‘P. Sarojini’

MUMBAI, India (CWBN)_ The Bollywood town seems to be busy with their Diwali preparations. With Diwali, the light of festival, arriving in the weekend, we get to see the B town stars and celebrities planning their Diwali celebrations and parties. Every year, most of the Bollywood stars host grand Diwali parties in the town and invite other stars and prominent personalities. Among them, the Bachchan family’s grand Diwali party is a renowned one in the B town. But this year, the family will skip their Diwali festival due to a death in the family.

In a recent interview, Abhishek Bachchan confirmed that the family will not host Diwali party this year due to coronavirus pandemic and a death in the family. Abhishek’s sister Sweta Bachchan Nanda’s mother-in-law Ritu Nanda passed away this year. Hence, the family has decided to call off the Diwali party this year. Abhishek Bachchan is busy with his upcoming project ‘Ludo’ and considering the current pandemic situation, he said that hosting parties and get-together will not be safe. He concluded saying that as of now, the Diwali parties and social occasions have become a distant dream.

Moreover, Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai and Aaradhya Bachchan were tested positive for coronavirus earlier this year and were hospitalized and took treatments. Hence, the family feels it is safer to stay away from social occasions for a while.

Meanwhile, Abhishek also said that he fasted for Aishwarya Rai for this Karwa Chouth pooja celebrated recently. He said that they were busy with their work the whole day and had a good family celebration in the evening when the ladies performed their Karwa Chouth pooja.  

Edited by Elishya Perera