Bani (Prachi Desai) of Kasamh Se is wearing only one bracelet these days. There were four initially. These bracelets which were gifted by Ekta Kapoor and are identical to the ones worn, have been considered lucky by Prachi. They have helped ward off the evil eye according to Prachi. But nowadays Prachi is only wearing only one of them. The other three are broken.

Says Prachi, "These are those bracelets which Ekta gifted me. These are all suppositious things. She gifted it to me and I started wearing it. I haven't asked her the reason why she gifted me. I don't know with whom she has consulted for it. But they are obviously protecting me. Like other people wear "taveez", these bracelets are worn for the same reason. Some people wear rings, some wear pendants. I have survived from a huge accident because of these bracelets. Three of them have broken. It basically wards off the evil eye. When they broke, I did not just throw them away. Like any other holy thing you have to submerge them into the water. I have submerged them into flowing water. You have to discard it when you notice that it is broken. I'm getting new ones very soon."

Other celebrities who wear stones are Aakashdeep Saigal, Shweta Tiwari and her husband Raja Chaudhary.

Sonali Joshi

Wednesday, 11 April, 2007