KHANDALA, India - Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty, best known for winning the British version of television show Celebrity Big Brother, married in a lavish ceremony in western India on Sunday.
Shetty, 34, wed London-based businessman Raj Kundra in Khandala, a hill resort near Mumbai, with friends, family and showbusiness colleagues attending the Hindu service and all-night celebrations.
The Indian actress became famous outside of her home country when she won the reality TV show in 2007 after being subjected to allegedly racial comments from fellow contestant Jade Goody.
“This is it!” she wrote on her blog early Sunday, describing how her life had “been turned upside down, inside out in the past week as the marriage is nearing.”
“This is my dream wedding. We plan to shuttle between Mumbai and London after marriage. I shall strive to be as successful at home as I am outside. I want to excel as a homemaker,” she said. Shetty also tackled criticism that she was marrying a millionaire divorcee. “Let’s be positive. Raj is experienced and hopefully won’t make the same mistakes again,” she said, adding that “we are used to a certain lifestyle and it’s practical to choose a spouse who can at least match those luxuries, if not more.”
“But money isn’t everything. Raj and I connect on a different level,” she said. - AFP