Shilpa Shirodkar reveals a major change in her lifestyle post Bigg Boss 18 stint, saays husband was shocked

She disclosed that she now rarely spends any time in the kitchen and only uses three ingredients to make her meals.

Actress Shilpa Shirodkar, who was recently seen as a contestant on Bigg Boss 18, opened up in a recent interview about the changes the reality show brought into her life.

In a candid chat with Zoom, Shilpa revealed that ever since her stint in the Bigg Boss house, her approach to daily life—especially cooking—has transformed significantly.

She disclosed that she now rarely spends any time in the kitchen and only uses three ingredients to make her meals. Her husband was surprised by her simplified cooking style because he hadn't anticipated such a shift.

She said, “My husband travels a lot, and he was here recently and making some mutton curry. I was travelling then. He called me and said, ‘There’s nothing in the house.'"

She added, “I said, ‘What do you mean?’ He said, ‘There is no akhha garam masala.’ I said, ‘Oh, I don’t use it anymore.’ He said, ‘You have gone mad.’ I said, ‘But the food is great otherwise as well, so why do you need so many ingredients?’"

Shilpa Shirodkar is married to Aparesh Ranjit, a banker with a double MBA, and in the same conversation, she spoke warmly about the unwavering support he has offered her over the years. The couple had been living in New Zealand for a long time, but they made the decision to move back to India after Shilpa lost her parents. Wanting to be closer to her sister, the move marked a deeply emotional period in her life.

Opening up about this difficult phase and the steady pillar of strength her husband has been through it all, Shilpa further shared how much his presence has meant to her during those challenging times. "In 2009, when we made the shift, my husband was in the best phase of his career, and he knew that I was going through emotional trauma, and I was a wreck, and he knew that it was important for me to come back home and just be around my sister. He said, ‘Don’t worry about work, it will happen, let’s go back home," she stated.

On the work front, Shilpa Shirodkar will next be seen in the pan‑India supernatural thriller Jatadhara as she makes her come back on the big screen after a long hiatus.