Actor Shilpa Shetty has finally returned on the shooting of the dance reality show Super Dancer on Tuesday. The actress had refrained from shooting her current projects since the arrest of her businessman husband Raj Kundra in a case involving the production of pornographic content and posting it online via an app called Hotshots. After staying away from the show for almost a month, Shetty is reportedly back on the sets and is shooting for the upcoming episode, which will air on Sony TV this weekend.
Speculations were rife that Shilpa Shetty might be replaced by another celebrity judge but she has managed to return on sets. She is apparently shooting for next week’s episode today. According to a source quoted by ETimes, Shilpa has judged the show since it started in its first season in 2016. The makers were waiting for her to return and did not want to get another celeb in her place. The makers are glad that she has resumed shooting. Hopefully, she will continue on the show till the end of this season. It was also an emotional decision for her to gather courage and get back to work after her husband got allegedly involved in the porn apps case. The makers are happy that Shilpa is back shooting today and they did not have to look for a replacement.
Filmmaker Anurag Basu and choreographer Geeta Kapoor have been judging Super Dancer alongside Shetty. During her absence, her place was filled by several celebrity guest judges including Karisma Kapoor, Sangeeta Bijlani, Sonali Bendre, Terence Lewis, Jackie Shroff, and Moushumi Chatterjee.
Raj Kundra, 45 was arrested on July 19 by Mumbai Police in the case involving the production of pornographic content and uploading it via the app. He was booked under IPC sections 420 (cheating), 34 (common intention), 292, and 293 (related to obscene and indecent advertisements and displays) besides relevant sections of the IT Act and the Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act.