Mail chauvinism
Ever since Shilpa Shetty made her e-mail ID public, her inbox has been looking like a marriage portal
Ram Kamal Mukherjee
Shilpa Shetty who made her e-mail ID public recently was bombarded with nearly 2500 mails in three days; clocking an average of a mail a minute. And guess what, most of the mails in the inbox are marriage proposals and love letters.
Currently shooting for Anurag Basu's Metro with Kay Kay and Shiney Ahuja, the actress spends her leisure time glued to her laptop checking mail. "It's really amazing to discover that so many people love you," says Shilpa. "Some of the mails are hilarious, though. People just don't give up. I want to make it clear that my e-mail ID is meant to facilitate interaction with my fans; this is not a marriage portal."
After the genuine mails have been screened by Shilpa's assistant, the actress replies to them personally. "Some of these mails are from people in need of some assistance or help. I'll try to help them," she says.
* UNEDITED LOVE LETTERS
Hi Shilpa, I love you from the bottom of my heart. I am a 27-year-old tall dark and handsome guy. I am working as a system administration officer in a company. I would like to marry u but on one condition that you'll wear only saris after marriage. I want to be your hubby
- Kamlesh Malviya.
Shilpa: Hey Kamlesh, the point is that do I want to marry u in d first place. And what if I want u to wear only shorts after marriage?
• SHILPA'S E-MALES
* Hi Shilpa, how u doing? Hope, fine. Shilpa u are so beautiful, i wish u were my age and if u would agree, I would seriously marry u. Shilpa i have a favour to ask - is there any way u could get me a job in acting? Anyway, i wont take ur time much coz i know u are really busy. Take care and stay out of trouble Thank you, Love from Hatim Kapacee.
Shilpa: Hatim, I am slightly confused… u want me to marry u or u want a job? And if you don't have a job right now, then why do u think I'll marry u?
* First of all, Salaam Nameste to sweety Shilpa. Well dear Shilpa I am very fan you and mom is also fan of your so sweety coz of that we call you Shilly at home. I am from Kabul but I am living in Peshawar. It is very nice to send you mail. Hey my mom says that you must marry with someone like Shilly, ha ha ha. Actually i like a lot your smile, hope you don't mind it. So it's nice to mail you, i hope that you send me my answer. Thnx Shilly
- Noor Ahmed.
Shilpa: Thank god that u r calling me Shilly and not Silly! Ha Ha… Btw… I prefer to be called Shilpa. I am perfectly okay with ur mom getting u married to someone 'like' me and not to me!
* Hi Shilpa didi i want job in film line, because i want to show them what i am. Didi nobody love me in my area but i love everybody… Please for me only, give me job
- Prem Kapoor
Shilpa: Prem… I think u should not be dependent on anyone. If u consider me ur sister then concentrate on ur work and career. All the best.
* I am still not able to believe that this is ur mail id and u have given it out to the public... U know i'm the biggest fan of urs. U know we have also met once in Mumbai itself...my uncle was deputy commissioner in customs ,,,,and we were given special passes for shooting of ur movie with Govinda...actually we were Govinda's guest. But it was great to see u there. I'm in Delhi right now, doing my own business of plastics and petrol pumps and i'm sure that i'll be in mumbai soon to see ur shooting. Also i'm not going to say u foolish things like other fans say that i love u or plz marry me. As i'm already married and my wife knows that how big fan of urs i am and telling u truth she gets jealous sometimes when i keep watching ur movies
- Sumeet Gupta.
Shilpa: Hey Sumeet… frankly speaking I don't remember meeting you. But maybe if I see u I might. Thank god that u are not foolish and proposing to me. I think I need to get a few more sensible married male fans in my list… ha ha!
* Hw r u? Basically i am from Chandrapur. But now working in Malaysia. U are my dream girl. I like ur smile the most in u. Even i do have large collections of ur wallpapers downloaded from the Internet. So when my parents use to ask my choice of girl kind to get marry is ur image only in mind, only u. U looked very cute in Baazigar, especially in 'O mere humsafar'. I have that video in my laptop and ur smiling snap is my desktop wallpaper. It's dream come true that i got an opportunity to contact u. Will be more pleased if u reply. I pray that there be a mail in my inbox from shilpa shetty my dream girl. So I would like to share friendship-like relation with u. Believe me i can be ur cool friend. I use to say that here all Chinese girls look like Shilpa Shetty. Don't think that i bore u. So just want a FIRST ever friend from BOLLYWOOD. If it happens I would go telling my friends everywhere and will never forget this in my whole life
- Ravikumar Medidi.
Shilpa: All Chinese girls look like me? Huh! You've left me speechless!
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