Shilpa Shetty: 'The Desire could be my last film'

Shilpa Shetty has claimed that The Desire will be her last film role for the foreseeable future.

The actress and Celebrity Big Brother winner was last seen performing item numbers in Dostana and Om Shanti Om.

Shetty told IANS: "I have decided that I won't do any movies because my priorities have changed and I want to concentrate on myself, travel, concentrate on my business. So I have decided not to take up any work."

The former model explained: "This is going to be the last film audiences are going to see me in for some time. So, out of choice I am not going to work for another couple of years.

"I think if people want to see whatever little I have done, they should go and watch the movie. Marriage is a full-time job... I'll keep doing ads, appearances and television but along with my business."

The Desire: Journey of a Woman sees Shetty play a bald lesbian monk who is forced to choose between her faith and love when she meets a world-famous Chinese painter.

Shetty said of the role: "This is not a comeback. Actually this film got delayed; so it seems I am coming back after a long time."

The Bollywood star has denied media rumours that her marriage to tycoon Raj Kundra is on the rocks.