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Shilpa The Biography

Written by Julie Aspinall

Born in June 1975 to a wealthy Indian family, Shilpa Shetty is a beautiful, glamorous and well educated young woman. Though famous in India as a Bollywood actress, England had no idea who she was.

Obviously an ambitious young woman seeking to boost her career, Shilpa accepted to be a contestant for the 2006 Celebrity Big Brother, along with a variety of other celebrities. None of them were A list material.

After leaving the privacy of her black Mercedes ready for her imprisonment in the Big Brother house last year, everything was about to change.

THE BEGINNING: -

I purchased the paper back book at a bargain price of 1 in Poundland. The cover looked glitzy with Shilpa's name covered in stars and a very attractive picture of her on the front and the rear. The description on the book is clear but very misleading, it was just a carrot dangled in front of this willing donkey to spend money.

The book is written by Julie Aspinell, but I was left wondering who this writer was. Don't get me wrong, but isn't it usual to devout a small paragraph to the author somewhere inside a book? There was nothing in here about her or how her information was researched.

In total there are 15 chapters. Chapter one is entitled "Beauty and the Biggots". The book goes straight into the verbal racist's rants and attacks caused by Jade Goody, Danielle Lloyd and Jo O'Meara inside the Big Brother House. I am sure that even if you didn't watch the live coverage on channel 4, there is hardly anyone who hadn't heard about the worldwide repercussions' this series caused.

The treasury minister at that time, Mr Ed Balls was quoted as saying he was ashamed of what happened and the image this projected of Britain around the world. Shilpa was subjected to venomous remarks and bullying by this trio of young women and the furore started over something as mundane as an un-cooked chicken.

The first 7 chapters are devoted purely to what happened in the BB house, all old news unfortunately. I found I was skip reading the majority of it as I had witnessed it on the TV and read the media coverage.

SHILPA'S LIFE

From chapter 8 onwards, the author talks about Shilpa's films all 51 of them. The first few movies were flops and did nothing to enhance her acting.

There is a few brief paragraphs on her childhood and that of her sister who is equally as talented as her sibling but has taken the modelling route. Shilpa's mother nearly miscarried her daughter twice during the pregnancy

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