The former Celebrity Big Brother star wed London-based businessman Raj Kundra on Sunday.
But it seems the pre-wedding celebrations and all-night party that followed were not enough to mark the pair's momentous event.
So Shilpa threw another function last night at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in India's Mumbai.
Newlyweds Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra threw a wedding reception at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in India's Mumbai last night following their wedding on Sunday
The bride looked stunning as she arrived at the venue in traditional dress, adorned in jewels and with a henna tattoo running up her hand and forearm.
Some one who was not invited to the function, or the wedding for that matter, was her former beau and co-star Akshay Kumar.
According to sources, Shilpa and Raj didn’t want an embarrassing situation - so Akshay and wife Twinkle Khanna were not on the guest list.
Shilpa starred alongside the actor in the 1994 film Main Khiladi. She later dated him, but the pair split when he began seeing his now wife and fellow actress, Twinkle.
According to Indian website apunkachoice, it was Raj who wasn’t in favour of inviting Akki, though Shilpa buried the hatchet last year when she met him on the sets of Bigg Boss 2.
The former Celebrity Big Brother winner looked stunning in a gold sari
During the wedding, the bandwallas were also warned not to play songs from Akki’s film, even though the movie had Shilpa as his co-star.
At her wedding on Sunday, Shilpa wore a red sari and diamonds and emeralds as she exchanged vows with Raj Kundra in a close-knit family wedding in Khandala, a hill resort near Mumbai.
Friends, family and showbusiness colleagues attended the Hindu service and all-night celebrations, including her father, who discovered he was ill with two types of malaria just two days before the ceremony.
The groom wore a maroon sherwani with golden embroidery and a turban with his face veiled by a sehra (string of pearls). He arrived at the ceremony in a two-horse chariot.
'Everything went very well. All parents want their children to get married happily and that goes the same for Shilpa's parents as well. They are very happy,' said Kiran Bawa, Shilpa's friend and business partner, after the wedding.
The pair arrive at the venue as crowds of fans and photographers assembled
'Raj and Shilpa both were very nervous before the marriage but now they are happy. We are going straight to Raj's house in Mumbai,' she added.
Sunday's wedding was the climax of the two-day festivities that included a sangeet ceremony on the Saturday night.
The Indian actress became famous outside of her home country when she won the reality TV show in 2007 after being subjected to allegedly racial comments from fellow contestant Jade Goody.
She met Raj after her win on the British reality show.
The star has not broken through into major film roles, but she has remained one of Bollywood's most talked-about and photographed figures.
The Bollywood actress at her wedding day on Sunday with Raj
'All is in order, friends and family have got together,' she said, adding that she looked forward to meeting fans under her new name 'Shilpa Shetty Kundra'.
Not invited: Shilpa's former beau and one-time co-star Akshay Kumar
But she told the Times of India in an interview on Sunday that she now has domestic ambitions too.
'This is my dream wedding. We plan to shuttle between Mumbai and London after marriage. I shall strive to be as successful at home as I am outside. I want to excel as a homemaker,' she said.
She also tackled criticism that she was marrying a millionaire divorcee.
'Let's be positive. Raj is experienced and hopefully won't make the same mistakes again,' she said, adding that 'we are used to a certain lifestyle and it's practical to choose a spouse who can at least match those luxuries, if not more.'
'There's nothing wrong in looking forward to a comfortable life. But money isn't everything. Raj and I connect on a different level,' she said.
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