Shilpa: 'I'm not being offered work'

Shilpa Shetty has said that her Bollywood career is being stalled by younger actresses.

The actress was last seen performing a single dance number in Dostana, a romantic comedy starring Abishek Bachchan and John Abraham.

Despite being kept busy by the IPL cricket tournament, she is still searching for a role to revive her career.

In an interview with The Times of India, she complained she was not being offered "interesting" acting parts, because producers were opting for new talent.

She said: "The kind of work that I would like to do now or fit into is hard to come by. And the choices that are in front of me aren’t tempting enough.

"I have done everything from comedy and action to serious films, but for how long can one keep doing the same thing? There’s something called screen-age! As a producer I understand why others choose the new crop."

She credits Celebrity Big Brother with keeping her in the public eye: "I could take up Big Brother, which proved to be a turning point in my life, only because I wasn’t busy with any other project. That’s the reason I never question anything. But look, I have yet carved a niche for myself without films."