Shilpa Shetty shows off her growing baby bump for first time

Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty made her first public appearance last week since announcing her pregnancy. The businesswoman was accompanied by her husband, Raj Kundra, on Thursday night when the pair attended a pre- Lohri party hosted by Shilpa’s friend and business partner, Kiran Bawa.

The former Celebrity Big Brother winner has kept a low profile for the last four weeks since announcing she is expecting her first child with husband Raj this summer. Shilpa hasn’t let pregnancy get in the way of her style as the former actress looked as stylish as ever when she arrived at the party in Mumbai wearing a flowing anarkali set with her baby bump clearly visible under the floor length gown.

A source close to the couple revealed that Shilpa and Raj decided to delay announcing the pregnancy for as long as possible after the actress suffered a miscarriage early last year. Understandably, the couple wanted to wait until after the pregnancy had progressed significantly before revealing the news of their forthcoming arrival publically.

In the official announcement before Christmas, Shilpa revealed the exciting news writing; “YES’ an addition to our family is our confirmation to all queries :) We seek blessings from all in this very beautiful phase of our lives.”

According to friends of the 36-year-old actress, Shilpa Shetty is very much enjoying being pregnant and eating healthily to ensure the pregnancy progresses smoothly.

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Shilpa Shetty isn’t missing Bollywood

After announcing a break from acting earlier this year, Shipa Shetty has revealed in a recent newspaper interview that she isn’t missing her movie roles at all and is enjoying being able to focus on her other business ventures.

As well as admitting she isn’t missing her old life as a Bollywood actress, the 36-year-old also revealed the real reason behind her decision to break from the movie industry for two years.

While there were many rumours doing the rounds after Shilpa announced her sabbatical from acting, the actress turned businesswoman says the real reason was due to a lack of interesting movie roles being offered to her.

According to the former Big Brother winner, the only films she was being offered involved her playing a character similar to one she’d portrayed previously, and Shilpa decided to avoid repeating herself, she’d take herself out of the acting world for an extended break.

Leaving the glitz and glamour of the film industry behind her hasn’t had a negative effect, in fact the Bollywood star said she is very content with her life without acting, adding that she now has the time to focus on her other business commitments and her marriage to Raj Kundra.

Shilpa has been very busy outside of acting in recent times, working on her own range of yoga DVDs, opening a spa and launching a discounted real estate website, to name just a handful of actress and model’s business projects.

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