Shilpa begains ROYALTY CLUB in MUMBAI

Bollywood beauty Shilpa Shetty, who is also the co-owner of IPL team has announced her latest venture on micro-blogging site Twitter. She is all set to open a new club called Royalty in Mumbai with her husband Raj Kundra.

"You heard it here first as promised. Having our first party here after the Rajasthan Royals match, hope we win...more reason to celebrate," she adds.

Buzz has it that the happily married couple has already bought ‘Poison’, a club in Bandra, and plan to re-open it by the name ‘Royalty’. According to an informed source, the duo have bought Poison, a club in Bandra, and plan to re-open it by the name Royalty.

Shilpa and Raj are currently busy with the Indian Premier League (IPL) T20 cricket tournament that kicked off Friday. Her other business ventures include a wellness spa chain called Iosis and her own brand of healthy curries and poppadoms in Britain.

Shilpa with new looks

Shilpa is Partner of Rajasthan Roayls

It seems that Shilpa Shetty, who is now a partner of the Rajasthan Royals team along with beau Raj Kundra, The team has launched a contest titled Royal Diva, wherein any girl from Rajasthan between 18-22 years of age can compete to become the captain of the cheerleaders’ team.

In fact, the winner is supposed to be crowned by none other than Shilpa. While this information is available on the team’s official site, and is also being promoted through radio channels in Jaipur, when DT got in touch with Shilpa who was in the middle of a shoot, she said, “What’s this Royal Diva about? I haven’t heard about any contest.”

The team’s marketing head, Utkarsh Singh, confirmed that the contest is on. When asked why Shilpa was denying knowledge of the same, all he said was, “If Shilpa is saying she doesn’t know about the contest, then you’ll have to speak to her, but the contest is on, and everybody in RR is aware of it.”

Priti Zinta, Kareena, Dipika, Priyanka, and Shilpa in FICCI

Shilpa and Raj in I.P.L 2009