Bollywood: Actress Shipla mistakes Orwell”s “Animal farm” for animal care book
This week Twitterati had a blast, when Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty thought that the classical novel by George Orwell "Animal Farm" was a book on how to take care of animals. Shilpa trended on social media after her literary review which suggested that Animal Farm could be used to teach children how to care for […]
This week Twitterati had a blast, when Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty thought that the classical novel by George Orwell "Animal Farm" was a book on how to take care of animals.
Shilpa trended on social media after her literary review which suggested that Animal Farm could be used to teach children how to care for animals.
She said in response to question on the government decision to include popular culture books in the English Literature syllabus for junior and middle school "Books like Lord of the rings (LOTR) and Harry Potter as part of the syllabus is a great move because it cultivates imagination and creativity at a young age. They should include books like "Little women" as it encourages respect towards women at a young age. Even a book like "Animal farm" can teach the little ones to love and care for animals."
This generated the hashtag #ShilpaShettyReviews where people tweet book titles with an obviously wrong interpretation.
Nirmalya Dutta @nemo_dutta23 tweeted "The Lord of the Rings will teach children the importance of returning jewellery. #shilpashettyreviews"
K. Venugopal Menon @VenuSpeak also tweeted "Read Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens if you want to learn dancing. #ShilpaShettyreviews" and Ashwani @pasreech wrote "Life of Pi is about finding the 999th digit of Pi. #ShilpaShettyReviews".
The George Orwell classic is actually a satirical book on twentieth-century dictatorship, based on the 1917 Russian Revolution and the rise of Stalin’s Soviet Union where he used animals as characters instead of humans.
Shilpa Shetty rose to limelight in 2007 when she won the fifth series of reality TV series Celebrity Big Brother in the UK.