From Ayushmann Khurrana to Vidya Balan, there are several actors who have started their careers from television and gained success in Bollywood. However, there is one actress who though became a TV star, failed to make a mark in Bollywood. The actress we are talking about is Shama Sikander , who after quitting the industry, tried to take her life by eating sleeping pills.
Now she runs a production company. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Shama Sikander (@shamasikander) Shama Sikander made her acting debut in the movie Prem Aggan and later bagged her first lead role on television as Pooja Mehta in the show Yeh Meri Life Hai. The show made her a household name.
She starred in several TV shows like Baal Veer, Seven and Kajjal among others. She then went on to star in several Bollywood films like Mann, Yeh Mohabbat Hai, Ansh: The Deadly Part, Basti, Dhoom Dhadaka, Contract and Bypass Road, however, all of them flopped at the box office. After this, the actress left Bollywood.
The actress in a recent interview with Bollywood Bubble revealed the reason behind leaving the industry and said, “15 years ago I was in a very bad state, I had severe depression, bipolar disorder. That was when I came to know that my grandmother could also have also had bipolar disorder because this is genetic. She used to do things that made people say she was possessed.
I have done similar things, but because I am intelligent and live in today's times, I was able to understand that I am not.