Shilpa Shetty Speaker Profile

​Shilpa Shetty Kundra is a popular Bollywood actor, model, entrepreneur and health enthusiast. A yoga believer, she produced a yoga DVD, and was first amongst actors making yoga ‘cool’. Since making her debut in the film Baazigar, she has appeared in nearly sixty Bollywood, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films.

Shilpa is the recipient of numerous awards and nominations, including four nominations at the Filmfare Awards.

Shilpa is also Chairman of Best Deal TV, India’s first celebrity home shopping channel, and IOSIS spa and salons that have seventeen centres across India.

​Shilpa is the winner of the international reality television series, ‘Celebrity Big Brother 5’, which catapulted her to fame. She featured as a celebrity host for the 2008 reality show, ‘Bigg Boss 2’, and served as a talent judge for the reality shows, ‘Jhalak Dikhla Jaa’ (season 1) and ‘Nach Baliye’ (seasons 5 and 6). Shetty turned into a film producer with the 2014 action film, ‘Dishkiyaaoon’. She has always been a trendsetter, whether it be fashion or ideas, even designing her own line of sarees under the ‘SSK’ brand. She lives in Mumbai with her husband, Raj, and her son Viaan-Raj. This is her debut book, co-authored with Luke Coutinho