Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty is on a mission to spark a health revolution, one app at a time.
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00:00I was really amazed today. I saw how Ashwagandha looks.
00:04What does it do? Do you know?
00:07I don't know.
00:08I'm going to poke you with this.
00:13Hi Gulf News readers, this is Manjusha Radhakrishnan from Gulf News Tabloid.
00:17I'm here with the vivacious and statuesque beauty, Shilpa Shetty.
00:21And we're doing a very odd thing today.
00:23It's a very odd place to be in with a celebrity, a supermarket.
00:27It's as real as it can get.
00:30She's the real deal.
00:32So perhaps you can tell us, what are we here for?
00:34And I hear you're very fascinated.
00:36I am really fascinated.
00:38I mean, from the point of view of things that I have been looking for.
00:45And I don't know where to honestly find them.
00:49And I found it here, out of the blue.
00:51What is it? What is the secret ingredient?
00:53Look at this. This is an array of herbs.
00:55You know, all Ayurvedic herbs and stuff.
00:59Even red sandalwood stick.
01:01Okay, you're a big thing on everything Indian, right?
01:05I wrote a book called The Great Indian Diet.
01:07So I'm a huge believer and user.
01:11I'm not somebody who just only preaches.
01:13I also practice it.
01:14So I was really amazed today.
01:15I saw how Ashwagandha looks.
01:19What does it do? Do you know?
01:21I don't know.
01:22I'm going to poke you with this.
01:25You can educate me.
01:27Ashwagandha is one of the main properties in any Ayurvedic pill.
01:35What does it do?
01:37See, I'm asking you.
01:39You can educate me. It's a good thing.
01:41It's great for strength and vigour.
01:43As you can see.
01:45You know, there are women who crave during pregnancy to eat clay.
01:52This is that eating thing.
01:54It was a deficiency but clearly not.
01:56It's not.
01:58No, actually it is.
02:00But your body craves.
02:02For example, when you feel the need for calcium, you lose a tooth.
02:08I see.
02:10Which is why they give you D3.
02:12But look at this. It's amazing.
02:14And look at this. It's all fresh flour.
02:16If you were to choose one, what would you choose?
02:18Let's say, what would be in Shilpa Shetty's shopping basket?
02:23I just bought some Chandan Agarbattis.
02:25From Abu Dhabi. I love it.
02:27Can you believe it?
02:29I was telling Vandana ji.
02:31I said, they are going to kill me if they know that I have brought back Agarbattis from Abu Dhabi.
02:35Any particular reason?
02:37Because you know, the ones that you find in Mumbai now.
02:41I feel everything is adulterated.
02:43Even the Agarbattis.
02:45So unfortunately.
02:47But here the smell was so nice.
02:49But is organic a fad? What do you think?
02:51There is a lot of stuff which is also freshly produced.
02:53It's amazing.
02:55I think it's just going back to your roots.
02:57I am someone who really believes that we need to go back to how we used to eat.
03:01At least 70 years ago.
03:03Forget 150 years ago.
03:05If you can just do that.
03:07I remember my grandmother, my mom.
03:09We used to carry wheat to the chakki.
03:11And we used to sit there.
03:13While my maid would get it.
03:17They grind it.
03:20Grind it?
03:22So the grinder would be on.
03:24By the time we would come out, our hair to our frocks would have white flour on it.
03:28But you know, we were healthier.
03:30Today most people are suffering with celiac diseases.
03:32They are gluten intolerant.
03:34We don't know where and how the wheat has been aged.
03:38It's supposed to be aged.
03:40It's supposed to be ground.
03:42There is a lot of stuff that goes into nutrition.
03:44Do you go shopping?
03:46Because I see you are a big celebrity.
03:48You get recognized a lot.
03:50Can you ever shop in a supermarket without being disturbed?
03:52For selfies etc.
03:54I am a housewife first.
03:56I am a mother.
03:58My family's health comes before everything else.
04:02I am really huge into label reading.
04:04So when I shop, I literally do a lot of due diligence.
04:08I am a stickler for good products.
04:10I will go for products that I have used for a long time.
04:14I will read the back of the pack.
04:17Would you go for an unsweetened ginger tea?
04:19Or do you believe in such things?
04:21I really believe that you can make ginger tea at home from scratch.
04:25So why would you go for a packet?
04:27With due respect.
04:29I am somebody who really likes to do things from scratch.
04:31But you need the right ingredients.
04:33So I feel in a scenario like that,
04:35Aadhaar really works for a buyer like me.
04:37I am not just saying it because I have just come to open this store.
04:39I am being really honest.
04:41There is a lot of stuff I saw.
04:43Like for example those jeera biscuits.
04:45Can you show me a packet from there if you have one?
04:47I haven't seen something like that in 25 years.
04:53I remember eating those as a kid.
04:57I remember a lot of things that suddenly brought back a lot of memories.
05:01Like the sabudana chakli.
05:03Simple things like that.
05:05Those are really little joys.
05:07So you like to keep things real, right?
05:09That's it. It's as simple as that.
05:11Look at this.
05:14These are the things we have eaten as a kid.
05:16I have also stacked it here.
05:18Do you eat them really?
05:20Now I don't.
05:22But honestly, if I had to binge, I would binge on this.
05:24Fair enough.
05:26You are also starting an app.
05:28You are a woman of multitasking quite a bit.
05:30What's the app about Shilpa?
05:32Well, I am huge into health and fitness.
05:34And I really believe that
05:36we all have a purpose in life.
05:40I feel like I have found my calling
05:42and I am trying to be a catalyst in this field.
05:44So,
05:46only for Yoi alone,
05:48I am launching my app.
05:50It's called the Shilpa Shetty app.
05:52This is my first look.
05:54It will be launched
05:56on the 6th of May.
05:58Over here, all over the world.
06:00It's going to be the first app from India
06:02by a celebrity.
06:04Everything from yoga to functional
06:06to nutrition.
06:08Nice.
06:11I love her.
06:13Do you follow her as well?
06:15She is quite popular.
06:17With similar fat loss recipes.
06:21What my advantage is over here
06:23is that it's going to be
06:25one of the first from India.
06:27Apple won't put their
06:29name to it.
06:31And they have really been amazed
06:33with the hard work that has gone into it.
06:35And very very supportive.
06:37So, I can download it on my phone?
06:39It will be available worldwide.
06:41On IOS.
06:43So, I can work out with you at home?
06:45You can.
06:47You will not only get to work out with me,
06:49you will get motivation,
06:51you will get push notifications
06:53if you have missed out on your workout.
06:55You will get everything that you need
06:57to reach your goal.
06:59And you will get a nutrition plan with it.
07:03It's never done before.
07:05It's got chapterization.
07:08That's really the feature.
07:10Fantastic.
07:12The main USP of this app.
07:14Can women have it all?
07:18I don't know how to answer that.
07:20I'd sound very pompous
07:22if I said I do.
07:24Clearly you do.
07:26But just wondering how you do it all.
07:28Nothing in life is easy.
07:30You can ask Mr. Dattar.
07:32I don't think opening 40 stores must have been easy for him.
07:34It takes a lot of discipline.
07:36It takes a lot of single-minded,
07:38goal-oriented focus.
07:40But if you're not passionate about
07:42what you're doing,
07:44you're not going to find success in it.
07:46Whatever I've done in my life,
07:48I find a certain passion in it.
07:50It has to be something that I resonate with.
07:52I can't just practice it
07:54without reaching it.
07:56I try to bring a bit of flavor of me
07:58in everything I do.
08:00For all those people,
08:02not just women,
08:05fitness and health is a difficult feat to achieve.
08:07It's not.
08:09That's what I'm saying.
08:11It's not rocket science, guys.
08:13It's really simple.
08:15You have to make a small lifestyle modification.
08:17But you have to have the will to do it.
08:19And discipline.
08:21Discipline for success.
08:23Discipline for weight loss.
08:25Discipline for anything that you want to
08:27feel happy with at the end of it all.
08:29That is the key.
08:31There she goes.
08:33Such a pleasure.
08:35We will check out the app.
08:37Go to the App Store and shop for my app as well.