Shilpa Shetty trolled for video on tomato prices: ‘You’re shopping in UK’

Shilpa Shetty shared a funny video on the rising price of tomatoes

Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty has become the target of social media trolling for her funny video on India’s skyrocketing tomato prices after eagle-eyed viewers noticed she was actually shopping for the fruit in the UK.

Shilpa Shetty, who is married to British-Indian millionaire businessman Raj Kundra, shared an Instagram Reel which shows her shopping for tomatoes at a supermarket. Each time she tries to pick up a tomato, however, a dialogue from her 2000 film Dhadkan begins to play.

“How dare you? Khabardar jo mujhe choone ki koshish ki (How dare you? Don’t you dare try to touch me)” Shetty’s voice rings out in the background as she picks up the tomato. This, of course, is a dialogue from Dhadkan. “Tumhara koi haq nahi hai mujhpe (You have no right to touch me),” the dialogue continues as a perplexed Shetty in the Reel puts the tomato back on the shelf.

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“Tesco hai ye india thodi na hai Shilpa ji,” wrote one person. “It’s just written 89p. You are shopping in UK. That’s a wrong,” another pointed out.

“Ma’am ye hum middle class walon ke liye hai. Aap log toh pure Hindustan ke tamatar kharid lo (This applies to us middle class people. People like you can buy all the tomatoes in India),” another said.

Reactions were largely similar on Twitter.

Buying from Tesco . I thought rich ppl only buy from Waitrose https://t.co/lLK0ZhqiB6

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— gsyal (@gaurav_syal) July 21, 2023

Haan Madam
Aap UK mai reh rahi hai
Samajh gaye hum https://t.co/mbx31veU6s

— KrishnakaDas (@DasKrishnaka) July 20, 2023

Tomatoes in London be like pic.twitter.com/0VOSUCSowB

— AG (@alkagurha) July 21, 2023

Supply disruption caused due to the monsoon has led to a sharp rise in the rates of tomatoes. The all-India average retail prices of tomatoes is ruling at nearly 120 per kg, although the key kitchen item is selling as high as Rs 245 per kg at some places. In the national capital, the rate has come down to Rs 120 per kg.