Manushi Chhillar recalls childhood memories of Holi, gorging on gujiya and celebrating as a community

Manushi Chhillar recently talked about her love for Holi. She also recalled celebrating the festival with her friends and family as a kid, and admitted that gujiya is her favourite.

Manushi Chhillar loves the festival of colours, Holi. The actress, who is set to make her debut with the highly-anticipated film, Prithviraj opposite Akshay Kumar, has loved playing Holi ever since she was a kid.

Manushi won the coveted Miss World crown for India in 2017. Talking about how she played Holi during her childhood, she said, “My initial memories of Holi are from childhood when we used to live in Bangalore. I still remember having a small pink pichkari - pink used to be my colour, going around with my friends, being very excited about Holi and playing with my pichkari.”

She loves how Holi brings people together as a community. Manushi said, “Like any other festival, I love the whole community feeling that we have with Holi. I think the one special thing about Holi is also the fact that all your friends come to play and we would have groups and there would literally be gang wars with water guns. That was really fun.”

Manushi added, “I think Holi is a very playful festival and it’s a lot of fun, so playing with your friends is what I absolutely love about the festival and, of course, gujiya. I used to really love eating gujiya. I have a sweet tooth. So, these used to be my favorite parts about Holi.”

Talking about how the atmosphere at her home is during Holi, she said, “Holi is also about build-up. You start preparing, you start playing a little few weeks before the actual festival, but gujiya was what I absolutely loved about Holi. Growing up in the north, it used to be made at home, so that was fun. Otherwise, the atmosphere at home during any festival is fun, coming together to celebrate and I have working parents, so festivals would actually be those few days that they would get an off so we would all come together and spend time together.”

Manushi’s big Bollywood debut, Prithviraj, is set to release worldwide on June 3.

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