This Article is From Jun 28, 2014

Double Treat for Shilpa Shukla at the Ladakh Film Festival

Double Treat for Shilpa Shukla at the Ladakh Film Festival

Shilpa Shukla in a still from B.A. Pass

Highlights

  • It is a double treat for Chak De! India actress Shilpa Shukla who is currently visiting Jammu and Kashmir - She will attend the ongoing Ladakh International Film Festival (LIFF) as well as the 33rd initiation of Kalachakra with the Dalai Lama.
  • Kalachakra for World Peace, said to be the most sacred teaching and practice of Buddhism for peace, understanding, unity, world peace, tranquility and happiness, is happening for the second time in Leh - after a gap of 38 years.
  • An expected, as many as 1,50,000 people are likely to attend the event, to be held from July 3-14 at Jiwetsal in Shey, about 8 km from Leh, a picturesque destination in Jammu and Kashmir.
  • Shilpa is upbeat too.
  • "I was anyways planning a trip to Ladakh - I knew the Kalachakra was happening and the film fest too. They say, when you wish for something so bad, it just comes true and how! So it's beautiful that both the things are happening at the same time, and it's a blessing to be here," Shilpa told IANS.
  • In all likelihood, Shilpa, who has also featured in movies like B.A. Pass and The Coffin Maker, will not attend the event on all days.
  • The actress said "I'm definitely attending teachings for two days by His Holiness. My brother who is a Rinpoche, said that sitting in the sun for 10 days can ruin my skin as the sun is too strong here. Being an actor, I have to take care of that aspect as well and hence, I will attend the event for two days.
  • But at the same time, chances like these don't come time and again. So I might end up staying. However, I will attend for two days for sure."
  • Asked if she was a follower of Buddhism, Shilpa had this to say:
  • "It's become more of a belief system. It's the only way to function I guess. It gives you a lot of peace and introspection."
Leh: It is a double treat for Chak De! India actress Shilpa Shukla who is currently visiting Jammu and Kashmir - She will attend the ongoing Ladakh International Film Festival (LIFF) as well as the 33rd initiation of Kalachakra with the Dalai Lama.

Kalachakra for World Peace, said to be the most sacred teaching and practice of Buddhism for peace, understanding, unity, world peace, tranquility and happiness, is happening for the second time in Leh - after a gap of 38 years.

An expected, as many as 1,50,000 people are likely to attend the event, to be held from July 3-14 at Jiwetsal in Shey, about 8 km from Leh, a picturesque destination in Jammu and Kashmir.

Shilpa is upbeat too.

"I was anyways planning a trip to Ladakh - I knew the Kalachakra was happening and the film fest too. They say, when you wish for something so bad, it just comes true and how! So it's beautiful that both the things are happening at the same time, and it's a blessing to be here," Shilpa told IANS.

In all likelihood, Shilpa, who has also featured in movies like B.A. Pass and The Coffin Maker, will not attend the event on all days.

The actress said "I'm definitely attending teachings for two days by His Holiness. My brother who is a Rinpoche, said that sitting in the sun for 10 days can ruin my skin as the sun is too strong here. Being an actor, I have to take care of that aspect as well and hence, I will attend the event for two days.

But at the same time, chances like these don't come time and again. So I might end up staying. However, I will attend for two days for sure."

Asked if she was a follower of Buddhism, Shilpa had this to say:

"It's become more of a belief system. It's the only way to function I guess. It gives you a lot of peace and introspection."
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