MUMBAI MIRROR (October 12, 2016)

Shilpa Shetty’s father Surendra Shetty, 74, passed away on Tuesday morning following cardiac arrest at his Four Bungalows residence at 9 am.

“We are deeply saddened to confirm the passing away of Surendra Shetty, husband of Sunanda Shetty and loving father to Shilpa Shetty Kundra and Shamita Shetty. We request your co-operation and support to respect the family’s privacy at this crucial time,” Shilpa said in a statement.

Several Bollywood stars made way to the Shetty residence to pay condolences to the bereaved family. Actor R Madhavan was accompanied by wife Sarita Birje (image right) while Harman Baweja arrived with his family. Shilpa’s Pardesi Babu costar Raveena Tandon and her husband Anil Thadani dropped by on Tuesday afternoon while Arpita Khan Sharma and choreographer Ganesh Hegde were spotted later in the evening.

Surendra Shetty’s last rites will take place at 10.30 am on Wednesday at Pavan Hans in Juhu.
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Sonil Dedhia (MID-DAY; October 12, 2016) 

It was a sad — perhaps, the saddest — Dusshera for Shilpa Shetty Kundra as her father, Surendra Shetty, passed away in his sleep yesterday morning following cardiac arrest. He was in his 70s. The last rites will be performed today at Juhu crematorium.

Sources said he was rushed to Kokilaben Ambani Hospital in Andheri where the doctors tried to revive him, but in vain. Shilpa, along with mother Sunanda and husband Raj Kundra, was at the hospital, while younger sister, actress Shamita Shetty, was in Chennai to attend a spiritual course, we hear, and took the first flight home on receiving the news. A statement sent out by Shilpa's team read, "We are deeply saddened to confirm the passing away of Surendra Shetty. He took his last breath at home."

On Monday, Shilpa shot for a kids' dance reality show that she is currently judging. Her next shoot schedule remains unclear. Her friends, Raveena Tandon, R Madhavan and Harman Baweja were among the first visitors to her house. Priyanka Chopra tweeted, "My condolences. The loss of a parent is incomparable."

A businessman by profession, Surendra had produced an Indo-Chinese drama, The Desire, in 2010, which remains unreleased. He was in news last year when he filed a complaint against a self proclaimed godman for duping him of Rs 2 crore. The accussed was later arrested from Uttar Pradesh.

MUMBAI MIRROR (December 30, 2015)

Salman Khan's 50th birthday celebration continued at his Panvel farmhouse a day after he turned a year older on December 27.

The actor was in good company, flanked by some lovely ladies, including steady date, modelactress Lulia Vantur, bestie Sajid Nadiadwala's wife Warda, Kabir Khan's better half Mini Mathur and R Madhavan's biwi Sarita.

Bhai looked delighted as the girls recreated his current 'mooch' avatar for the camera.

Hubby sweeps Shilpa off her feet with The Great Gasby and Bond themed parties to bring in her 40th birthday
Sanyukta Iyer (MUMBAI MIRROR; June 10, 2015)

Raj Kundra gifted Shilpa Shetty a penthouse in Central London when she turned 35. Two years later, the British-born entrepreneur presented his wife with a duplex in Noida on their anniversary.

Last anniversary, he booked a luxury apartment on the 19th floor of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. Naturally, after all these extravagant declarations of love, everyone was waiting to see how Raj would sweep his rani off her feet when she turned 40. He did it in style, jetting down 30 friends and family members to Sveti Stefan, an island in the Balkan nation of Montenegro, for a three-day birthday bash.

Raj orchestrated everything on his own, before flying his biwi down from London and blindfolding her till she entered The Great Gatsby world. The gathering included sister Shamita Shetty, buddy Harman Baweja and R. Madhavan's wife, Sarita Birje. "Shilpa is a huge fan of illusionist Darcy Oake who made a special appearance at the stroke of midnight," says a guest, adding that the men were in tuxedoes and the women in designer gowns.

The Gatsby party was followed by an extravagant breakfast, then a barbecue party at the Queen's private beach Milocer. The birthday rounded up with a Bond themed dinner at Aman Sveti Stefan's signature restaurant which is known to be Hollywood stars Gwyneth Paltrow and George Clooney's favourite weekend getaway.

"Raj had been planning this bash for months. He picked the venue and decided the itinerary too. He got a video made of Shilpa's friends who couldn't make it to the party, sending her personalised birthday wishes," adds the source.

One of these pals was Hrithik Roshan who wished her on Twitter, adding "still figuring d secret 2dat figure!" (sic) We're figuring out what Raj will do next for his Rani!