Shipla Shetty Success
Shipla Shetty's success as she recieves an honory degree, launches a new perfume and plans to bring her own musical to Europe...Indian actress Shilpa Shetty is to give Britain and Germany a taste of Bollywood spice when she brings her new musical stage show to Europe later this year. The musical is the story of a girl who gives the world a taste of India through her Bollywood songs and dances, says Shetty to the Times of India.though the former Miss Bollywood sternly denies that the show is based on her own life.The musical will open in London's West End, and will be followed with some 60 performances in Germany.Ms Shetty is one of India's top actress' and recently made international headlines following herwinning of the reality show Celebrity Big Brother amid allegations of racism against her, by members of the show. Shipla Shetty plays the lead in the musical and rehearsals have recently begun, she said. The Indian actress is currently riding the crest of a wave having recently been awarded an honorary degree by the Leeds Metropolitan University as part of Summer Graduation celebrations. Shetty was praised for her "dignity and poise" during her participation in the Celebrity Big Brother reality show earlier this year.
Addressing the graduates, university vice-chancellor Simon Lee said: "There are some parallels between the challenges faced in any house and student life. Someone at some time will behave badly, not necessarily to you but to others or the wider community, to someone or some group who cannot defend themselves.
"In Shilpa Shetty you are graduating with someone who rose to that challenge with great dignity and poise, making a difference."
Accepting the award, Shetty said: "I am so overwhelmed, I am choked with emotions and I can't stop smiling. I have won some awards, at the cost of sounding immodest, I have never seen my mother beam so much as she is today
In further success the stunning Bollywood star has also launched her own perfume, S2 which is outselling fragarances produced by Minogue, Sarah Jessica Parker, Jennifer Lopez and Paris Hilton .
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