Shikha Malhotra made her Bollywood debut with the Shah Rukh Khan starter film, Fan in 2016. Apart from this, she has worked in several movies and web series, including Senthanal (2015), Running Shaadi (2017), Lucky Kabootar (2018 ), Kaanchli Life in a Slough (2020) and Majboori (2022). However, during the Covid-19 pandemic, she volunteered as a nurse at the BMC Hospital in Mumbai. Following this, she suffered from a brain stroke and right-side paralysis. Now, in an interview, Sikha opened up about her inspirational recovery journey and other aspects of her life.
Shikha Malhotra talks about paralysis recovery
In an interview with Pinkvilla, Shikha Malhotra talked about recovering from brain stroke and paralysis. She also discussed her return to the acting scene. Sikha revealed that she contracted the virus while working in the ICU for over a year during the Covid-19 pandemic. For this, she was admitted to the hospital for around a month. However, she suffered a brain stroke due to the same and then a right-side paralysis. Sharing about her recovery process, Shikha mentioned she started doing yoga, Kathak and singing. She said:
“I stayed paralyzed for a long time. After I got discharged I wasn’t able to walk properly. I used to get up every morning, hold the walls and try to walk. Due to steroids my weight was constantly increasing, My mother, who is a retired nurse, was taking care of me. It was a whole lot of struggle to become normal after paralysis. I started doing yoga, Kathak, and classical singing. It used to hurt a lot but I thought not to give up.”