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From the Daily Sleaze, er sorry, Star!

BULLIED (oh please, give up already!) Big Brother babe Shilpa Shetty is being lined up to become the new star of the West End musical Chicago.

Show bosses want her to play murderous Roxie Hart and are locked in talks with the Bollywood babe.

She would follow in the footsteps of pop babe Ashlee Simpson, 22, Denise Van Outen, 32, and actress Claire Sweeney, 34, who have all played the feisty character.

Producers are so keen for her to join the cast they do not mind that she cannot sing. But the Indian star, 31, has now started taking singing lessons with singer-songwriter Jamie Pearce, 27.

A source said: “She has become a household name in Britain and bosses reckon she’ll be a real crowd-pleaser.”

But they could face competition as Shetty may also be in line for a role in a revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Bombay Dreams.