Her cosy Mumbai house is the spot the place all her relations collect for festivities. And with it being Eid in the present day, it was solely supreme to get Fatima Sana Shaikh to pose completely for HT City right here.
A wall of books, a retro fancy fridge, a foosball desk and her pet canine Bijlee greet us as we enter her home, and get speaking concerning the pageant. “Mere liye Eid utna hi important hai jitne baaki festivals. More than religion, it’s about meeting people, laughing together, that’s the best part about festivals. Eidi bhi mil jaati thi, ab nahi milti! I think the last Eidi I got was at the age of 15… ab toh dene ki umar aa gayi hai (laughs)” laughs the 31-year-old, at the moment busy with Anurag Basu’s Metro.. In Dino.
Her household lives near her home, and this 12 months’s plan too embrace them coming over. But through the years, contemplating she is an actor, have there been events when she couldn’t be at dwelling with them to rejoice the day? “The best thing about even our movie sets is that we celebrate everything, we are very inclusive. If there’s Holi, koi na koi rang laga hi deta hai. There’s an entire set created for festival scenes in films, it is celebrated even better on screen. Work does not change anything for me. I find my family everywhere- the set is family too,” smiles Shaikh.
The actor will get nostalgic as we ask what makes the day particular for her now. “Kheer,” pat comes her reply, “I also remember my childhood days. Our gang of children would collect eidi, and buy cold drinks. Cola used to come for five rupees then. Someone would get chips, and we would have our own party, away from the elders. I was brought up in Mumbai, and my building had people from every religion. We celebrated all festivals. Also, on Eid, our parents would go to every house and give biryani, we would also be given the responsibility to do it. That’s such a beautiful thing, everyone would look forward to it. That’s the thing about festivals- there’s a feeling of togetherness, even if it’s not the same family. Festivals have that quality,” she says.
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