The FABULOUS Life of Shalini Passi

In
its
new
season,
the

Bollywood
Wives
are
joined
by
the

Fabulous
Lives!

Yes,
it’s
titled

Fabulous
Lives
VS
Bollywood
Wives,
and
we
have
new
faces
joining
the
original
cast
of
Maheep
Kapoor,
Bhavana
Panday,
Neelam
Kothari
and
Seema
Sajdeh.

Shalini
Passi
is
the
latest
addition
along
with
Riddhima
Kapoor
Sahni
and
Kalyani
Saha,
and
she
has
got
everyone
talking
on
social
media,
thanks
to
her
quirky
personality.

Just
how

Fabulous
is
she
in
real
life?

Namrata
Thakker
finds
out.

Born
and
raised
in
Delhi,
Shalini
is
an
art
collector
and
connoisseur
along
with
being
a
philanthropist.

She’s
a
former
state-level
gymnast
who
loves
music,
singing,
painting,
archery
and
scuba
diving.

Here’s
Shalini
with
the
famous
Serbian
conceptual
artist
and
performer
Marina
Abramović
in
London.

Looking
gorgeous
in
blue
while
exploring
the
Thiksay
monastery
in
Ladakh.

She
is
married
to
Sanjay
Passi,
chairman
of
the
Pasco
Group,
a
Rs
2,690
crore
(Rs
26.90
billion)
company,
according
to

DNA.
They
live
in
a
luxurious
20,000-square-foot
mansion
in
Delhi,
which
is
shaped
like
a
boomerang
and
is
filled
with
expensive,
rare
artwork
from
around
the
globe.

Also
a
fashion
enthusiast,
Shalini
is
often
spotted
making
grand
appearances
at
events
in
her
couture
outfits.

Shalini
attends
the
most
star-studded
art
event,
Serpentine
Summer
Party
in
London,
looking
like
a
vision
in
her
designer
white
gown.

Enjoying
summers
in
snow-clad
Almaty
in
Kazakhstan.

Shalini
says
orange
is
the
new
pink
as
she
stuns
in
a
custom
Abu
Jani-Sandeep
Khosla
creation
for
a
wedding
in
Udaipur.

Raising
the
temperature
in
Monte
Carlo.

Shalini
runs
a
digital
platform
called
MASH
and
also
heads
the
Shalini
Passi
Art
Foundation,
both
of
which,
aim
to
encourage
local
artists
from
India.

Photographs
curated
by
Manisha
Kotian/Rediff.com