The actress opened up about hitting rock bottom, sleeping in a car, eating Rs 20 meals, and bouncing back from a Rs 3.5 crore debt.
Published: August 5, 2025 10:39 PM IST
From being a household name on TV to battling silent storms offscreen, Rashami Desai recently revealed a painful chapter of her life on Paras Chhabra’s podcast. With tears in her voice, she recalled a time when she had no roof over her head and had to sleep in her Audi A6.
“I had bought a house and was under a Rs 2.5 crore loan. In total, my debt was around Rs 3.25–3.5 crore,” she shared. “Things felt stable, but suddenly my show was pulled off the air.”
What happened during those dark four days?
Rashami moved out of her home, kept her luggage at her manager’s house, and chose not to involve her family. For four days, she lived out of her car—alone and struggling. “I would eat like rickshaw drivers, food worth Rs 20,” she confessed.
She added, “I realised in those days that I had never made myself a priority. I always put work, people, and expectations first.”
Did she face danger early in her career?
Yes. Rashami also revisited a shocking incident from her teenage years. “When I was 16, I had gone for an audition. They tried to make me unconscious there. I ran from that place,” she told Bollywood Bubble in 2024.
She began her acting journey with B-grade films, but TV gave her the identity she longed for. From working with Sidharth Shukla to Sreejita De, she became a familiar face in Indian households.
How did she bounce back?
“I did many shows, cleared my debts,” she said. But it came at a cost. “I didn’t sleep. I was full of stress inside, but I didn’t let it show. I used to think, What kind of life is this? It would be better to just die.”
Today, she’s standing tall—but her story is a reminder: not every celebrity success is glossy behind the scenes.
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