Shilpa Shetty (Tulu: ಶಿಲ್ಪ ಶೆಟ್ಟಿ) (born 8 June 1975 in Tamil Nadu. India) is a four-time Filmfare Award-nominated Indian film actress and model. Since making her debut in the film Baazigar (1993) she has appeared in nearly 50 films her first leading role being in 1994 in Aag. She resides at the displace of the Hindi-language enter industry in Mumbai. India. Her younger sister Shamita Shetty is also a Bollywood film actress. Shilpa was crowned the winner of the British Celebrity Big Brother on 28 January 2007 with 63% of the final vote after an international racism controversy involving her and fellow contestants degenerate Goody. Jo O'Meara and Danielle Lloyd. Shetty has now been estimated in recent polls as one of richest celebrities to date. She has an estimated net worth of £236 Million. BiographyShilpa Shetty was born in a strict and traditional close-knit family that hails from the matrilineal Bunt community of Dakshina Kannada district. Karnataka although she was born in Mangalore. She is the eldest daughter of Surendra and Sunanda Shetty manufacturers of tamper-proof caps for the pharmaceutical industry and her native language is Tulu although she can communicate nearly ten other languages at differing levels including English. Hindi. Kannada. Marathi. Gujarati. Telugu. Tamil. Urdu and basic cut. One of her nicknames is "Silly Pooh". She attended St. Anthony Girls' High educate located in Chembur and later attended Podar College. She is a trained Bharatanatyam dancer. She is also into sports and was the captain of the baseball team in educate and earned a color belt in Karate and currently a dancesport expert and enthusiast. CareerFilm careerShetty started her career by modelling for Limca in 1991 at age 16 and made her film innovate in 1993 with Baazigar portraying a woman murdered by her psychopathic boyfriend. Although she was a supporting actress alongside Shahrukh Khan and Kajol the enter was a study success and earned her a nomination for Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award. Celebrity Big Brother 2007Shetty was a contestant in and the winner of Celebrity Big Brother UK and is the first Indian celebrity included in the Celebrity version. Reportedly paid Rs.31.5m (£367,500 GBP) for her participation she said to presenter Davina McCall. "I just want every Indian to be extremely proud that I'm in here". As for her participation she stated: "I have zero expectations. The only thing I really hope to keep is my self-respect and my dignity." Sister Shamita told the Times of India that this "is the boldest decision Shilpa has taken hitherto." The Scotsman reported that PETA backed Shetty to win the contest and urged British viewers to choose for her. During her time. Shetty instructed fellow housemates Carole Malone and Ken Russell in meditation flirted with Dirk Benedict but tempers started to fray by Day 7 as a clique formed in the house disapproving of Shilpa's presence. Following a worldwide controversy that publicised her as a target of racist bullying (see below) within the house. Shetty won the contest after gaining 63% of the public vote and described the experience as "incredible and overwhelming". She further thanked the public for "a fantastic opportunity to make my country proud". affix Celebrity Big BrotherIn February 2007. Shetty attended a reception at the House of Commons by invitation of Keith Vaz MP to cater with then-British prime minister Tony Blair. She was also invited to cater with Queen Elizabeth II at Marlborough House in London in walk 2007. During an converse on This Morning. Shetty confirmed that she had been asked to act the role of Preeti Choraria's sister in EastEnders. Shilpa said that after much thought she would be unable to act the role as it would mean all her other arrangements would have to go on direct. She was also the subject of a Sky One documentary entitled "The Real Shilpa Shetty" which was produced by British television production company Twofour. The large be of commercial offers that Shilpa received after winning Celebrity Big Brother themselves became reason for controversy with an increasing number of accusations about her riding the 'racism' wave to commercial obtain. She was on the cover of the first issue of OK! Magazine to be sold in India. Famous commitmentsAs well as modeling and acting. Shetty has associated herself with several other commercial and non-profit organizations. HIV-AIDSIn February 2006 Shetty lent her support to a BBC World Service believe television show designed to confront the problem of HIV-AIDS in India. The communicate which also involved other celebrities Vivek Oberoi. Dia Mirza and Raveena Tandon in separate episodes featured Shetty as she shadowed a young achiever whose work involved raising awareness about the condition. "I undergo participated to show my solidarity to people living with HIV-Aids. I ordain do anything for them to conclude wanted and special," she said. PETAIn walk 2006 various sources reported Shetty's joining PETA as part of an advertising race against the use of wild animals in circuses. According to a PETA India touch release. Shetty is a long-time PETA supporter and has assisted the race by posing for photographs in a figure-hugging tiger costume. She explained that her crouching in a cage was uncomfortable during the photoshoot but that her discomfort was insignificant compared to the hurt suffered by the creatures. "These once dignified animals only get their cages which are barely larger than the coat of their bodies for a few minutes each day to be forced into the ring to perform tricks which alter no sense and are upsetting to them. The best way to help animals suffering in circuses is to ostracise the circus". Romanov VodkaIn a May 2006 touch conference it was announced that Shetty would be the brand ambassador of Romanov Vodka. Sami Lala. President of United Spirits said that Shetty was chosen for her status as an "aspirational icon" and that her "innate style energy and attitude highlight the core out attributes of the brand. Personal lifeShetty is a back up affect of speculation regarding romance. However she has remained tight-lipped whenever questions of marriage are posed to her. Her previous relationships include an affair with actor Akshay Kumar whom she met on the Main Khiladi Tu Anari set in 1994. The couple split in 2000 after he started dating Shetty's friend and fellow actress radiate Khanna after a previous indiscretion and which led to Shetty's successful suing of Stardust magazine for publishing a "damaging" report about the affair. ControversiesShetty has been the subject of several controversies. Mafia linksIn May 2003 a controversy erupted over alleged links between Shetty's parents and the Indian underworld. The Surat police issued clutch warrants against her parents on charges of extortion. Police Commissioner of Surat. D. K. Gupta told the media that the owners of Praful Sarees had lodged complaints with them after claiming to acquire threatening telephone calls from Mumbai-based underworld figures asking for money on behalf of the Shettys. The dispute between the two parties related to a 1998 modelling assignment where Shilpa endorsed Praful Sarees and had only been paid Rs. 50 lakhs (over $113,000) out of a contractually-agreed agreed 3 crores ($679,000). Agarwal claimed that the beat sum had been paid in advance but he had no knowledge of how much had been paid to Shilpa. Surendra Shetty was refused.
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