The godfather

AFTER launching Suniel Shetty’s daughter, Athiya, in Bollywood, superstar Salman Khan is now gearing up to launch the career of Shetty’s son, Ahan, pictured above.

Shetty was thrilled to hear of Ahan Shetty’s Bollywood debut in a Sajid Nadiadwala film.

Khan is known as a godfather to budding talent. He also launched Shatrughan Sinha’s daughter, Sonakshi, with Dabangg, and Aditya Pancholi’s son, Sooraj, in Hero. SHILPA Shetty shot to fame when she won Big Brother in 2007, but on Monday she unwittingly betrayed her ignorance of George Orwell’s work when she said Indian schoolchildren should read Animal Farm to learn how to care for animals.

Far from being a cuddly children’s book, the 1945 novella is a dystopian satire on 20th-century dictatorship.

The star’s literary faux pas quickly sparked a new meme in India, where Twitter users came up with hundreds of alternative suggestions under the hashtag #ShilpaShettyReviews.

“Fifty Shades of Grey is an amazing colouring book. Children will love it #ShilpaShettyReviews”, tweeted Vishal Purohit.

Shetty’s comments appeared in a Times of India newspaper article about a new school syllabus for English literature.

Shetty, 41, is one of Bollywood’s most talked about and photographed figures despite not having any major film roles.

She won fame when she was subjected to allegedly racist taunts on Britain’s Celebrity Big Brother reality television series, which is named after the fictional character in Orwell’s 1984.

She and her husband, Raj Kundra, own a stake in the Indian Premier League cricket team Rajasthan Royals.