Shilpa Shetty at the IIFA awards in Yorkshire, UK.

Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty performed live at the IIFA awards in Yorkshire, UK. She was also presented with a special IIFA award for the global impact of her 'Big Brother' victory.

Shilpa also has launched her own perfume called 'S2'

Shilpa – The Big Don’ releases in jan 2008 without shilpa's knowledge and consent

The producers of an old regional film of Shilpa Shetty have announced their plans of re-releasing the film dubbed in Hindi in the first week of January 2008. This has stunned and offended the actress. Moreover, as the re-release is happening without her knowledge and consent.

Shilpa Shetty is quite perturbed that the makers of her 2005 superhit Kannada film ‘Auto Shankar’ are all set to release a dubbed Hindi version called ‘Shilpa – The Big Don’ in the first week of January 2008 all over the country without her knowledge and consent.

“Shilpa was shocked to see posters and advertisements of the film published in film trade magazines some time ago, as she wasn’t even aware that the film had been dubbed,” said her publicist.

“What stunned her more was the title. Yes, she does play a ‘lady don’ in the film. In fact, during the film’s release two years ago, she had even termed her character, an ode to Gabbar Singh.

But ‘Shilpa – The Big Don’ seems to be just an amusing attempt to cash in on her ‘Big Brother’ win,” Bhagwagar added.

The dubbed version even has two songs devoted to Shilpa. The first one goes, “Shilpa Shetty, Shilpa Shetty, Shilpa Shetty re, roop aisa ke loot jaaye hum toh yahin re.” The second one goes, “Shilpa Shetty iski ho gayee, Aishwarya Rai, Mumtaz bhi gayee… kaisa yeh mail hai, tu hi anmol hai, aaja aaja bahon mein.”

The promo of ‘Shilpa – The Big Don’ has several scenes where the hero talks degradingly about the heroine’s character, while apparently ‘taming’ the ‘lady don’.

A fiery Shilpa retaliates with a dialogue in the film, “Tu mere nishaane par hai, dekhna main tujhe kaise barbaad kar ke deti hoon”. So will Shilpa do something similar in real life?

Will she press charges in court to stop the release of the film. Dale doesn’t think that would be the right thing to do. “The re-release could be embarrassing.
Along with Shilpa, the Kannada blockbuster directed by D. Rajendar Babu, stars South superstar Upendra along with actresses Radhika and Sudharani. The movie was filmed at a variety of locations including Austria, Finland, the Bangalore Palace and the Mysore Lamps Factory.

It is the story of an auto rickshaw driver called Shankar, belonging to the middle class section of the society. Shilpa, who plays a money-lender and a lady don, is portrayed as a boorish charac

But in the end, she learns a lesson that reforms her attitude. She makes amends and Shankar embraces her as the two fall in love.

“Shilpa’s role in the film earned her the name ‘The new Gabbar Singh’ in the South,” said Bhagwagar. The movie also sparked off a controversy with regard to a sensuous photograph from it. A Madurai-based lawyer had filed an obscenity case against Shetty, calling the photo vulgar.

The makers have even designed a website in the name of the Hindi dubbed version of the film. On having a glimpse at the film’s promo put up on the site, one can well fathom the embarrassment Shilpa will have to go through on its release.

Shilpa Shetty’s performance at Royal Albert Hall.

Shilpa Shetty’s tour with Miss Bollywood came to a triumphant end with a performance at Royal Albert Hall.
The musical extravaganza has been touring throughout Europe for the past 2 months and the final curtain came down on the 60th performance to tumultuous applause

Dale Bhagwagar, Shilpa’s publicist said, “She (Shetty) was received in a packed house with thunderous applause as she enthralled the audience with her high-energy pulse-racing performance, virtually mesmerizing people, who couldn't stop whistling, clapping and even dancing in the crowd, as if it was a rock concert.

Adding, “The success of the grand finale at the hallowed Royal Albert Hall is indeed an emotional and historic moment for Shilpa.”

Is Shilpa Shetty on the Bond way?

With Shilpa Shetty rising higher in the popularity charts both India and abroad, offers are rightly pouring in for various television deals both the U.K. and U.S.

The latest buzz is that Miss Shetty may be the next bond girl in the forthcoming James Bond sequel playing the lead opposite Daniel Crag. According to reports, the dusky beauty has topped several opinion polls across the Internet over her eligibility for the role of Daniel’s love interest. She is also due to appear in “Miss Bollywood,” a musical set to open in London in September.
Shetty’s publicist Dale Bhagwagar has already indicated that the lady is willing to accept the offer if it comes her way.