She became the first Indian TV star to walk the Festival de Cannes red carpet for L'Oreal. In this fun chat with Brut, Helly Shah explained why it was such a nightmare at the start.
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00:00We had to literally like stitch after I wore the dress.
00:03My feet are almost numb.
00:05We were getting a bomb blast.
00:08It was a nightmare to get scared.
00:10It's over now.
00:12Hi, this is Alisha and you're watching me on Pooja.
00:22I was having some issues.
00:24Also, when I was supposed to wear the dress,
00:29it didn't arrive on time.
00:31They were like, we'll give it to you after 2 hours.
00:33I was like, how can you give it to me after 2 hours?
00:35It was so chaos and I was panicking.
00:38My outfit was finally ready 4 hours before.
00:42Before coming here, I was not in India.
00:44I was abroad.
00:46So I couldn't prepare anything.
00:48I literally had 4-5 days to prepare everything for my camp.
00:53When I tried the dress, we had to literally stitch after I wore the dress.
00:59It was a struggle all together.
01:01You can literally see the kind of relief I'm having right now
01:03while narrating the entire episode.
01:05It's crazy.
01:09The biggest struggle for me personally is only heels.
01:13Because, you know, heels come on.
01:17Heels are never comfortable.
01:19You just have to wear it.
01:21Because it looks graceful, it looks nice.
01:23The kind of gowns and dresses you wear,
01:26heels are necessary.
01:28So, my feet are almost numb.
01:32I'm not kidding.
01:34But, you have to do what you have to do.
01:36Right?
01:40I had a tea.
01:42Empty stomach.
01:44That just gave me a lot of acidity.
01:46And then, I...
01:48I actually didn't eat.
01:50I didn't eat anything.
01:52I think I had a Nutribar.
01:55In the evening.
01:57In the afternoon, actually.
01:59Like around 2.
02:01After that, I didn't eat anything.
02:03In fact, even in the morning,
02:05we left for the tea without eating anything.
02:07I think I just had
02:092-3 glasses of water and a banana.
02:11So, that's about it.
02:13So, I honestly didn't eat anything.
02:15But, I didn't actually realize that
02:17I didn't eat anything.
02:19Because, in any which ways in my head,
02:21I was so stressed and panicked.
02:24There were so many good things
02:26that were going to happen later.
02:28Before that, you know.
02:30What do you say?
02:34What do you say?
02:36It was a scary dream.
02:38Which is over now.
02:40Never have I ever imagined
02:42in my life that I will come here.
02:44And I will give an interview here.
02:48I'll walk the red carpet at Cannes.
02:50It just feels like a dream.
02:52And I still can't believe it.
02:54I feel like when I go to India,
02:56and when I look at the pictures,
02:58and when I think about it,
03:00I'll probably, you know,
03:02believe that, okay, this has happened.
03:04This is, I think, a big deal.