Shefali Zariwala was born in the year 1982. she is a dancer in Hindi music videos, and has begun to appear in Bollywood films.

She graduated with an engineering degree in Information technology from Sardar Patel College of Engineering in 2005 and married recently.

There was a huge controversy when her video "Kaanta Laga" was released. In the video, she allegedly appears in a thong, reading a pornographic magazine, and performing sexual innuendos. At that time, in India such videos were not a norm. And many conservative groups protested against the video and unsuccessfully sought a ban. She was accused by many conservative activists of promoting western pornographic culture on a fairly conservative Indian society. However, due to the publicity garnered by the controversy, the song went on to become one of the biggest hits of that year.