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Shilpa Shetty turns producer, alcohol brand ambassador

Pallab Bhattacharya, New Delhi
Actress Shilpa Shetty may have been absent from Bollywood limelight for quite some time but she says it does not mean that her career is not going anywhere. In fact, according to the actress, her hands are full with assignments.
Shetty has joined the likes of Bollywood superstars Shahrukh Khan and Aamir Khan to turn producer to make "good commercial cinema", doing a movie with Sunny Deol, launched a vodka brand and her own DVD containing lessons in Yoga, preparing for a Hollywood film and waiting for the telecast of her next television show.
Draped in a red dress, the tall actress, who was in Delhi last week to become the brand ambassador of a vodka brand, said that this is the first time an Indian woman would be endors-ingalcohol and she liked the idea.
Replying to a question, Shetty said that while she was not encouraging the youth to take up drinking, "I would definitely champion the cause of responsible drinking.” The questions she
however did not answer is that who decides "responsible drinking" and how she can preach Yoga and endorse an alcohol brand at thesametime.
Be that as it may, the actress said she was launching her home production whose first offering would be a romantic comedy to be directed by Manish Jha to go on the floor later this year.
Shetty said it was wrong to conclude that she is turning a film producer because her career as an actress was going nowhere. She insisted her experience as an actress would come in handy to make her home banner a successful name in the film industry.
The actress denied reports that she was leaving Bollywood and settling abroad, particularly in Britain where she became a hit after her victory in the controversial realityTVshow "Big Brother".
"I was offered to host TV shows, films and serials in the UK. But I could not devote my full time there because of my commitments in Bollywood". Shetty said.
Also denying that she is going to act in a James Bond movie, the actress said she preferred to work in India and Jive like a first class citizen rather than as a struggling
actor abroad.
"My last films ’Metro' and Apne' were successful and people recognised me as an actor. What more could 1 want?" she said.
However, what Shetty did admit was that she was going to feature in a Hollywood project but declined to disclose details of it as it was at scripting stage.
She said she had rejected several international project offers and returned to Bollywood to further her career here.
Her next movie is "The Man" opposite Sunny Deol and she plays the role of a violin player. She is taking lessons in playing what she terms as the "toughest" musical instrument.
A fitness freak. Shetty said her Yoga DVDs have drawn an "overwhelming" response in Britain where "celebrity fitness DVD is a norm”.
She said Yoga was the main reason behind her glow and fitness. "I had suffered spondilitis a few years ago because of too much stress and overwork and routine practice of Yoga helped me overcome that problem", she added.