Shreyas Talpade opens up on how wife Deepti coped with his heart attack

Shreyas Talpade, an actor par excellence, who has never failed to make the audience laugh or cry with his impeccable performances on the big screen, is back with the Marathi film ‘Hee Anokhi Gaath’ directed by Mahesh Manjrekar.

Shreyas resumed work after he suffered a heart attack in December 2023. In an exclusive interaction with mid-day.com Shreyas opens up about slowing things down, not taking his health for granted, and more.

Shreyas credits his wife Deepti for a second chance at life. He asserts, “Had she not been there we would not be talking today.” That being said it will take some time to get back to “normal”. He shares, “Her trauma is unfortunately a lot bigger than mine because where it stopped for me it started for her. To see me like that and be uncertain about the next moment and then keep trying whatever she could. I think it will take some time.”

The ‘Iqbal’ actor states that he has always been a man obsessed with work and running around like a “mad dog”. He explains, “Deepti had been telling me to slow down and I never listened to her. One of the examples was ‘Pushpa: The Rise’. She said, ‘You’re already shooting for two films and you want to go and dub for this one early in the morning when will you rest?’ and I would keep telling her, ‘This is the time. I don’t want to miss out on this opportunity.’ And she said, ‘These opportunities will come back.’”

Things however changed for Shreyas on December 14, 2023, at 6:30 pm. “Whatever happened in that split second, I had no control over it.”