Rare and unseen pictures of Shilpa Shetty on her birthday today

Mumbai: Bollywood's leggy lass Shilpa Shetty is 38 today. She has won millions of hearts, thanks to her sexy dance numbers and fabulous body. This tall actress began her career with modelling for Limca and made her Bollywood debut with the successful movie Baazigar. She got appreciation for her role in Dhadkan, Rishtey ,Life in a... Metro and Apne, but became famous when she won the British celebrity show ‘Big Brother 5'Shilpa was the first Indian celebrity to take part in a reality show Big Brother in the UK and won it. Though, the actress went through racial discrimination by fellow contestants, she gained popularity and sympathy from British viewers. We bring to you rare pictures from Shilpa Shetty's life from her childhood, family and modelling days--- Childhood picture, when she was 1 year old When she was in school When she was 16 Young Shilpa Shetty without makeup She has many nick names like ‘Manya', ‘Babucha', ‘honeybunch' and even ‘silly pooh'. Shilpa faced protests during AIDS-awareness event, when Hollywood actor Richard Gere hugged her and kissed her on the cheek . Shilpa dated Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar for a long time. However, things didn't work out and she believes that everything happened for the best. Today, she is happily married to businessman Raj Kundra. Shetty began hosting the second season of Bigg Boss, the Indian version of Big Brother. In February 2007, Shetty attended a reception at the House of Commons on the invitation of Keith Vaz MP to meet with then Prime Minister Tony Blair. She was also invited to meet with Queen Elizabeth II at Marlborough House in London in March 2007. Shilpa shetty and shane warneShamita Shetty is Shilpa's younger sister who is also an actress. Both the sisters acted together in Fareb and created history in Bollywood.