Manisha Koirala at the Island Shangri-La hotel, in Admiralty, Hong Kong, where she spoke to an Asia Society audience about her Bollywood film career and surviving cancer as part of the annual India by the Bay festival. Portrait: Jonathan Wong
Manisha Koirala at the Island Shangri-La hotel, in Admiralty, Hong Kong, where she spoke to an Asia Society audience about her Bollywood film career and surviving cancer as part of the annual India by the Bay festival. Portrait: Jonathan Wong
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Bollywood star Manisha Koirala on having it all, hitting rock bottom and surviving stage-four ovarian cancer

  • Born into a prominent political family in Nepal, the actress has seen her fair share of ups and downs
  • She reveals how alcohol and toxic relationships caused her life to spiral out of control, until cancer changed everything

Gary Jones

Updated: 11:28am, 8 Mar, 2019

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Manisha Koirala at the Island Shangri-La hotel, in Admiralty, Hong Kong, where she spoke to an Asia Society audience about her Bollywood film career and surviving cancer as part of the annual India by the Bay festival. Portrait: Jonathan Wong
Manisha Koirala at the Island Shangri-La hotel, in Admiralty, Hong Kong, where she spoke to an Asia Society audience about her Bollywood film career and surviving cancer as part of the annual India by the Bay festival. Portrait: Jonathan Wong
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