This was the news the doctors gave Mr. and Mrs. Anand as they welcomed the newest member to their family. Looking at the big eyes the parents named her Shilpa and she lived up to her name "a beautiful creation of god." Not only did she bring joy to the life of her parents and elder sister but after she grew up she livened millions of hearts by her beautiful smile and shinning eyes.
I think you all must have guessed by now whom I'm talking about. Yes its no one else but our very own Shilpa Anand. Known lovingly as Shilpa di, Shilpu and Shona di to her innumerable fans. Before I talk about the Shilpa we all love, lets take a journey through her life and see how she became Shilpa Anand.
Shilpa was very young when her family moved from Mumbai to South Africa and then to USA but shilpa was destined to return to Mumbai, India where she was born. Her sister a star in her own right in the South Film industry but shilpa was following her father's dream. She completed her Master's degree and became a software developer but her father was no longer alive to see that. Life is full of the unexpected and the unexpected happened to shilpa in the form of modeling offers and movies from the south.
Shilpa moved ahead and took the opportunity life offered her with ads opposite Amir Khan, Amitabh Bachan and Aishwariya Rai it was also natural that she branched into Bollywood. Shilpa took up another opportunity venturing in to the world of Tellydom and went for an audition for a Production House who planned to make a youth based medical show
She had gone in to audition for a side character and had walked out being cast as the main lead. With this step there was no turning back and we all welcomed our very own Shilpa as Ridhima into our lives. From being an unknown name she became a heartthrob of millions. Not only males who were enthralled by her sparkling eyes and lilting laughter but also females of all ages.
Her success as Ridhima in the popular show Dill Mill Gayye was of such a level that when she left the show due to personal reasons fans went hysterical, with two replacements of the character the show kept reeling with her absence. Amidst intensive demand the PH brought back Shilpa in the same show as a new character named Shilpa Malhotra. Her return to the show was a god sent the fans were beside themselves with happiness but the happiness was short lived as the show came to an end unexpectedly.
Two short stints on television but the fan base that she garnered spans across India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, England, USA and Europe. With the show ending in 2010 shilpa returned to TV in 2012 in a telefilm to the delight of her ardent fans. The fans are also awaiting her two movies with one likely to be released early next year.
But besides how many shows she had featured in and how many movies she has in her kitty her fans love her for her poise, her grace. Her indomitable spirit, her love for her pets, her creative flare all endear her to the millions of fans. Her fans no longer love her only for the character she played in the show or telefilm but for herself. When fans call out to her it was for shilpa and not any other character which is at best a figment of the writers imagination.
So today we are here to celebrate the birthday of such a star, whose shine has brightened our lives and made us laugh, cry and fall in love.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHILPA!
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