Meet actress who speaks 9 languages, was abused on TV, opted out of Ajay Devgn film, she is...

Written By Simran Singh | Updated: Oct 04, 2024, 07:26 PM IST

The actress who was abused on TV

This actress has not impressed the masses in India, but also gained love from overseas, and this was way before Priyanka Chopra.

Bollywood has been graced by several actresses who charmed the audience for decades. With the perfect mixture of beauty with impressive acting chops, these ladies have ruled the silver screen. 

Today we will discuss about an actress who has not only earned fans in India, but also overseas, and we are not talking about Priyanka Chopra. This actress is famous for speaking multiple languages, and taking India to the global stage. When international integration wasn't a cool thing, she went on to win an international TV reality show. Yes, we are talking about Shilpa Shetty. 

Shilpa Shetty speaks nine languages

 As per the media reports, Shilpa Shetty can speak nine languages. Her mother tongue is Tulu. She can also speak Hindi, English, Marathi, Tamil, Gujarati, Telugu, Urdu and basic French. 

Shilpa Shetty was abused on TV 

In 2007, Shilpa Shetty participated in the British TV series Big Brother. During her stint, she was abused and bullied by Jade Goody. Celebrity Big Brother 5 became the subject of an internationally publicised racism controversy. Viewer complaints and press attention concerned housemate Shilpa Shetty, and alleged that she was the subject of racist bullying from some of her fellow housemates, in particular Jade Goody, Danielle Lloyd and Jo O'Meara. However, Shilpa went on to win Big Brother and hosted Hindi counterpart Bigg Boss Season 2. 

Shilpa Shetty opted out of Ajay Devgn's film? 

In the 1990s, Shilpa was on a roll. After her striking debut with SRK in Baazigar, she went on to star in several superhits and blockbusters. As per the reports, in 1996, Shilpa was signed opposite Ajay Devgn's Jung. However, the actress later decided to quit the project for unknown reasons, and she was replaced by Rambha. On the work front, Shilpa was last seen on Rohit Shetty's web series Indian Police Force.

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