Shilpa
Shetty
is
quite
perturbed
that
the
makers
of
her
2005
superhit
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
as
Spokes
Person.
"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,"
Spokes
Person
added.
He
added,
"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
Bachchan,
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.
Her
publicist
thinks
it
won't
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.
It
is
the
story
of
an
auto
rickshaw
driver
called
Shankar,
belonging
to
the
middle
class
section
of
the
society.
Shilpa,
who
plays
a
money-lender
and
a
lady
don,
is
portrayed
as
a
boorish
character.
She
is
unscrupulous
in
recovering
loans
given
to
the
poor
and
designs
crude
methods
to
recover
money.
But
in
the
end,
she
learns
a
lesson
that
reforms
her
attitude.
She
makes
amends
and
Shankar
embraces
her
as
the
two
fall
in
love.
"Shilpa's
role
in
the
film
earned
her
the
name
'The
new
Gabbar
Singh'
in
the
South," said
her
spokes
person.
The
movie
also
sparked
off
a
controversy
with
regard
to
a
sensuous
photograph
from
it.
A
Madurai-based
lawyer
had
filed
an
obscenity
case
against
Shetty,
calling
the
photo
vulgar.