Looking for 'Miss Bollywood'

The cricket stadiums of South Africa are unlikely places in which Bollywood should scout for future talent... but that’s just what IPL team owners Shah Rukh Khan, Preity Zinta and Shilpa Shetty will be doing... hunting for a new starlet from among the South African women attending the cricket extravaganza over the next five weeks.

IPL has announced a film role for any woman with the potential to take Bollywood by storm. She will also win a cash prize, a trip to India and other prizes in a ‘Miss Bollywood SA’ competition.

“We’re looking for someone who has the star quality to stand out in a crowd,” said the tournament’s chairman and commissioner Lalit Modi, adding, “these matches with their mix of fun and excitement are an excellent environment to identify the kind of person who is a natural stand-out.” Shah Rukh agreed, “The idea is to search for someone who has the attitude and appearance that automatically draws the eye.”

Girls will be chosen from stadiums in Cape Town, East London, Port Elizabeth, Durban, Bloemfontein, Kimberley, Johannesburg and Pretoria. One finalist from each venue will be chosen, leaving eight winners to be hosted and feted at The Wanderers in Johannesburg at the final on May 24. The ultimate winner will be announced from among them.

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Shilpa visits Golden Temple

Amritsar saw a whole host of celebs descend on the city iterally, because a flight had been chartered specially by Shilpa’s friend Kiran Bawa and her dad GS Bawa, so that they could all visit the famous gurudwara.

There was Shakti Kapoor, Aditya Pancholi, Mukesh Rishi, Ekta Kapoor with her parents Jeetendra and Shobha Kapoor, Prem Chopra, Anand Raj Anand, Jaspinder Narula, Monica Bedi, Abhijeet, Gurdeep and Arjun Punj, Hiten Paintal with his father Paintal, Poonam Dhillon and Anita, Pankaj and Niketan Dheer, among others.
The plane landed at Amritsar airport at 2 in the afternoon. Shilpa was dressed simply in a yellow salwar-kameez, and was accompanied by Raj. Shamita wore a pink suit, and walked alongside their parents Sunanda and Surender Shetty.

The airport was buzzing a huge crowd was waiting to welcome the guests with garlands and flowers. A special police band played a merry tune. The party reached the gurudwara around 3.30 pm. Shilpa immediately covered her head with her duppatta. Inside the gurudwara, again, there was a huge crowd waiting for a glimpse of all the stars. “Just the fact that I’m here is wonderful. I’m happy that my entire family and friends from Bollywood are here with me to do the sewa too,” Shilpa said. Her mother added, “We actually wanted to do some sewa, but looking at the rush here, we couldn’t.” Shamita, protecting her mother from getting pushed around by the crowd, said, “It’s been a great experience, but the rush was maddening and it spoilt our mood.”

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Shilpa Shetty says IPL is a long-term investment for me

Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty, who co-owns the IPL Rajasthan Royals team with her London-based businessman boyfriend Raj Kumdra, considers it a long-term profitable investment.

"Raj and I have thought of it as a long-term investment plan and I really think the way the Rajasthan Royals have turned out as a team has been spectacular," Shetty, who was in Johannesburg to support her team told the Times.co.za in an interview.

Shetty is the latest Bollywood celebrity to invest in the popular Twenty20 format of the game after Shahrukh Khan, Juhi Chawla and Preity Zinta.

Shetty is the co-owner of Rajasthan Royals, the winning team of 2008.

The IPL matches have been shifted to South Africa this year and will start from April 18.

Talking about her expectations from the team, the actress said, "Their (Rajasthan Royals) growth as a team and an investment has gone by leaps and bounds. It made money even last year, and it will continue to make money this year, despite the whole shift from India to South Africa."

Shetty said she liked the shorter format of the game as she never had the patience to spend whole day on cricket.

"I've always been a very impatient person. I always like to watch the last 20 overs. I've never had the patience to watch a whole match. This whole Twenty20 format for me is really interesting and I'm a huge fan of that," the actress said.

Asked to name her favourite cricketer, the actress said, "I think it's rather unfair of me to take just one player's name, especially when you're a co-owner. So I just simply say whoever makes the most runs, and gets the most wickets, for the Rajasthan Royals, becomes my favourite player."

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Shilpa Shetty In Talks About 'Enders Role

Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty could soon become a familiar face on British television screens, it has emerged.

Shetty, who has appeared in numerous Indian films, recently bought a £10m mansion in Surrey with boyfriend Raj Kundra.

Up until now, her exposure to UK audiences has been surrounded in scandal.

In April 2007, during an AIDS awareness event in New Delhi, she attracted outrage when Hollywood actor Richard Gere repeatedly kissed her in public.

It happened three months after she won a controversial series of Celebrity Big Brother.

The show hit the headlines when Jade Goody and other housemates were accused of racism and bullying the glamorous Indian star.

Shetty and Goody were later reconciled and the pair became friends.

They appeared together on the Indian version of the show last year when Goody received news she had cervical cancer, from which she died last Sunday aged 27.

Shetty said Goody helped to make her a household name in the UK, describing her as the "architect of my fame".

The actress was previously offered a part in Eastenders after her Celebrity Big Brother win but turned it down to concentrate on her Bollywood career.

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Shilpa Shetty says Jade Goody made me a star

The Bollywood stunner and the TV celebrity appeared on Big Brother in 2007, where Goody sparked thousands of complaints from viewers for her allegedly racist abuse of Shetty.

“She was the architect of my fame, and I give her the credit for that,” The Telegraph quoted Shetty, as saying during an interview on Richard and Judy.

Goody passed away on Sunday after a highly publicised battle with cervical cancer. She was 27.

Shetty said it was “destiny” for the pair to work together again on that show, but added: “We didn”t get a chance to bury the hatchet.

“We kind of moved on with our lives. Every time her name was taken mentioned. my name would be taken and the whole racism issue would be raked up… we had this weird connect in a strange way.”

Shetty said she last spoke to Goody two days before the British star got married in February.“She led a very short life, but she’’s seen it all, she’’s seen the highs, the lows, she’’s had children at such a young age, she’’s married.

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