When a Mumbai hawker tried to sell Shilpa Shetty her own book

07 October,2016 05:19 PM IST |   |  mid-day online correspondent

Price of actress Shilpa Shetty's book 'The Great Indian Diet': Rs 149. Reaction of a street vendor trying to sell the same (actually a pirated version most probably) to her at a Mumbai traffic signal: Priceless



Shilpa Shetty Kundra at the launch of her book on nutrition titled, 'The Great Indian Diet' in November 2015. Also seen are (from left to right) Manish Paul, Varun Dhawan, Anil Kapoor and Amitabh Bachchan. File Pic

Actress, author, producer, reality show judge, yoga guru and entrepreneur -- Shilpa Shetty Kundra is all this and more. The 41-year-old is known for her super-toned looks and she had shared some secrets to her physique in a book. Well, 'The Great Indian Diet' became a bestseller immediately after its release in 2015. And as with all popular items, there were knock-offs being sold at the street side very soon.

As luck would have it the leggy actress encountered a roadside hawker selling her book near a Mumbai traffic signal recently. She shared her experience of the incident on Instagram and Twitter. She posted, "So this guy was trying to sell my book to Me! At the traffic signal. His reaction was priceless when he saw me. ha ha ha."

The hawker got his 15 seconds of fame after the bollywood beauty shared it on social media. The priceless expression of the hawker on Instagram went viral and garnered over 31,000 likes within 24 hours.

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