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Shilpa Shetty returns to tv show

as raj Kundra deals with pornography case

Actor admits to making a mistake in a cryptic social media note

Our Bureau
Mumbai/Melbourne

hilpa Shetty, who took a
few days off from Super
SDancer 4 after her hus-
band Raj Kundra’s arrest in a
porn-related case, returned to
the show earlier this month. She
is one of the judges, alongside
Anurag Basu and Geeta Kapur.
In an interview, Anurag said
that he comforted Shilpa with a
hug as she came back on Super
Dancer 4. He also shared that
there was no discussion about
Raj or the case on the sets.
Talking to Zoom, Anurag
said, “I just gave her a warm hug.
We all gave her a hug. Because < Shilpa Shetty ^ Raj Kundra in police custody
we don’t know she might have
gone through hell, many things that inspired her to share a cou- counts, whether we’re doing sessions court had rejected his
have happened so we didn’t feel ple of other pictures from it. It our best or our worst. Even if plea. Kundra had said another
right to even ask anything or begins with a quote by Sophia we could call a time out when accused in the case had been
talk about it.” Loren, which reads, “Mistakes life becomes stressful, would we granted bail and, hence, a sim-
Anurag said that he has a are part of the dues one pays for really want to? Our life’s clock ilar ruling should be followed in
great understanding with Shilpa a full life.” keeps ticking no matter what. his case.
and Geeta despite the fact that The excerpt reads, “We can’t The only thing we truly have is Additional Public Prose-
they ‘fight a lot’. “It’s a friend- make our lives interesting with- time. Better to live every mo- cutor Prajakta Shinde had op-
ship...three of us really under- out making a few mistakes here ment than to lose that time for- posed Kundra’s bail plea on the
stand each other. We even fight and there. We hope that they ever. As much as I may want to ground that Kundra’s role in
a lot but it’s all healthy. I really won’t be dangerous mistakes or call a time out in my life, I will the case was different from the
look forward to shooting with mistakes that hurt other peo- live every moment as fully as I other accused who was current-
them every week, spend time ple. But there will be mistakes. can,” read the book excerpt in ly out on bail. Shinde had also
with them, be with them, laugh We can see our mistakes as her post. asked the court for more time
with them, share stories,” he said. things we’d like to forget or as Meanwhile, the Bombay to take instructions on the ap-
Shilpa Shetty admitted to our most interesting, challeng- high court granted Kundra in- plication. The court granted her
making a mistake, in a cryp- ing and stimulating experienc- terim protection from arrest more time and gave Kundra in-
tic social media note that she es. Not because of the mistakes on August 18. A single bench terim protection for a week.
shared on Thursday. Shilpa has themselves but because of what of Justice SK Shinde had also This particular case was filed
been communicating via book we learned from them.” directed police to respond to by the Mumbai cyber police
excerpts recently, amid an on- Shilpa’s husband, business- the pre-arrest bail plea filed by in 2020 in which directors and
going controversy that her fam- man Raj Kundra, is under the Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty’s owners of various over-the-top
ily is involved in. Shilpa’s hus- scanner for having alleged con- husband. (OTT) platforms and websites
band, businessman Raj Kundra, nections to a pornography rack- Kundra, who was arrested in were booked for broadcasting
is under the scanner for his al- et. He was remanded in judicial July, is currently lodged in pris- obscene content.
leged connection to a pornog- custody for several days. Shilpa, on in another case pertaining The First Information Re-
raphy racket, and was recently who returned to work recently, to the production and distribu- port was registered by a retired
remanded in judicial custody for posted the image on Instagram tion of pornographic materials customs officer who had named
several days. Stories on Wednesday. “Live ev- through mobile apps. several OTT platforms in his
The excerpt posted by Shilpa ery moment,” her sticker read. The businessman had moved complaint. Police had also re-
Shetty on Instagram Stories ap- “We can’t push the ‘pause’ the high court for anticipato- corded model-actor Sherlyn
pears to be from the same book button on our lives. Every day ry bail in early August after a Chopra’s statement in this matter.

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