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Shilpa Shetty - Bollywood Celebrity, Actress

Shilpa Shetty
Date of Birth
8 June 1975, Mangalore, Karnataka, India

Height
5' 10" (1.78 m)

Mini Biography Shilpa Shetty - Bollywood Celebrity, Actress

Among only a few actresses, Shilpa Shetty was nominated for her 1st film 'Baazigar'. the subsequent year she delivered another blockbuster hit 'Main Khiladi Tu Anari' where she starred with Akshay Kumar and Saif Ali Khan. However, the continuing years her movies did not succeed at the box workplace, though she did receive vital popularity of a number of her performances. Then in 1998, 'Pardesi Babu' was released and folks noticed her once more. 2 years afterward she finally delivered an excellent hit, 'Dhadkan'. Since then her career has taken an up flip. In 2002, she had many releases and films like 'Hathyar' and 'Rishtey'. They solidified her standing as an excellent actress. In 'Rishtey' Shilpa Shetty stole the show from superstars Anil Kapoor and Karishma Kapoor. However, it absolutely was in 2004 that her performance in 'Phir Milenge' that brought her to the highest actress list. In 2005, she delivered modest hits like 'Fareb' (where she costarred with sister Shamita Shetty and Manoj Bajpai) and Dus.

Though she has worked with prime actors, in contrast to several Bollywood actresses who are either frightened of or recoil from operating with prime actresses, Shilpa Shetty has worked with various proficient actresses (such as Juhi Chawla, Raveena Tandon, Manisha Koirala, Tabu, Kajol, Mahima Chaudhry and Konkona Sen Sharma) and is claimed to share an excellent rapport along with her co-stars.

Today her career boasts of her versatility. In 'Baazigar' she played a naive school student, in 'Aag' an enthralling village lady, in 'Main Khiladi Tu Anari' a street dancer, in 'Himmat' a seductive cop, in 'Dus' an anti-terrorist agent, in 'Fareb' a doctor and housewife, in 'Phir Milenge' an HIV positive, in 'Pardesi Babu' an enthralling town lass, in 'Dhadkan' she is forced to betray her lover, in 'Khamosh' a prostitute, in 'Jung' a sensational club dancer, in 'Tarkieb' a promiscuous military nurse, in 'Rishtey' a comical and tragic performance as a fisherwoman, in 'Darna Mana Hai' a housewife haunted by apples and in 'Shaadi Karke Phas Gaya Yaar' a negative role where Shilpa Shetty plays a model turned housewife.

In 2000, Shilpa Shetty reinvented herself and have become called one in every of the most well liked actresses within the industry! She is that the solely Bollywood actress who has been seen to try and do a split on screen and is understood these days to possess the simplest body in Bollywood. She is additionally recognized as a sleek dancer.

Shilpa Shetty laughed plenty when she was young. She still laughs most of the time. per Shilpa's mother (Sunanda), Shilpa was a naughty kid and was known as a "fightercock" as she largely fought along with her younger sister (Shamita). Her mom conjointly acknowledges that she was a really bubbly and vivacious kid and her pet name is "Manya" however her mom calls her "babucha" or "Honeybunch". Shilpa Shetty visited faculty at St. Anthony's Girl's convent in Chembur, then she visited Podar school.

Shilpa was her faculty team's baseball captain. She may be a black belt karate champion. She actively participated in her father's chemical business. Acting was the sole factor she had not tried her hand at. Shilpa Shetty is understood to possess an excellent sense of humor and has the capability to crack jokes on herself. She'll begin laughing even before you crack a joke. Shilpa's favorite actors embrace Tom Cruise and Jackie Chan. Shilpa Shetty's methodology of paying a vacation would be to awaken late, cook, watch movies, estimate and pay time along with her family. She is additionally an enormous fan of prints, particularly Tiger and Leopard prints. Her space is full of all the various reasonably prints. Even her pillow case.

Spouse

Raj Kundra
(22 November 2009 - present)

Trivia of Shilpa Shetty

 

Older sister of Shamita Shetty

Sued Stardust India magazine because the magazine produced a report about her on-off relationship with Akhsay Kumar. According to her opinion, the article made her name disgraced and she lost some offers on films. She won the lawsuit. [2000]

Indian top model

Captain of her school's baseball team. She is also a black-belt karate champion.

Won Best Supporting Actress for Pardesi Babu (1998) at the Zee Gold Bollywood Awards.

Sahara One crowned her the 2004 DIVA of the year.

Shilpa and Shamita are the first sisters to appear in a film together in the history of Bollywood.

Shilpa Shetty is considered to have the best body in Bollywood.

AIDS activist and PETA supporter.

Her appearance on "Celebrity Big Brother" (2001) caused a huge racism and bullying row. As several house mates didn't approve of her presence, they made fun of her accent, cooking and native country. Following these incidents, broadcasting network Channel 4 received a record-breaking 40,000 complaints, and the controversy developed into a diplomatic crisis between the UK and India. Even Prime Minister Tony Blair and Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown, while visiting India, condemned these acts of unfairness and intolerance (January 2007).

Beside her native language Tulu, she speaks English, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Gujarati, Telugu, Tamil and Urdu.

Shilpa Shetty's cousin - Prem Shetty - was credited with a 'Special Thanks' on the acclaimed Indian art house film entitled 'The Last Monk' which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival 2006.

Winner of "Celebrity Big Brother" (2001), series 5.

Her movie Phir Milenge was viewed by the United Nations who appreciated the movie for its support of AIDS awareness.

Received critical acclaim and nominations for her performances in movies like: Baazigar, Dhadkan, Rishtey and Phir Milenge.

She donated all the money she made from her movie 'Phir Milenge' to an AIDS charity.
Is diabetic.

Shilpa Shetty and her husband, Raj Kundra, are expecting their first child [December 10, 2011].

Where Are They Now
(December 2004) Mumbai, India
(January 2007) Taking part in the British Celebrity Big Brother

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