made to feel guilty about it in certain ways.”