Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty, whose fitness DVD Shilpa’s Yoga reportedly did sell-out business in European markets, has been acquired by home video giant Shemaroo from her newly-launched production house S2 Global Productions, through a “whopping, exclusive deal”, for release in India.

“After topping the charts abroad, the popular DVD is being dubbed in Hindi and readied for a grand release in India a few weeks from now,” Shetty’s publicist Dale Bhagwagar said.

Discounting any competition between Shetty with Baba Ramdev, Bhagwagar said, “Shilpa is the sexiest yogi the world has ever seen. But it’s unfair to compare her DVD with Baba Ramdev’s.

She is a kid in yoga, while Baba is a guru. Shilpa can only bow before him.” In fact, Shetty often takes a tip or two from Baba Ramdev’s television programmes and even visited his camp at the Bandra Kurla Complex in Mumbai last month to presented him with a copy of her yoga DVD, he said.

Bhagwagar said the DVD showcased the “right” techniques of doing ashtanga yoga, including breathing techniques. “Shilpa took special, intensive training from yoga trainers Shiv Kumar Mishra and Vinayak Dixit for some time, making sure she perfected the asanas before demonstrating them to the world,” he said.

Shot at the backwaters in Kerala, the DVD is directed by Manish Jha of the critically-acclaimed feature films Mathrubhoomi and Anwar.