This week has been really tough on actress Shilpa Shetty, who is hosting the second season of “Bigg Boss”. First Jade Goody’s traumatic adieu and then item girl Rakhi Sawant’s allegation that a contestant on the show has been changed because of her manoeuvres.

The show went on air Aug 17 on newly launched channel Colors.

When questioned about Rakhi’s allegation, Shilpa told IANS: “I don’t even want to talk about her. But I was very hurt. I really like Rakhi. Why was she talking this way about me without knowing the facts? How does she know the facts about how contestants were chosen?
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Imagine a popular actress and former beauty queen mopping the floor or stoking fire in a chulha.

That and more actress Lara Dutta had to do for Shahrukh Khan’s home production Billoo Barber in which she plays the wife of a poor village barber, played by Irrfan Khan .

Director Priyadarshan made sure that Lara’s character of a deglam housewife looked as real as possible. Along with his cinematographer, Priyadarshan went to shop for the saris that Lara wears in the film. And he did not pick any designer saris, but plain, cotton, crumpled saris purchased from roadside shops.
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