Shilpa’s Miss Bollywood gets a thumbs down from critics
UK critics call the musical ‘shoddy and lacklustre’ LONDON: The Bollywood actress who became the darling of the British masses when she stoically faced racist bullying in the Celebrity Big Brother house at the beginning of the year, is now being derided as ‘opportunist’ and ‘cheap’. Shilpa Shetty’s new musical Miss Bollywood which finally came to the UK on Saturday has been branded by critics as ‘shoddy’ and ‘lacklustre’. “Given the anguish and humiliation that Shetty suffered in the CBB house, the British public are probably prepared to forgive her for almost anything. Even so, she is pushing her luck with this shoddy piece of opportunism,” said theatre critic Sam Marlowe. Miss Bollywood was due to open in the Mecca of theatre — London’s West End, but the lack of takers forced the musical to go to Germany first. The UK tour began in Manchester on November 3 and will eventually culminate at the Royal Albert Hall in December. “Our admiration for the grace and generosity with which Shett