Shefali Jariwala passed away on Friday, June 27, 2025 at the age of 42. There are reports that the actress died due to some anti-ageing treatments that she was undergoing. However, there’s no confirmation about it as the final post-mortem report is yet to come out. Actress Pooja Ghai, who was a close friend of Shefali, in an interview with Vickey Lalwani spoke about the Kaanta Laga girl’s demise.
When she was asked about the rumours of Shefali doing anti-ageing treatments, Pooja said, “I think it's only unfair to comment on somebody that personal, but you know, I live in Dubai, fortunately, I am not an actor anymore, so I don't need it. But, I think everybody takes that and I am sure everybody needs it, and it's so common. If you walk down the streets here in Dubai, you see multiple vitamin C drips at regular clinics and regular salons. I think she was in a profession where she had to be her best, and she was her best. She looked the best. It was so heart-wrenching to see when she came home for her final rites, she was so looking godamn pretty. So it's a part of everyone's life, and it's not unsafe. I don't think it's unsafe. It's just a bad time on that day.”
Pooja further reveals that Shefali did take a vitamin C drip the day she passed away. She added, "But like I said, it's a very normal thing to take vitamin C. I mean, we all take vitamin C, right? I think post-COVID people have just started taking vitamin C as regularly as possible, and vitamin C is something I take as well. So it's a very normal thing to take. Some people just pop in a tablet, and some people take it through an IV drip. So, yes, she did take an IV drip on that day.”
When Pooja was asked if she knew when Shefali took the IV drip that day, the actress said, “Not sure about that. But I know that she did take it that day because the only thing that I know and I saw was while I was standing there (at her house), the police called for the guy who gave her the IV drip, just to check what was the medicine that she was taking and that's when it was unfolded that she had taken an IV drip today.”
Pooja has shifted to Dubai, but she was in Mumbai when Shefali passed away. In fact, a lot of paparazzi pages posted her videos with the caption that she is Shefali’s sister, Shivani.
