Kangana to Vidya Balan: Here’s How Bollywood Celebrated Holi
Take a look at inside pics from Bollywood’s Holi festivities.
Bollywood celebrities, such as the Bachchans, Hrithik Roshan, Vidya Balan, Karisma Kapoor, Soha Ali Khan and Kangana Ranaut took to social media to share snapshots of their Holi celebrations.
Kangana Rananut celebrated the festival with her brother Aksht and his fiancee. They were joined by Kangana's rakhi bother Ajay Dhama.
Shabana Azmi shared pictures of herself, Javed Akhtar and Farhan Akhtar drenched in colour. She wrote that the Holi festivities at their home Janki Kutir was a family tradition instituted by Kaifi and Shaukat Azmi.
Karisma Kapoor posted a photo of herself and her sons being splashed with coloured water. “Real life mental mom,” she wrote in the caption, a reference to her upcoming web series Mentalhood.
For Randeep Hooda, the festival coincided with his father's birthday.
Vidya Balan was spotted celebrating with the crew of her upcoming film Sherni.
Soha Ali Khan shared a warm family photo.
Neha Dhupia had a colourful Holi with her baby girl Mehr and mother Babli.
Kareena Kapoor, who recently joined Instagram, shared photos of Taimur clad in a white kurta-pyjama with a streak of gulal across his cheek.
The Bachchans enjoyed traditional festivities with a puja and a bonfire. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan shared a few photos, including one of her and Aaradhya posing together by the fire. “Happy Holi to all. Love and light,” she wrote.
Photos of Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Aishwarya and Aaradhya performing a Holi puja also surfaced on social media.
Hrithik Roshan also chose to make his Holi celebrations a family affair. He kicked off celebrations with his former spouse Sussanne Khan and her family. Sussanne's sister Farah Khan Ali posted a few photos from the family party, which saw Zayed Khan, Fardeen Khan, Sanjay Khan, Zareen Khan and DJ Aqueel bonding together. As Farah put it, they brought in Holi with “flowers, family and lots of food”.
Sussanne also shared a few photos from the evening. “ Happy Holi to all you beautiful people.. may the strength and the force of the universe always be in your being. God bless us all to be full of love, that kind of power that kills all these crazy viruses,” she wrote.
Aamir Khan had a colourful Holi with his wife Kiran Rao and son Azad.
Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas were spotted at Mumbai airport on their way back to the US, and didn’t spend Holi in India as fans had previously speculated. However, the couple had an early celebration at Isha Ambani’s Holi party along with other Bollywood celebs. Nick, who was attending his first Holi bash, unwittingly captured Vicky Kaushal and Katrina Kaif dancing together.
Priyanka also shared a photo of her and Nick striking a pose at their Holi celebrations. She wished everyone a “very happy and safe Holi.”
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