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
without
her
knowledge.
'She
was
shocked
to
see
posters
and
advertisements
of
the
film
published
in
film
trade
magazines,
as
she
wasn't
even
aware
that
the
film
had
been
dubbed,'
said
her
publicist
Dale
Bhagwagar.
'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,'
Bhagwagar
added.
The
dubbed
version
even
has
two
songs
devoted
to
Shilpa.
Along
with
Shilpa,
the
Kannada
blockbuster
directed
by
D.
Rajendar
Babu,
stars
South
superstar
Upendra
along
with
actresses
Radhika
and
Sudharani.
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
Bhagwagar.
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.