Shilpa and Raj’s grand reception rocks

Shilpa Shetty now Shilpa Kundra and Raj Kundra threw a lavish reception for their guests at the Grand Hyatt, Mumbai on Tuesday evening. The who’s who of Bollywood was present on the occasion to wish the newly married couple. There was a huge buzz in the banquet hall when she Shilpa and Raj arrived hand in hand. Shilpa donned a golden outfit designed by Tarun Tahiliani and with matching jewellery is from Anmol jewels. Raj Kundra sported a impressive black Sherwani.The impressive guest list included Amitabh Bachchan, Shahrukh Khan and his wife Gauri. Hrithik Roshan and Sussanne Roshan, Rani Mukherjee, Fardeen Khan, Vivek Oberoi, Sameera Reddy, Amisha Patel, Kangana Ranaut, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Manish Malhotra, Karan Johar, Vivek Oberoi, Govinda, Rekha and Jaya Pradha among others.

IPL boss Lalit Modi and Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel and Gujarat CM Narendra Modi were also present on the occasion. Shilpa and Raj made sure that their guests could have no complaint about the food. The menu included a selection of Indian, Western (Italian) and Asian (Thai and Chinese) cuisine served at live counters. The big attraction of the evening was the nine-tier wedding cake weighing over 80 kgs consisting of chocolate, candied fruits, fruit peels and nuts. The decoration chosen by Shilpa and her sister Shamita Shetty, consisted of flowers and butterflies. RDB and Rishi Rich performed free of cost during the reception.

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Shilpa-Raj become Bachchans’ neighbours

Since the marriage couldn’t be postponed any further, thanks to the moody stars (we mean the ones above, not down below), Shilpa Shetty and her soon-to-be bridegroom Raj Kundra will move into a smaller brand-new place in a high-rise owned by Vashu Bhagnani in front of the Bachchans’ residence Jalsa, until Shilpa Shetty-Kundra’s dream home in Juhu is fully done up by Sussanne Roshan. Dream house or not, the marriage couldn’t be held off any more.

After the marriage, Shilpa and Raj Kundra will fly off to an unknown destination for their honeymoon. They shift into their Juhu residence in February or March. Immediately after the wedding, Shilpa and Raj will leave for Tirupathi and then to the Oneness University in Chennai too seek Shilpa’s spiritual guru’s blessings.“It was Sri Amma (the spiritual guru) who had predicted that Shilpa will get married this year. She almost did earlier this year.

Now it’s finally happening,” says Shilpa’s friend.“But what Shilpa is really happy about is that Raj Kundra is shifting permanently to Mumbai after marriage. The thought of a long-distance marriage was killing Shilpa. She knew it would be impractical. At the same time she would’ve been left with no choice if Raj had insisted on being Briton based.”

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Shilpa Shetty, Raj Kundra get engaged

Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty on late Saturday evening got engaged to her London-based boyfriend Raj Kundra.The much-in-limelight couple finally decided to seal their two-and-a-half-year alliance. Raj reportedly popped the question to Shilpa on Diwali and they zeroed in on October 24 (Saturday), an auspicious day by the Hindu calendar to exchange rings.

The party was an extremely private affair with only close friends and family members attending it. Raj’s sister and his family have flown in for the engagement, which is going to be a grand affair, going to be held at his Juhu residence. But Shilpa’s younger sister Shamita, who is participating in the reality show Bigg Boss 3, will miss the ceremony and celebration.

Shilpa and Raj have been together ever since she stepped out of the UK reality show Big Brother and sought Raj’s help to launch her perfume brand.

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I am not a fool: Shilpa Sethi

The authorities of Orissa's revered Gopinath Deb temple at Sakhigopal filed a complaint recently against Shilpa Shetty accusing her of having walked into the temple with footwear on and hurting religious sentiments. The authorities filed the FIR at Satyabadi police station.

However, Shilpa insists that they were being biased against her. "I know one should enter a temple with taking your shoes off. In fact, we were supposed to be shooting inside the temple, but the punditjis raised an objection, so we shot on the steps outside. I had kept my footwear in my car, as I didn't want to wear them even in the vicinity of the temple! I had no footwear on when we shot the whole scene," says Shilpa. "Later, I decided to enter the temple without the footwear of course to take God's darshan. How could I not go and visit the temple when I was there? But I don't know what happened, when I came out, one of the guys started screaming,
'How could she be allowed inside?' I didn't know why he was making such a fuss. Thankfully, my bodyguard took me to safety quickly. And the next thing I know was that a case was filed against me that I entered the temple with footwear on!"

She adds, "This is preposterous! I am a spiritually inclined person and I know the temple laws very well. I am not a fool to enter a temple with my footwear on. This is rubbish. They are just looking for attention."

Then on a lighter note, Shilpa says, "It's all right, I am getting used to controversies now. Wherever I go, one is created." Advertisement