MUMBAI, Indian actress Shilpa Shetty is set to groove to
Bollywood dance numbers at the Indian movie industry's biggest awards ceremony
in Britain, a newspaper reported Tuesday.
Shetty said she is thrilled to
showcase Bollywood's song and dance before a British audience at the Hindi film
industry's International Indian Film Awards ceremony in Yorkshire next month.
"I am planning to perform to all the top songs of the year. I want to show
the whole of England what Bollywood song and dance is all about," she told
Mumbai-based DNA newspaper.
"It's definitely going to be an exciting
experience."
The annual film awards, often referred to as "Bollywood's
Oscars," were created seven years ago and are presented outside India to promote
Indian films to an international audience. Earlier ceremonies have been held in
the United Arab Emirates, the Netherlands, London and Singapore.
Shetty, 31,
has acted in more than 40 Bollywood movies since her 1993 debut. Her latest
movie release "Metro" is a Hindi-language film about careers pushing love to
second place.
Already well-known in India, Shetty became an international
star after winning the British reality show "Celebrity Big Brother.
