Showing posts with label Karwa Chauth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Karwa Chauth. Show all posts
Sanjay Kapoor keeps checking his phone to give updates about when the moon will be up-Maheep Kapoor
8:45 AM
Mugdha Kapoor (HINDUSTAN TIMES; October 20, 2024)
For Maheep Kapoor, jewellery designer and former model, celebrating Karwa Chauth is all about “small things that count”. “The one rule Sanjay follows is that he doesn’t shoot around this time. And while he and I don’t have a personal ritual per say, he is always on time on Karwa Chauth, usually being the first husband to reach the venue, and I feel touched by that,” the 42-year-old shares, adding that the day is a reminder of “how important we are to each other.”
When it comes to her outfit for the occasion, Maheep loves going all out. “I love dressing up for Karwa Chauth, it’s very special. Everyone’s finery comes out on this day — the jewellery, sindoor, bangles, bindis. I just need an excuse to get ready. This year, I am going for a saree as I love sarees and find them so beautiful,” shares Maheep, who has been married to Sanjay for almost 27 years.
Her favourite part of the festival? The joyful gathering of family and friends, she reveals: “I love it when all of us dress up with our puja ki thalis. Over the years, it has become that one day when all of us ladies get together, even if we haven’t met the whole year. Meanwhile, Sanjay constantly keeps checking his phone to give updates about when the moon will be up.”
Sharing an unforgettable memory of the festival, Maheep recalls her early married days. “Sanjay and I had gone to London during the festival, and I spent the whole day shopping and giving myself presents. At night, we had to go out for dinner, and we took a black cab. We drove around the whole of London city trying to find the moon,” she reminisces.
“Unfortunately, it was very cloudy, and the driver was frustrated with our adventure. We told him we wanted to find the moon, and he thought we were crazy. Sanjay also thought we should forget about finding the moon in London since it was already out in India. But I said no, I won’t eat without seeing it. Finally, we spotted the moon, I opened my fast, and later, we went for dinner,” she signs off.
I try to keep my wife company by fasting for her on Karwa Chauth-Shaan
8:43 AM
Soumya Vajpayee (HINDUSTAN TIMES; October 20, 2024)
As they celebrate their 25th Karwa Chauth together, singer Shaan and his wife, Radhika, shoot exclusively for HT City, as they tell Soumya Vajpayee how the day reiterates the value of love and companionship
For singer Shaan and his wife, entrepreneur Radhika Mukerji, this Karwa Chauth is extremely special. Why? “It’s our 25th Karwa Chauth together”, says Shaan, as he and Radhika shoot for HT City to mark their landmark “day of love”. For Radhika, this day holds a lot of value. “It’s the only day of the year when I dress up like a bride. I enjoy doing all the shringaar, doing the pooja, reciting the katha and praying for my husband. Our love for each other has only grown over the years and this day definitely plays a role in keeping us grounded,” she says.
For Shaan, too, Karwa Chauth holds a lot of value: “Initially, after our marriage, I would find it very filmi. Being a Bengali, we never had the culture of celebrating Karwa Chauth at home. But over the years, this day has meant so much for us. It reiterates that there’s someone in your life who’s doing something as intense as fasting to pray for your well-being. Irrespective of whether I am at home or travelling for shows, I try my best to keep my wife company by not eating anything. But I do have water or coffee.”
Radhika adds, “I just have a glass of masala milk in the morning for sargi and then go waterless until moonrise. For me, it’s a day of gratitude, when I thank God for blessing me with a life partner like Shaan. While I fast for him, he gets so anxious by the evening that he keeps tracking the moonrise and has a childlike excitement the moment he spots the moon. When we do the puja, our sons act as our photographers. I love the looking at the moon through the channi and then looking at your partner ritual. There’s something so romantic about it.”
As Shaan hums the romantic number Tere Mere Sapne from Guide (1965) for Radhika, we ask if he has any Karwa Chauth gift planned for his wife. “I don’t really wait for occasions to pamper her, but I would love to gift her whatever she wishes for,” he replies, as Radhika immediately adds, “I want a chaandi ki payal from you.”
Our most memorable Karwa Chauth
“It was our first Karwa Chauth after marriage and Radhika excitedly fasted for me. After breaking the fast, she threw up. I thought it was due to hyperacidity,” says Shaan. Radhika recalls, “I threw up a couple of times and a friend suggested I took a pregnancy test. I tested positive when I checked the next morning, and by next Karwa Chauth, we had our son Soham with us.” Hence, our first Karwa Chauth after marriage continues to be our most memorable one.”
A lot of men fast to support their wives but I’m too traditional-Sonnalli Seygall
8:41 AM
Mugdha Kapoor (HINDUSTAN TIMES; October 20, 2024)
This Karwa Chauth is “even more special” for actor Sonnalli A Sajnani and her businessman husband Ashesh Sajnani, as the arrival of their first baby is just a month away. While Sonnalli admits that fasting can be challenging for her, given her pregnancy, she reflects fondly on her experience last year, when observing her first Karwa Chauth fast “felt like a personal achievement”.
Ask her how she is planning to celebrate the festival today and the 35-year-old says, “Ashesh thinks I should not fast, but I’ll do it in some way. Maybe I will eat a lot for sargi and do a phal aahaar fasting where I will have only fruits or stick to sweets and juices.”
When asked if Ashesh will fast alongside her, she responds with a laugh, “He can’t fast”, adding, “More than that, I know a lot of men also do it to support their wives, which is sweet, but I’m too traditional. For me, it’s traditionally done by women. So, I never expected or wanted him to (fast). Even last year, he told me not to fast, but I wanted to. He’s not going to fast for me, that’s for sure.”
Sonnalli says that she loves the traditional aspects of the festival: “I love to wear red on Karwa Chauth. Also, I love to wear sindoor. I feel happy and special when I wear it. I make it a point to wear traditional attire and my mangalsutra.”
This year, she will opt for light fabrics in the evening. “Comfort is essential for me now, so I want something with cotton lining,” she explains.
Karwa Chauth is not something Karan or I believe in-Rhea Kapoor
8:01 AM
HINDUSTAN TIMES (October 19, 2021)
Filmmaker and stylist Rhea Kapoor — who got married to her long-time beau Karan Boolani in August this year — has said a clear no to Karwa Chauth-related collaborations. She took to Instagram to share a long note, saying that the festival’s spirit is not something she and her husband, Boolani agree with. “Respectfully please don’t reach out to me for karva chauth gifting or collabs. It’s not something Karan or I believe in. We respect other couples who partake and can even enjoy the festivities while they do. It’s just not for me. Or us. So the last thing I want to do is promote something I don’t believe in and don’t really agree with the spirit it comes from (sic),” Kapoor wrote ahead of the festival, which is on October 24.
She also shared how a few people have called her “silly” for rejecting the idea. “For now I feel like if we take care of ourselves and each other we should be good. I only write this because it seems random strangers feel the need to aggressively convince me that I’m being ‘silly’, ‘have to do it’, ‘it’s my first’. No, thank you. let’s move on?(sic)”
Back in 2018, her elder sister, actor Sonam Kapoor Ahuja, too, had taken to social media to reveal how her husband Anand Ahuja “bullied her” to not fast on Karwa Chauth. She called Ahuja “most progressive, compassionate and gentle man” and thanked him for “bullying” her into not fasting. To which he replied: “I didn’t bully you! I just said that I’m fasting if you’re fasting, and if we don’t fast we can just walk around and workout and enjoy the day together! Does that sound like bullying? That sounds like intelligence to me.”
Meanwhile, their mum Sunita Kapoor hosts a Karwa Chauth party at their residence almost every year where many celebs including Neelam Kothari Soni, Raveena Tandon, Padmini Kolhapure, Shilpa Shetty Kundra participate in the festivities.
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