TV celebs tell us why Holi is incomplete without family, friends, food and lots of fun

When was the last time you hit a stranger with colour balloons? Or got so high on bhang that you can’t remember what did you do that Holi? Or perhaps overfed yourself with Holi delicacies? Well, celebrities share some such fun moments of their lives and also about their favourite Holi memory.

Nikita Dutta :  Since my dad is in the Army, we are used to travel a lot and rarely could spend time with the entire extended family; we used to consider it a privilege. So, my favourite Holi celebration would be about 12 years ago when the entire family was together in Delhi. My uncle, aunt, all our cousins were at the same place and we had a ball of a time. We started playing Holi early that year, but with dry colours. The fun moments were running behind elders to smear them in colour, while they tried to hide from us. By lunch time we cleaned ourselves to enjoy a lavish lunch followed by a nice musical evening at our lawn. As a kid, I loved the idea of water balloons. This might sound very evil but throwing them in the neighbour’s balcony or on people walking down the road was great fun. Sometimes it used to bring trouble upon us when someone spotted us. I quit throwing balloons because once I ended up throwing it at a man who actually created a scene.

Smiriti Kalra  : My funniest Holi memory is last to last year, when my friends fooled me saying that they gave me Bhang to drink, but it was a normal thandai. And they kept on asking me, ‘Do you feel it’, and I was like ‘Yes, yes I feel dizzy’, they started laughing at me. It was then that they revealed the truth and I was so embarrassed. Also thinking I am dizzy, I had played Holi the entire day non-stop. I mostly celebrate Holi with friends. Once me and a close friend drank bhang. We were so lost the whole day that we don’t even remember what we did.

Arjun Bijlani  : This year’s plan will be celebrating Holi with my family and friends. It would be fun playing Holi with Ayaan and Neha [Swami]. It would be a dry Holi for us. My best memories are those of Holi celebrations with the family. The bag of memories keeps getting bigger and makes me happier. I would be attending few Holi bashes this year. The funniest thing that I did on Holi was when I made someone drink bhang-wali thandai and that person kept dancing non-stop for two hours.

Rashami Desai  : This year I will be celebrating Holi in Mumbai. Holi is a festival where you meet everyone and enjoy it with great enthusiasm with lots of colors and sweets. The best Holi was last year in Mumbai only with my family, because the entire family was together to celebrate and it was great fun. The colorful atmosphere perks up my attitude. I love to drink Thandai too. This year I will celebrate with close family members only. During school time once I had accidentally fallen into the pool and my friends hit me with lot of ballons. That was most funniest Holi of my life.