/> Shilpa is currently in her home town in Mangalore for a three-day pooja. "I'm back here after almost two years. It's a pooja worshipping the spirits of our ancestors. We summon their spirits once in five generations.

Our family has rebuilt the temple and the entire clan of Shettys is here. We've been off-non-vegetarian food for the last two-and-a-half months. We had a 28-hour pooja from Tuesday. I've barely slept."

Though dismissing any immediate plans to do so, Shilpa admits she'll eventually buy property in the US. " I do intend to buy my property there. It's a matter of practical convenience. If I'm going to be spending a large chunk of my time there I might as well get my own apartment in London, right? Far more practical than staying in a hotel."

So does she plan to eventually make London her permanent home? "I don't know what I'm going to do tomorrow. Life is so unpredictable. There're lots of things waiting to happen in London. I need the time to sit and decide what to do.

Immediately now I'll be performing at IIFA and then the world premiere of my film Metro in Sidney, Melbourne, London, Dubai, Toronto. Mumbai.....Till the middle of May my schedules are choc-a-block."

As for inviting her big bully from Big Brother for the Metro premiere Shilpa cuts down all such talk. "I don't want the event to be overshadowed by a gimmicky Shilp-Jade reunion. Besides inviting her would be a security hazard. It's at the center of London in Leicester Square."

Shilpa is still in touch with her friends at Big Brother. "I do have an ever-lasting bonding with some of them. Germaine Jackson and I connect regularly. Yes, he might be coming to the Metro premiere. My other friend from Big Brother, Ian MacKellan has his opening day for his play Fame on the same day as the Metro premiere, so he won't be able to make it."

As for a film with Akshay Kumar, "Somebody has come up with the idea of casting us together. But nothing definite. I've to be very careful about my moves. I'll be doing things that no one has done so far."