Shilpa Shetty is pregnant

After much speculation by her fans, Shilpa Shetty has finally confirmed that she is pregnant.

The 36-year-old actress broke the news on her Twitter page. She wrote: Tweetos, "YES" an addition 2 our family is our confirmation to all queries :) We seek blessings from all in this very beautiful phase of our lives.

Shilpa Shetty got married to London-based businessman Raj Kundra in 2009. The duo also owns a stake in the IPL team Rajasthan Royals.

Other Bollywood actresses in the family way presently include Lara Dutta and Celina Jaitley. Just last month, Aishwarya Rai gave birth to a baby girl.

This would be Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra’s first baby.

ApunKaChoice congratulates Shilpa Shetty over the good news.

Shilpa wants to be a mother quickly

After a big fat wedding, Shilpa Shetty expressed her heart felt desire to be a mother soon. When quizzed about the question of motherhood, the newly wedded actress said, “Oh yes! I certainly want to be a mother. I can’t wait to start our family”.Shilpa was very happy the way she was wedded as she has cherished the dream of her wedding for a long time.

She planned to get married once in her lifetime and always wished to be one of its kinds. Last week was the most happiest and tiring period of Shilpa Shetty’s life.When she was asked about relocating to London, Shilpa said that she is not shifting her base to London permanently but will have two homes in two countries. She added that she is yet to know Raj’s relatives and friends circle.

She is planning to start her own production company and so there is no question of shifting her base to London permanently.

I plan to get married only once;; Shilpa Shetty

Barely two days after her grandiose wedding, Shilpa Shetty-Kundra – that’s how she wants to be known now – feels
she’s on top of the

world. “Thank God, I plan to get married only once! This has been the most exhausting week of my life .

And also the happiest. I’ve waited so long for my wedding. Outwardly, the only thing that’s different is the choodas, and the way I’m dressed. Inside me, everything feels the same. I’ve known Raj for so long that it feels no different otherwise,” says the not-so-blushing bride!

“I have a severe jaw ache from all the smiling at the reception. Now I know why my colleagues avoid wedding receptions! It really does get impossible to manage the entire crowd,” she adds. Apparently, there were more gatecrashers at the reception than guests. “At the wedding too, there were people climbing trees and walls to take photographs,” Shilpa giggles. “But it was a far more intimate, private and controlled affair than the reception. Shamita kept saying that she felt she was part of a Punjabi wedding sequence from a movie!”

After her effervescent laughter finally subsides, Shilpa says soberly, “The wedding was very traditional and simple. I felt I was going through a dream. My marriage was exactly the way I had imagined it.” The Kundras will now leave for their honeymoon, followed by a Mediterranean cruise for the entire family. Says Shilpa happily, “We’re going to the Bahamas for our honeymoon. Then after we return, Raj is taking our entire family, all the Shettys and the Kundras, on a Mediterranean cruise for Christmas. He thought everyone needed a break.”
And where does Mrs Kundra plan to live now, Mumbai, or London? “I have to get acquainted with Raj’s circle of friends in London, get used to socialising with them.Yes, we’ll have two homes now. In any case, I was always travelling to and fro. Now I’ll be doing this even more! I have my film-production company in Mumbai. So I can’t be in London only.”

Talk about motherhood, and Shilpa’s all eager, “Oh yes! I certainly want to be a mother. I can’t wait to start our family.”

Shilpa increases gold prices in India!

There is a joke going on around at the Dalal Street, that gold prices are soaring because of Shilpa Shetty. The Bollywood actress seems to have purchased half the gold in India for her marriage. Jokes apart, Shilpa seemed to have bought a lot of the precious yellow metal and got designer Tarun Tahiliani to fashion a dress out of it.

If her wedding dress had make the world take a note of it, Shilpa was in no mood to take it easy during the wedding reception.Shilpa set ablaze the banquet hall when she arrived hand in hand with hubby Raj Kundra. The sizzling Shilpa donned a contemporary styled ghagra choli sexily draped around her awesome figure.

Tahiliani made sure that Shilpa’s outfit shone and onlookers had to hide their eyes behind shades! If the gold in her outfit wasn’t enough matching jewellery from Anmol jewels captivated the guests. After all, Shilpa had to sparkle among the who’s who of the tinsel town

Raj insisted on not inviting Akshay

Akshay Kumar and Twinkle were not part of the 30-odd B-Town folk invited to the Shilpa Shetty-Raj Kundra wedding reception last night. Says a source, “The newly-weds didn’t want to be in an embarrassing situation and thought it best not to invite Akki and Tina. Akshay and Shilpa were romantically involved over a decade ago and while they were dating, there was talk of marriage.

However, Akki married Tina and a heartbroken Shilpa had to move on. In fact, Raj was firm about Akshay not being invited for the reception.”The source adds that though Shilpa and Akshay met and sorted out their differences a few years ago things again turned awkward after a British tabloid report. “Akshay was livid over a ‘funny’ story which had come out in The News of the World in 2007 after Shilpa had won the UK celebrity show Big Brother.

A furious Akshay had even threatened to sue the tabloid. Last year, the actor had even showed up for the finale of Bigg Boss 2, which Shilpa had anchored. They appeared at ease with each together.”

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.

Akshay Kumar causes havoc during Shilpa’s wedding

Ex-flames and former lovers can really be BIG trouble when you get married. More so if you have a less than cordial relationship with the one in question. Trust Juicy Mausi on this one. Look for example what happened at Shilpa Shetty’s wedding the other day in Lonavla.So there we were all excited to see Shilpa babes all ready to tie the knot (finally!) with Raj Kundra. Everybody is having a wonderful time at the venue in Lonavla. I for instance was just putting the final coat of my MAC lip colour in rich plum when I heard it.

GAWD! I couldn’t believe my ears when the melodious strains of a Shilpa Shetty number floated up from the brass band downstairs. Trust me, the song was nice, and the band did not do an altogether bad work at it. The fact that the song was from a film that starred Akshay Kumar apart from Shetty girl is what made it cacophony.So, after dropping my lipstick in shock, my feet took root as I stood in anticipation of what would happen next. They must’ve played the song from Dhadkan for less than a minute when a handful of non-descript people rushed out of the house and asked them to stop playing it. Then is exactly when I fell on the floor laughing.

Well, the situation was undeniably funny though a little embarrassing perhaps for the bride and the groom. The bandwallahs, poor guys, were told to stop playing Akshay Kumar songs. They in fact were asked to stop playing altogether until someone took a look at the list of songs to be played. WOW! Everything was fine after that and the fairy tale wedding took place. I was really happy for Shilpa and would have even shed a few drops of tear if I hadn’t been wearing my latest glitter liner. It’s not waterproof!

However, Akki did make his presence felt at the wedding. Not in person of course. He was NOT invited. But through his songs. The thought of Shilpa just kept me from laughing again!

Shilpa’s wedding dress copied from Aishwarya!

There is a belief that Bollywood actresses make sure not to dress similar to their counterparts. But Shilpa Shetty did it just the other way while tying the knot with Raj Kundra. Believe it or not Shilpa’s wedding attire was an inch by inch copy of Aishwarya Bachchan’s wedding dress two years ago. What’s more surprising is that Shilpa did not even spare Aishwarya’s jewellery and took inspiration from there as well.

Shilpa Shetty looked stunning in a red designer lehenga-saree but a close look at her reminded us of Aishwarya two years ago. Like Aishwarya who had sported a Kundan to go with her golden sareer on her D-Day, Shilpa too wore a Kundan with her red saree. Even her hair was done taking inspiration from Aishwarya Bachchan. Seems like Miss Worlds can any day inspire the Big Brother winners to take a cue from them.

Shilpa Shetty’s wedding jewelry worth Rs 3 crore

Shilpa Shetty is going to embark into a new life with her beau Raj Kundra and like any other bride; she too wants to look gorgeous like a fairy. To make Shilpa beautiful, designer Tarun Tahiliani has designed a special saree that worth Rs 50 lakh. Shilpa’s jewelry also costs Rs 3 crore. During Mehendi, the bride chose to wear Kaftan instead of lehenga or saree and for the sangeet she wore Anarkali churidar-kurta. The wedding attire will see Shilpa in a traditional Bunt saree colored burgundy and red. For the reception to be held on Tuesday, Shilpa will wear a saree resemblance to a gown with 8,000 crystal work over it.

Raj will wear a black sherwani for the reception.Confirms designer Nikhil Mehra, “Raj is wearing a black short sherwani and trousers. The sherwani has a lot of textures, applique and patterns, and muted Swarovski embroidery and crystals.”He further adds, “Raj has picked up two to three more outfits from us, but I don’t know if he will be wearing them for the wedding. Raj is a very well-travelled man and the best thing about him is that he knows exactly what he wants.”

Both Shilpa and Raj are very excited about the wedding. The wedding will take place today at Shilpa’s close friend farmhouse in Khandala.

Shilpa Shetty refuses offer of 50 lakhs

Her stint with Britain’s reality show celebrity ‘Big Brother’ has given Shilpa Shetty a celebrity status there. It is evident from the fact that a leading magazine from UK was interested in exclusive rights of her marriage with millionaire Raj Kundra.The Hello magazine from UK has offered a deal of 75000 Pound (approx Rs.50 Lakhs) for exclusive rights of her marriage coverage, but it is learnt that Shilpa has refused this offer. Sources claim that Shilpa was uncomfortable with the conditions laid down by the magazine. A source close to Shilpa says, “It’s the first time when an Indian actress has been offered so much money for coverage of an event.

This is more than what Aishwarya Rai was offered for her wedding.Shilpa is a big celebrity in the UK and Raj Kundra too is a well-known industrialist, so they were keen to cover this wedding.”She even avoided getting married in Raj’s opulent 10 million-pound mansion at Surrey in UK to stay away from the paparazzi.Source says that the clauses in the contract offered by the international magazine said that no other photographers would be allowed being at the event. Also they didn’t want any of the guests to carry their cell phones in case someone leaked the pictures to other media. And Shilpa wasn’t comfortable with both these conditions.”

At the Elizabeth Hurley wedding, guests were frisked and their cell phones were taken away by the representatives of the magazine, and Shilpa didn’t want her guests to face a similar situation. Also, she is not looking to make money on this wedding.It is a sacred and a beautiful occasion for her, and she doesn’t want any bad energy around.

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.”

Shamita Shetty likes Shilpa's man!

Bollywood actress Shamita Shetty has finally opted out of the TV reality show Bigg Boss to be with big sister Shilpa Shetty on her wedding on November 22. She also wants a man like her brother-in-law to-be Raj Kundra.

Shamita is all praise for Shilpa's man. She said that Raj is absolutely wonderful, so calm, intelligent and good-looking. She added that he is perfect for Shilpa, and that she too wants a man like him in her life.

She is excited about her sister's marriage. She was worried about the clothes she would wear on the wedding day but luckily, her sister has taken care of that.

Shilpa Shetty's special guests for wedding

For many of us who thought that Shilpa Shetty’s wedding will not be a star-studded affair, here is a surprise.

Her list of invitees for the wedding was restricted only to close family members and the actress thought of getting married without the usual Bollywood razzmatazz in Lonavla. She planned to invite her friends from the industry only to her grand wedding reception party in Mumbai on November 24.

But as per reports, Shilpa has especially invited Jermaine Jackson for the wedding on November 22. Shilpa and Jermaine became good friends during the ‘Big Brother’ show. Jermaine constantly supported her and as a result their bond grew stronger. In fact, when Jermaine recently visited India, both Raj and Shilpa played a perfect host to him and his wife. So the presence of Jermaine is expected at the wedding.

There is another little surprise up in store with the name of Shane Warne being touted. Shilpa’s IPL team’s captain and former Australian cricket star can also be there on the wedding as he is apparently Shilpa’s special guest No.2.

Expect more surprises in Shilpa’s guest list in the coming days.

Shamita Shetty quits ‘Bigg Boss’ for Shilpa`s wedding

Finally, Shamita Shetty has given up on her chance to win ‘Bigg Boss 3’, as the actress walked out of the TV reality show on Friday. Shamita has voluntarily stepped out of the house to be with her elder sister Shilpa Shetty, who is tying the knot with her millionaire beau Raj Kundra on November 22.
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Talking about her premature exit, Shamita said, "I am just so excited about Shilpa`s wedding. Family comes first for me, so I couldn`t help but come out of the show to be with her."

While she was inside the house, Shamita could be seen really upset when she found out about her sister’s engagement, and that’s perhaps when she decided to leave the show to be a part of the grand celebration in her family.

“I’m so happy to be out. The minute I got out I grabbed the nearest person’s phone and called my sister. We are extremely close and I am so glad I am going to be able to attend her wedding,” said Shamita.

Shamita`s exit will telecast on ‘Bigg Boss 3’ this Saturday.

Shamita unlikely to attend Shilpa’s wedding

There’s chance that Shamita may not be able to attend her sister’s wedding. According to highly-placed sources at Colors, there seems to be no provision to get a contestant out of a game show for a wedding. Hard as it may be to believe, Shilpa Shetty’s kid-sister now locked away in Bigg Boss 3, is oblivious of the momentous developments in her star-sister’s life.Says a highly-placed Colors source, “Shamita has not been told anything about Shilpa’s engagement or the marriage in the last week of November. As far as Shamita knows the marriage was supposed to happen in December after the show was over.”Now that Shilpa has approached the channel to evict her sister in time for the wedding- and a meeting between the two parties is on the cards this weekend – the channel bosses are at a loss as to how the rules can be bent to get Shamita out of the Bigg Boss house.

Says the source, “There’s a provision for a house-mate to be brought out in case of an extreme emergency. It happened with Jade Goody last year. But does a sister’s unscheduled wedding qualify as a family crisis? We’re now wondering if the same rule as Jade can be applied to Shamita’s case.”The international Big Brother rules are being consulted. If there’s no provision for a contestant to leave the game for a family wedding, then Shamita Shetty may not get the permission to leave Bigg Boss house for the wedding!This however seems improbable, considering Shilpa’s old relations with the reality show. (She was contestant on Bigg Brother and hosted Bigg Boss 2).Says the source from Colors, “After meeting Shilpa this weekend we’ll work out a strategy on Shamita’s eviction.” According to plans if rules apply, Shamita’s eviction will be done live.

“If an unexpected turn of events helps us boost our TRPs we’re certainly not shy of putting it on camera. We did with Jade Goody. We’ll do it with Shamita.”The pop philosopher of the show Amitabh Bachchan is expected to do the needful. He will be breaking the news of Shilpa’s engagement and impending marriage to Shamita.“The rest is up to Shamita. Once we’re sure she can be evicted whether she decides to come out or stay in the House is entirely her decision,” ends the channel source.

Shilpa shetty hot photo from Shape Magazine

A Rs 3-cr solitaire ring for Shilpa!

Busy schedules, superstitions and film stars go hand- in- hand. So, it hardly comes as a surprise that Shilpa Shetty got engaged to boyfriend Raj Kundra in a hurry for two reasons – no auspicious time in the near future and their professional commitments.Interestingly, Shilpa went ahead with the ceremony without sister Shamita. The younger Shetty is currently locked up in the Bigg Boss house as a contestant. And Shilpa didn’t “have the heart to get her out from the Bigg Boss house as she’s doing so well” in it.”The date was decided a week ago and we all reached a consensus that we should go ahead because another good mahurat (auspicious time) was a long way off. Also, Raj’s parents and relatives were down from London for a week,” Shilpa writes on her blog. Shilpa feels Raj’s professional commitments and her own would have also kept them too busy to take time out for engagement.While Shilpa leaves for Hyderabad after a week, to shoot for her new film – Desire, Raj will be busy with the IPL workshop in Bangkok, which she’ll miss because of her shoot.”Hence, we thought it best to go ahead with this date under these circumstances,” she added.

The buzz is that Shilpa wore a ring worth Rs 3 crore sourced directly from London.She was seen flashing her expensive ring to media persons on Saturday.Looking stunning in a Manish Malhotra pink saree with a red border, the actress got engaged at her Juhu home in Mumbai. No one from the film industry was present at the engagement ceremony.The actress will reportedly get married in December.”I know everyone’s eager to know the wedding date. All I can say is YES, it’s been finalised. We will make an official announcement as soon as I know when Shamita’s coming out!” she blogs. Shilpa’s designer friend Tarun Tahiliani will design her wedding outfit.Saturday’s ceremony was a private affair. “The engagement was strictly a family affair, just his and my family and two of my friends – kept it simple,” writes the actress. She is happy that some media persons looked more excited than her parents. “It was very endearing,” she writes. “It’s been a time of happiness and sadness for me.

The happiness is obvious because Raj and I feel happy to take our relationship to the next level.But as most of you know, my sister Shamita is still in the Bigg Boss house and could not attend. She doesn’t even know,” Shilpa writes.The Life In A… Metro actress feels she had to be considerate towards Raj’s family. She accepts that Shamita will be shocked but also happy at the same time. “Missed her more than words can describe, but I’m sure she’ll understand! Can’t wait to show her my ring!!” she adds.Meanwhile, Shilpa is happy to see Shamita, “the pampered baby in our house”, sustaining herself in the Bigg Boss house.”She’s never cooked in her life and I saw her make rotis!!” says the actress, adding that she felt terrible watching her younger sister cry on TV. “But I’ve seen her grow on this show. This will definitely make her a stronger person. Speaking from experience, I know how difficult living in the BB house is! But I am so proud of the way she’s conducting herself with so much dignity,” she wraps up

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.

Shilpa Shetty to get engaged today

Bollywood’s hot actor Shilpa Shetty is going to be all taken and officially engaged to her London-based beau Raj Kundra, who she has been dating ever since she stepped out of the Big Brother’s house. According to reports Raj popped up the question to Shilpa this Diwali and the Chura Key Dil Mera girl happily agreed. Reports suggest that Saturday being a lucky day according to the Hindu calendar, the couple has therefore decided to go ahead with the ceremony and celebrations at Raj Kundra’s Juhu residence on October 24.The not so good news is that Shilpa’s sister Shamita will have to probably miss out on big sister’s grand moment considering she is in the Bigg Boss house.

Shilpa is all set for the big day and making her look like a perfect bride- to- be is Manish Malhotra, who would be dressing her up in a saree and Raj, who has always managed to look impeccable, is planning to take matters in his own hands.The industry is abuzz wondering whether Shilpa would be saying adios to Bollywood post marriage. To put all stops to such talk, Raj has already made his intentions public. He is planning to shift base to Mumbai from London as he doesn’t want his lady love Shilpa to cut all association with Bollywood.

No venue available for Shilpa’s marriage

Shilpa Shetty’s wedding to Raj Kundra has been postponed again and this time due the unavailability of any classy venue in Mumbai. The couple was supposed to marry this month but haven’t’ been able to get a venue of their choice in the tinsel town. The couple have decided to get married in Mumbai and not London. They had initially planned to get married in their new home in Juhu but that hasn’t come up in time.

Shilpa had postponed her marriage to next year as she was busy shooting for the movie The Man with Sunny Deol. But once the shooting got cancelled Shilpa decided to tie the knot. But in this busy wedding season Shilpa and Raj haven’t been able to strike gold with their wedding venue and have had to postpone their wedding once again.

Shilpa however maintained that she and Raj would get married at an appropriate time.