Shilpa Shetty offended!

The producers of an old regional film of Shilpa Shetty have announced their plans of re-releasing the film dubbed in Hindi in the first week of January 2008. This has stunned and offended the actress. Moreover, as the re-release is happening without her knowledge and consent.

Shilpa Shetty is quite perturbed that the makers of her 2005 super hit Kannada film 'Auto Shankar' are all set to release a dubbed Hindi version called 'Shilpa ' The Big Don' in the first week of January 2008 all over the country without her knowledge and consent.

"Shilpa was shocked to see posters and advertisements of the film published in film trade magazines some time ago, as she wasn't even aware that the film had been dubbed," said her publicist Dale Bhagwagar.

"What stunned her more was the title? Yes, she does play a 'lady don' in the film. In fact, during the film's release two years ago, she had even termed her character, an ode to Gabbar Singh. But 'Shilpa ' The Big Don' seems to be just an amusing attempt to cash in on her 'Big Brother' win," Bhagwagar added.

The celebrity publicist said, "South movies are cool but they have a specific flavour which is quite different from Hindi cinema. When the language changes a lot of nuances in a film can change context. This might seem extremely awkward and could turn into an uneasy development for Shilpa."

To add to this, the dubbed version even has two songs devoted to Shilpa. The first one goes, "Shilpa Shetty, Shilpa Shetty, Shilpa Shetty re, roop aisa ke loot jaaye hum toh yahin re." The second one goes, "Shilpa Shetty iski ho gayee, Aishwarya Rai, Mumtaz bhi gayee' kaisa yeh mail hai, tu hi anmol hai, aaja aaja bahon mein."

The promo of 'Shilpa ' The Big Don' has several scenes where the hero talks degradingly about the heroine's character, while apparently 'taming' the 'lady don'. A fiery Shilpa retaliates with a dialogue in the film, "Tu mere nishaane par hai, dekhna main tujhe kaise barbaad kar ke deti hoon". So will Shilpa do something similar in real life? Will she press charges in court to stop the release of the film? Dale doesn't think that would be the right thing to do. "The re-release could be embarrassing, but from a PR point of view, I would not advice Shilpa to stop her own film."

Along with Shilpa, the Kannada blockbuster directed by D. Rajendar Babu, stars South superstar Upendra along with actresses Radhika and Sudharani . The movie was filmed at a variety of locations including Austria, Finland, the Bangalore Palace and the Mysore Lamps Factory.

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