Why Shilpa got engaged in the year's 10th month

No. 10 plays an important role in superstitious actress's life. Bollywood's age-old obsession with superstition may be behind Shilpa Shetty's sudden engagement to beau Raj Kundra.

The actress surprised everyone by getting engaged to the London-based NRI tycoon on Saturday, at a time when her sister Shamita is still inside the Bigg Boss house.

While conspiracy theories were quick to do the rounds over brewing rivalry between the Shetty sisters as the reason for Shilpa's move, the actress has been quick to quash such rumours.

It seems the number 10 plays an important part in Shilpa's life and so, she decided to get engaged in October, the tenth month of the year.

Look closely and you will spot the importance of 10 in Shilpa's life. She recently purchased a new apartment in Mumbai.

A building named Fortune 10. Two cars belonging to Kundra and her are also numbered 10 and 1010. She insisted on hosting a grand Indian Premier League party on March 10 this year.

In the capacity of being the co-owner of the Rajasthan Royals team. And, when she launched the new IPL T-shirts for the team, she held up a number 10 shirt at the press conference.

Shilpa did not get engaged before Bigg Boss started (on October 4) as the first four days of the month were considered inauspicious. With no chance of Shamita emerging out of the Bigg Boss house before October ends, the buzz is that Shilpa will not get married anytime this year but will wait till 2010.

Bollywood celebrities are well known for their fetish for numbers. Recently, Ajay Devgan changed his surname to Devgn for astrological reasons. Producers such as Rakesh Roshan, Karan Johar and Ekta Kapoor are known for their obsessions with the letter 'K'.

All of Roshan's films, and most of Johar's films and Ekta's soaps, begin with a 'K'. Among other stars who altered their spellings for luck are Kareena Kapoor, who around the time Asoka released, had changed her name to Karriena.

She, however, reverted to the original spelling soon after. Viveik Oberoi, Riteish Deshmukh and Tusshar Kapoor are other recent examples. Obviously, in Shilpa's life it's all a play of dus ka dum, albeit in a peculiar way. It's a different thing that in almost 16 years of her career in Bollywood, she hasn't exactly had 10 straight hits to flaunt.