In an exclusive conversation, Shilpa Shinde spoke at length about destiny, career choices, misunderstandings, and the journey that has shaped her both personally and professionally. Reflecting on her much talked about return and the phases in between, the actor admitted she was never fully certain about coming back. “I think destiny happened. I was not very much sure that I want to come back or I don’t want to come back,” she said, adding that writer Manoj Santoshi would often ask her, “Will you do it again?” To which she would reply, “Manoj ji, let’s do something else. I don’t want to take that U turn.”

Shilpa Shinde reacts to returning to Bhabiji 

Shilpa explained that she had always looked at the character as a phase rather than a lifelong identity. “You can’t do that all your life,” she said, noting that she was completely satisfied with whatever had happened. “People understood what exactly I am after Bigg Boss. I am very satisfied in my life,” she shared, adding that returning was never firmly in her mind, especially when films and other projects were already in the pipeline.