Sheetal Mafatlal is an Indian businesswoman. She is a famous socialite and social media influencer. On September 8, 2022, her husband, Atulya Mafatlal, a famous Indian industrialist, passed away in his sleep, thrusting her into the spotlight.
Wiki/Biography
Sheetal Atulya Mafatlal was born on Thursday, July 31, 1969, in Mumbai, India (age 53 years; as of 2022) as Sheetal Manhar Bhagat. Her zodiac sign is Leo. She completed her school education from Cooper Educational Trust School, Manekhi, Mumbai. She later completed degrees in finance and law at Harvard University in Boston.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′7″
Weight (approximately): 55kg
Hair color: black
Eye color: black
Body measurements (approximately): 36 – 24 – 36
family
Parents and siblings
Her father, Manhar Bhagat, was a businessman and the head of the Nirlon Empire. Her mother’s name is Rajani Bhagat, who was born into a wealthy jeweler’s family in Gujarat.
Sheetal Mafatlal’s mother Rajani Bhagat
She has a younger sister named Poonam Bhagat.
Poonam Bhagat, sister of Sheetal Mafatlal
Poonam Bhagat’s husband is Jaidev Shroff, owner of 2000 cr United Phosphorus company.
husband and children
Sheetal Mafatlal married Atulya Mafatlal, a famous Indian businessman, on February 25, 2000, at the Presidential Hotel Casa Mexicana. Atuliya Mafatlal passed away on September 8, 2022.
Sheetal Mafatlal and husband
Sheetal on her wedding day
Sheetal is Atulaya’s second wife and they have no children.
Relationships/Affairs
She was in a relationship with him before marrying Atulya Mafatlal in 2000.
Profession
Sheetal Mafatlal worked in her father’s business until she married Atulya Mafatlal in 2000. Five years after her marriage, her reputation gradually rose and she became a thriving luxury retailer in India. During this time, she opened the first Valentino store in India.
Sheetal Mafatlal endorses Valentino dress
This later earned her the title of “India’s Fashion Retail Pioneer” and a spot on the cover of Time magazine.
Sheetal Mafatlal appeared in a magazine called YOU & I
Sheetal Mafatlal was subsequently appointed President of Mafatal Luxury. Thereafter, she started working as the “Managing Director” of the organization “Mafatlal Interiors & Kitchen” in 2003 and continued to serve till January 2005. Within the same organization, she also assumed the additional responsibility of heading Mafatlal Home Products Ltd. During this time, she introduced Corian to India. Sheetal Mafatlal is the founder of “Mafatlal Luxury” which was established in January 2004. This is an international luxury brand consulting company.
dispute
love triangle
According to reports, Sheetal and Atulaya started liking each other when Poonam Bhagat was already engaged to Atulya Mafatlal. After this incident, their family relationship ended, but once Sheetal spoke to a media reporter and denied all these claims, saying they were just rumours. Sheetal said the rumors were orchestrated by her sister-in-law to defame her.
detained by customs
In 2009, Sheetal Mafatlal entered Mumbai with undeclared jewelery worth Rs 5.3 million. The customs department detained her at the Mumbai airport but failed to disclose the relevant evidence. She spent a night in jail for the same case.
The mystery of fake paintings
In 2012, three of Sheetal Mafatlal’s friends were arrested by the Mumbai police for replacing twelve “paintings owned by Mafatlal” worth billions of rupees with fake ones in their Bandra apartment. detention. The names of the accused are Areef Patel, Farukh Wadia and Yasmin MY. In the fake painting case, Sheetal accused her childhood friend Areef Patel of altering the original paintings with fake paintings, which she kept in Areef Patel’s ) in Bandra and Khar apartment. She filed a complaint against Areef Patel at the Gamdevi police station and named Yasmin and Farukh Wadia, employees of Areef Patel. In 2014, the three defendants made statements against Sheetal Mafatlal in front of several media outlets during the “Sheetal Atulya Mafatlal and the Mystery of Fake Paintings” event, claiming that the fraud of fake paintings was actually carried out by Sheetal. This led police to trace her whereabouts, but she was soon declared a fugitive. She fled India in May 2014 and was seen attending a high-profile charity event in Kuwait. In 2019, the Bombay High Court fined Sheetal Rs 7 lakh for filing a false case against three of her friends in 2012. HC said,
This point gives the whole picture: how the copy paintings were prepared and replaced, and how the original paintings were preserved under the command of Sheetal Mafatlal. ”
A newspaper article describing the charges and case against Sheetal in the fake painting case
Fighting with his mother 38, Pali Hills, Bandra
In 2016, Sheetal Mafatlal and her mother Rajani Bhagat fought a legal battle over a bungalow in Bandra. In a complaint filed by Sheetal before the Bandra police station, Sheetal mentioned that she and her sister were entitled to live in the patriarchal bungalow after their marriage as they spent their childhood there. She added that when she moved to the bungalow, her mother locked her in a room where conditions were unhygienic and her mother’s bodyguards denied her food and water for several days. Her lawyer MA Chandan told the court,
Since all the leftover food was kept in the room, it was now infested with cockroaches and her living conditions were very unhygienic. “
During the court session, Rajani Bhagat’s advocate said Sheetal Mafatlal wanted to be the sole owner of the bungalow. Advocates say Rajani spent her entire life in that bungalow and Sheetal wanted to dispossess her mother. Advocates of Rajani Bhagat said,
Sheetal wanted to bypass her mother and claim exclusive lease rights. Even Rajani has lived there all his life. No one realizes that she (Sheetal) will become dishonest and try to deprive herself of her mother. If they had known, they would have done something about it. ”
Bungalow No. 38, Pali Hills, Mumbai
In 2016, Sheetal took possession of the bungalow by force. During the trial, she said she and her sister were equal partners in the bungalow because it was the place her grandfather had brought in the Fifties and their entire childhood memories were attached to the same place. Sheetal said,
I was born and raised here. I am the owner. When I was a homeowner, I didn’t need to “break into” the house. My grandfather bought this property in the 1950s and I have lived here my entire life. My sister Poonam and I are equal owners. It has been my safe haven my whole life and I have happy childhood memories of the house. “
painful mother-daughter relationship
Rajani Bhagat reportedly dislikes the character of her two daughters. On one occasion, Rajani went to the local police station in Bandra to lodge a complaint against Sheetal, when a crime reporter spotted her. In a statement recorded by crime reporters, Rajani Bhagat said both her daughters were useless. Rajani said,
Meri dono betiyan nikambi hain (Both my daughters are useless).
Sheetal Mafatlal and her mother
Favorites
- Movie: Gone with the Wind (1939)
- Vacation destinations: French Riviera and Swiss Alps
- Quote: “Karl Lagerfeld once famously said: ‘Sweatpants are a sign of failure… You lost control of your life, so you bought sweatpants.'” Very appropriate in today’s global pandemic crisis. “
- Songs: Work out: “Physical” by Dua Lipa Start my day and relax: New 007 theme song – “No time to Die” by Billie Eilish
Facts/Trivia
- In 2001, Sheetal Mafatlal’s mother Rajani Bhagat, the owner of a Mumbai garage petrol pump in Ahmedabad, was transformed by an IPS officer As a politician, she was accused of mixing some solvents into gasoline and committing a black marketing act. Later, some prominent media outlets underlined the names of Sheetal’s parents. Meanwhile, Rajani Bhagat is popular in the police FIR books for filing complaints against guests she invited for dinner, accusing them of stealing luxury goods from her house.
- In 2007, a famous Indian magazine named Sheetal Mafatlal as one of the top 100 popular entrepreneurs in India.
- Sheetal Mafatlal has joined Akshaya Patra Foundation as a volunteer since 2016 to promote and promote the foundation.
- In 2018, the famous Indian fashion designer Manish Malhotra became a highlight when he invited socialite Sheetal Mafatlal to showcase his clothing series at a fashion show in Mumbai.
Sheetal Mafatlal poses with Manish Malhotra at a fashion show in Mumbai in 2018
- Once, during a media talk, Sheetal Mafatlal and a childhood friend of her sister spoke about the personalities of the two sisters. The childhood friend recounted that the two sisters were not willing to fight anyone and were fond of litigating. She said,
Ordinary people get hurt by negative press and court cases. Not these sisters. I’ve known them since I was little and these girls can beat anyone. “
- Sheetal Mafatlal often enjoyed drinking alcoholic beverages.
- Once, she revealed in an interview with media reporters that the happiest time in her life was having dinner with Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace and having dinner with British Prime Minister Theresa May. In the same discussion, she said she was addicted to Diet Coke and wanted to stay away from it. She said she loved the red feather-trimmed la Perla dressing gown so much that she repeated it many times. She likes to wear a Versace gown and a piano ring, which was the ring of pianist Liberace in the 1950s. She mentioned that she was a technician but no one knew that about her. She said,
I’m technically challenged, I play the piano, and I’m an expert in flower arranging. “
Sheetal and British Prime Minister Theresa May
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Source: HIS Education