‘I was clinically dead’: Shreyas Talpade opens up about near-fatal heart attack, was told he kept smiling and asking wife for forgiveness

Actor Shreyas Talpade, who recently experienced a near-fatal heart attack, looked back on the experience. The actor said his wife rushed him to the hospital but they were caught in a traffic jam on the way.

By: Entertainment Desk

New Delhi | Updated: January 3, 2024 11:01 AM IST

Shreyas Talpade recently experienced a health scare. (Source: Shreyas Talpade/Instagram)

Actor Shreyas Talpade, who recently underwent an angioplasty after suffering a heart attack, spoke about his harrowing experience. In an interview, Shreyas said that he’d never been hospitalised before in his life, and that the health emergency has made him realise that ‘jaan hai toh jahaan hai (health is wealth).’ Shreyas was rushed to an Andheri hospital last month, where his heart stopped beating for a full 10 minutes.

He told The Times of India in a new interview that he was ‘clinically dead’. The actor is now recuperating at home. He said that he has never been hospitalised before, but noted that his family has a history of heart ailments. Shreyas has been working consistently since the age of 20. He is now 47. He said that he had been feeling ‘extremely fatigued’ because of his hectic work schedule in the last few months, and that he took precautionary actions and underwent several tests.”

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Shreyas recalled the day he went into cardiac arrest, and said that he was working on the upcoming ensemble comedy film, Welcome to the Jungle. He was performing military exercises when he got the heart attack. “Suddenly, I felt breathless and my left hand started paining. I could barely walk to my vanity van and change my clothes,” he said.

Shreyas rushed home, where his wife, Deepti, saw his condition and took him to the hospital. He passed out on the way, while their car was stuck in traffic. Deepti managed to get help, and Shreyas was given emergency treatment by the doctors. Once he regained consciousness, the doctors told him that he was smiling through the angioplasty, and kept asking forgiveness from Deepti for putting her through the trouble.

Shreyas said that calling this experience a wake-up call would be ‘an understatement’, as he was ‘clinically dead’ for several minutes. He urged people to not take their health for granted, and said that regular doctor visits are important. He revealed that he doesn’t smoke, drinks rarely, and follows a healthy diet and lifestyle. And yet, he wasn’t spared. “I’ve heard that post COVID, there have been many cases of healthy young people encountering heart issues,” he said, thanking his friends, family, and most importantly, his ‘superhuman’ wife, Deepti.

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