Shilpa Shetty turns producer, alcohol brand ambassador

Shilpa Shetty may have been absent from Bollywood limelight for quite some time but she says it does not mean that her career is not going anywhere. In fact, according to the actress, her hands are full with assignments.Shetty has joined the likes of Bollywood superstars Shahrukh Khan and Aamir Khan to turn producer to make "good commercial cinema", doing a movie with Sunny Deol, launched a vodka brand and her own DVD containing lessons in Yoga, preparing for a Hollywood film and waiting for the telecast of her next television show.
Last week to become the brand ambassador of a vodka brand, said that this is the first time an Indian woman would be endorsing alcohol and she liked the idea. Replying to a question, Shetty said that while she was not encouraging the youth to take up drinking, "I would definitely champion the cause of responsible drinking." The questions she however did not answer is that who decides "responsible drinking" and how she can preach Yoga and endorse an alcohol brand at the same time.
She was launching her home production whose first offering would be a romantic comedy to be directed by Manish Jha to go on the floor later this year.Shetty said it was wrong to conclude that she is turning a film producer because her career as an actress was going nowhere.