Indian Bollywood actress and reality TV star Shilpa Shetty is the latest resident to move into the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest tower, it was reported on Tuesday.
Shetty, who rose to international prominence when she won the Celebrity Big Brother reality TV show on British television in 2007, has moved into an apartment on the nineteenth floor of the Dubai skyscraper, gossip websites reported.
The apartment was apparently given to Shetty as a gift by her new husband Raj Kundra, who she married last year. The couple arrived in Dubai on Monday to celebrate their first wedding anniversary and will remain in the emirate until Friday.
“Shilpa was thrilled when Raj gifted her the luxury apartment. It’s his wedding anniversary gift to her,” a source told New Delhi Television, adding that the actress had visited the tower a month ago while.
The Bollywood star is the second famous Shetty to acquire a property in the famous tower.
It was reported in January that Indian businessman B R Shetty, who is managing director and CEO of the New Medical Centre group of companies in Abu Dhabi, paid $25m for two floors in the world’s tallest tower.
The healthcare chief told The Economic Times newspaper in India that he owns a “monstrous” amount of floor space in two floors of the world’s tallest tower.
“What better address than ‘B R Shetty, 100, Burj Khalifa, Dubai’,’’ he said.
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