Exclusive | Shilpa Shetty Kundra reacts to her dance at Bappa's farewell going viral, here's what she says
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Shilpa Shetty Kundra ’s energetic dance to bid Bappa farewell from her house after one and a half days, went widely shared. Multiple content creators have replicated it so far.
Adding to this, Shilpa Shetty Kundra But for Shilpa, the moment was about much more than the cameras. It was a way of celebrating Bappa, even as she dealt with the sadness of bidding him goodbye. She tells HT City that she did notice the reels copying her, “Everybody dances. I mean, that's the norm, right? You have to celebrate Bappa and send him with celebration. And I do it with that heart and that intent only,” she says, “And while I think it's also, in a way, trying to camouflage the sadness because it's a dichotomy of emotions that he's been at home, and then you have to bid him farewell. You do it in a way that makes him happy and makes your heart happy as well.”
Meanwhile, View this post on Instagram Celebrating Ganpati has always been an expression of unconditional love for the star, “This is my seventeenth year. It's a time to celebrate him. And I do it with unconditional love." This year, the celebrations became even more special as her in laws came down from London. “It was the first time that my sister-in-law, her children, my father-in-law, mother-in-law were also there.” Her sister-in-law also keeps Ganpati at her home in London, so the family could share the experience together.
Notably, View this post on Instagram This year, she also wanted the celebrations to reflect an eco-friendly approach. That thought extended to the idol she brought home. Shilpa reveals, “This time it was not clay. Usually clay becomes really heavy. It was made out of papier-mâché.” The idol was made by the same people who make Lalbaugcha Raja, and Shilpa says she had been encouraging them to make it lighter. “I have been telling him you need to start making it lighter. So he made it for me in papier-mâché. It was even more difficult in terms of care because even if you put, like, a wet garland, it can melt it, make it soft.”
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Source: Hindustan Times