MUMBAI: The pandemic has left many in problem. While some are facing health issues, others are going through financial crisis.
Senior actress Sunita Shirole is too going through similar problem and has appealed for financial help. If the no-work phase wasn’t already a problem, frequent hospitalisation and mounting medical bills for kidney infection and other ailments have brought her to a stage where she needs urgent financial help.
The senior actress, 85, has featured in films like Shaapit, The Legend of Bhagat Singh, Bajrangi Bhaijaan and Made In China and TV shows, including Kis Des Mein Hai Meraa Dil, Mrs Kaushik Ki Paanch Bahuyein. But today, she is confined to her bed owing to multiple health ailments. She said to Times of India, “I was working till the pandemic struck. I used up all my savings to survive during this period. Unfortunately, I had to be hospitalised around that time with a kidney infection and acute knee pain. If that wasn’t bad enough, I fell twice in the hospital and fractured my left leg. I can’t bend it anymore. I have undergone an angioplasty in the past and I am battling other ailments, too.”
Meanwhile, the veteran actress is staying at actress Nupur Alankar’s house.
Further, Shirole added, “I was staying as a paying guest in a flat, but I couldn’t pay for three months, as I had no money left. I am grateful to CINTAA (Cine And TV Artistes’ Association) for sending Nupur to help me. She has brought me to her home for the time being and has also hired a nurse for me. I want to start working because I need the money, but the condition of my leg is deteriorating and I don’t know if I will be able to walk again. I need financial help till I get back on my feet. I have earned a lot during my heydays and would help those in need. I had never imagined that I would ever be at crossroads in life. I had invested a major chunk of my earnings in a business set-up by my husband and me. However, a fire broke out in the warehouse and we lost everything. He passed away in 2003. Aaj main duniya ke rehem aur karam par hoon. It’s very difficult to survive. I regret not saving money for a rainy day and not owning a house in Mumbai.”
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CREDIT: TIMES OF INDIA
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