The Life OK channel wouldn’t have ever expected this in their wildest dreams! In a big surprise coming their way, spiritual leader Paramahamsa Nithyananda, popularly known as Swami Nithyananda, showered praises on the mythological daily soap, Devon Ke Dev… Mahadev, this week.

In his discourse titled Inner Awakening at the lush green hill station of Kodaikanal in Tamil Nadu, he told his devotees that the daily soap, which revolves around the life of Lord Shiva; the most powerful God within the Hindu culture, is one of the best things to have happened to the Vedic tradition in recent times.

“Bringing a mythological story to life is not a joke. If I put all my intelligence, philosophical strength, understanding and abilities, to try and make a serial on Shiva, it will not be better than Devon Ke Dev… Mahadev,” said Swami Nithyananda, recommending it to everyone.

“There are a lot of subtle points it portrays; like what happens when Devi assumes a human body, concepts of incarnation, why tapas (tapasya) is needed, and lots of such aspects, which the programme is presenting beautifully,” he said.

Praising the show’s production values, set designs and costumes, the Swami remarked that the makers, writers and actors are doing an “amazing job,” bringing the story of Shiva alive with beautiful visuals and concepts which can be understood by the common man.

“This correct depiction and representation of facts is a true service to the Vedic tradition,” said the Paramahamsa, who has recently been anointed the 293rd pontiff of the Madurai Adheenam; the oldest Saivite mutt established more than 1,500 years ago in South India.

If Gabbar Singh was alive today, he would have gone into a full-on tizzy.

An upcoming slick-flick Qayamat Hi Qayamat has not one, not two, but FIVE villains doing a rehash of Gabbar Singh — Bollywood’s greatest villain ever. And just like Sholay, giving them company, is the nimble-footed Basanti… oops, we mean, the spunky Sambhavna Seth.

But the girl rues the absence of an Amitabh Bachchan or Dharmendra! “The film is surefire fun, but I’d have been happier with a dialogue like ‘Tera naam kya hai Sambhavna?’ from the action men,” she laughs.

In a way, Sambhavna is not new to Basanti. She won the dance reality show Dancing Queen some time ago, which was judged by none other than Hema Malini. In fact, Sam (as she is fondly called), also did a Gabbar-Basanti skit for it, after which a visibly ‘upset’ Hema Malini walked out of the set in a huff!

Sam was shocked and saddened as she otherwise found the yesteryears superstar very loving and affable. It was only when the episode was aired, she realized that Hemaji had actually pulled a fast one on her.

Renowned astro-numerologist Bhavikk Sangghvi who has correctly predicted various aspects about the lives of some of the biggest Bollywood stars including Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Aamir Khan, Ajay Devgn, Priyanka Chopra, Katrina Kaif and Salman Khan, released his second numerology book titled Sankhya Shastra, at the Crossword Book Store, Juhu, Mumbai, amid much fanfare this week.

Bhavikk and his fiancée Dr. Rinku Aher played great hosts, receiving guests at the event emceed by Umesh Pherwani. Although the date of the book launch was Friday the 13th which is considered unlucky by popular belief, Bhavikk broke the myth with his event emerging a grand success.

While celebrities like Poonam Dhillon, Amar Upadhyay and Apara Mehta were the chief guests, the launch was attended by many other known names like Sandip Soparrkar, Parvez Damania, Amita Nangia, Dr. Suhas Awchat, A.D. Singh, Delnaaz Paul, Meghna Malik, Vandana Vadhera, Pitobash, Viren Shah, Vahbbiz Dorabjee, Sonalli Sehgall, Sammeer and Palak Sheth.

Most of them spoke highly of the preciseness of Bhavikk’s predictions and praised the young gun’s down-to-earth nature.

The new book written in Gujarati, describes the science of numbers and their importance in our lives. It goes on to explain how their correct use can make a difference to our personalities and fortunes.

For the record, Sankhya Shastra supersedes Bhavikk’s first book Numerology Rocks, which was released a few months ago by Mithun Chakraborty. The astro-numerologist is now hoping that this one too rocks the market as much as the first.

Bollywood’s new scandal princess Rozlyn Khan, who shot to fame recently with her nude breast-cancer awareness pictures and strip-tease sessions for her cricket heroes, indulged in a high of a different kind.

In a stark contrast from her bold and dare-bare image, Rozlyn attended the Mr & Miss Perfect 2012 contest in Delhi as a guest of honour this week.

And though she shimmered in a stunning black backless gown, that’s all we saw of her skin-show this time. Instead, Rozlyn impressed one and all with her inspiring and motivating words for the contestants.

What’s more! She also got to crown the winner, the Miss Perfect at the event, while Mr Perfect was awarded by Chirag S. Bagaria, manager, marketing and operations at Gitanjali Gems and Jewellery Limited.

What can we say, but that this girl manages to continue to amaze us, even when she seems not to try at all! Chic indeed!

We’ve seen an ‘event’ful week with promotional jigs for Bol Bachchan, Cocktail and Barfi along with restaurant and magazine launches. But while known names like Priyanka Chopra, Nargis Fakhri, Sophie Choudry, Ileana D’Cruz, Jiah Khan, Shriya Saran and Shazahn Padamsee vied for attention, one name that shined naturally bright was Bollywood newbie Evelyn Sharma.

No wonder, fashion hotspace Style Me India has chosen this half-Indian half-German model-turned-actress among ‘the best dressed celebs’ who sashayed at parties last week.

A thoughtful choice indeed; considering Evelyn not only turned heads at various fashion and corporate events, but also shared the stage with the ladies man Akshay Kumar at the music launch of her debut film From Sydney With Love (FSWL).

Shaking up the fashion world off late, Evelyn stole the show when she wore a stunning pink dress with an adorable hairdo at the Blackberry Prosche event, followed by a gorgeous black KhushiZ gown at the FSWL music launch; fabulously matching up to Akshay Kumar’s black suit.

To add to this, the beauty was spotted rocking the fashionista styles with a very graphic Nishhk (Nishka Lulla) skirt, paired with a sexy ruffled blouse at the Nokia App Tasting event in Tote.

And as if all this hi-glam show wasn’t enough, the stunner blew more minds away at the launch event of the Ellipsis restaurant hosted by designer Arjun Khanna. Donning a simple FCUK red dress with cherry red lips, Evelyn turned out to be one of the few to dare the 1920s theme of the party!

Apart from a funky role in FSWL directed by veteran filmmaker Pramod Chakravorty’s grandson Prateek Chakravorty, Evelyn Sharma plays a very spiritual girl opposite Prateik Babbar in Issaq, a glamorous dream girl in T-Series’ next tentatively titled Class of 2013, and a sexy ditz in Ayan Mukerji’s Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani; the Ranbir Kapoor-Deepika Padukone starrer under Karan Johar’s banner Dharma Productions.

Movie promotions in Bollywood are reaching new levels every year. Another glaring example of this is the latest strategy being adopted by Rathi Group of Cinemas, which owns a chain of single-screen cinema halls across central India.

For the release of Rohit Shetty’s Bol Bachchan this week, featuring Ajay Devgn, Abhishek Bachchan, Asin, Prachi Desai and a special title track featuring Amitabh Bachchan, the group’s director Akshaye Rathi has come up with a unique promotional concept.

The film features Ajay Devgn as a pehalwaan (strongman) from Rajasthan. Bringing in novelty to promotions at the onset of monsoons, Rathi has called in Rajasthani chefs who would be preparing moong dal ke pakode with pudina chutney, mirchi ke bade (a delicacy from Jodhpur) and kullad ki adrak waali chai.

“These will be served to the audience during the run of the film,” informs the group’s publicist Dale Bhagwagar. “Serving these dishes which are enjoyed most during the rains, could make the movie going experience more enjoyable,” he adds.