She also revealed that the Pretty Woman star has invited her to spend some time in America, and is hoping it could open some doors.

"I’m very much looking forward to taking up his offer of going to the States for a holiday," she said. "Perhaps I’ll even get to meet up with some Hollywood producers while I’m there."

Kissing charges are ’ridiculous’ p April 27 2007
Legal experts in India have ridiculed a court’s obscenity charges against Richard Gere and Shilpa Shetty for kissing in public.

They said the case makes Indian judges seem like Taliban morality police.

"The order is unsustainable and makes us look ridiculous," the country’s former attorney general, Soli Sorabjee, told the Times of India newspaper.

"Magistrates should not act like Taliban moral police," he added.

A court in the north-western city of Jaipur issued arrest warrants against the two stars yesterday over their kiss at an Aids awareness event on April 15 in New Delhi.

Judge Dinesh Gupta said the incident was "highly sexually erotic" and "transgressed all limits of vulgarity."

The actor had wrapped the Bollywood star in his arms, kissing her several times on her cheeks and dipping her Tango-style.

Shilpa herself said that the embrace was "a bit too much," though she urged the public not to overreact because the Pretty Woman star was from a culture where such displays of affection are not taboo.

Last week, crowds in several Indian cities burned effigies of the 57-year-old.

The judge issued the charges after a local citizen filed a complaint saying the incident offended local sensibilities. He lambasted Shilpa for not resisting the kisses and ordered her to appear in his court on May 5, Press Trust of India said.

Another senior legal expert, Dushyant Dave, told the Times of India: "This is only for cheap publicity and the magistrate and lawyer should be restrained."

Arrest warrants for Shilpa and Gere - April 26 2007
An Indian court has issued arrest warrants for Richard Gere and Shilpa Shetty for kissing at a public function, according to media reports.

Chief Judicial Magistrate Dinesh Gupta issued the warrants in the north-western city of Jaipur after a local citizen filed a complaint, the Press Trust of India reported.

Such cases against celebrities - often filed by publicity seekers - are common in conservative India, and add to a backlog of legal cases in the country that has nearly crippled the judicial system.

Last week, crowds in several Indian cities burned effigies of the actor after he wrapped the Bollywood star in his arms and kissed her several times on her cheeks during an Aids awareness event in the country’s capital.

Photographs of the 57-year-old embracing the Celebrity Big Brother winner and kissing her on the cheek were splashed across front pages of newspapers last week in India - where public displays of affection are largely taboo.

Shilpa ’definitely not’ going Down Under - April 23 2007
Shilpa Shetty is "definitely not" going into the Australian Big Brother house, says her spokesperson.

The Bollywood beauty was reportedly set to enter the reality TV house on the Gold Coast next month, to "liven up" the proceedings.

But her rep has denied the story, saying: "These reports are untrue. I spoke to her yesterday."

The 31-year-old will be back on our screens soon, appearing in a new film, called My Life In... Metro. The flick sees her star as a bored housewife who embarks on an illicit friendship.