Bollywood celebs recount their fondest memories of Raksha Bandhan

Shaan singer on sister Sagarika singer For the last two years my sister Sagarika has been in and out of the country so we havenrsquot really caught up This year she is abroad as well but will return to the city in time and I hope to meet her on August 20 Even if we donrsquot manage to meet for Raksha Bandhan we make it a point to celebrate Bhai Dooj later in the year One of my memories of Raksha Bandhan is of the time when I was 16 years old It was the first time I gifted something to her I was working in a boutique and I could get some of the apparel at discounted rates I bought her a black Tshirt the most discounted and didnrsquot think much of it But she actually wore it often and even though she admitted that she hated it she said she wore it because it was the only gift I had ever got her Before that she wouldu00a0complain that she had to tie the rakhi and give the gift mostly chocolates I would insist on it as she was my elder sister by two years Now my wife Radhika mostly chooses a nice gift for such occasions Another memory I have is from the time we were shooting the album Aisa Hota Hai and we forgot that it was Raksha Bandhan When someone reminded us Sagarika managed to pull out some threads from the sofaand curtains and created a rakhi which she tied to me The brothersister duo performed together in the 1990s Manasi Joshi Roy actress on Sharman Joshi actor Raksha Bandhan is a big fat occasion in our family and we celebrate it in a major way all the cousins get together as well Over the years itrsquos been only twice that we have not been in town for the occasion This year Sharman is shooting in London for the film 1920 London so he is not in town I will send him a rakhi for sure but it will be a lowkey affair This time my daughter Kiara will celebrate with her cousins When we were younger and in college Sharman who is five years younger saved pocket money to buy me a special gift which I thought was very touching It was a salwarkameez which didnrsquot fit me well but it was special This year I am expecting a gift from London Manasi Joshi Roy with Sharman Joshi File Pic Sunaina Roshan producer on brother Hrithik Roshan actor Every Raksha Bandhan we make sure that we celebrate it in some way Even if itrsquos late in the night and we canrsquot meet Duggu Hrithikrsquos pet name makes sure that he gives me a call I remember that once he was working as an Assistant Director with dad Rakesh Roshan on the movie Koyla so I had couriered the rakhi along with a shirt as a gift When we finally got to meet each other and I quizzed him if he had liked it he looked puzzled We realised that the shirt had gone missing in the courier and had been replaced We had a good laugh He has always been there for me and our rakhi gifts have always been a surprise But the best gift is that he has fulfilled more than his duty of just being a brother more than what any other brother must have in this world Hrithik Roshan with Sunaina Roshan at an iftaar party Tusshar Kapoor actor on sister Ekta Kapoor producer If we arenrsquot in town together she sends the rakhi or we connect later on It is the celebration we used to have in our childhood in our old house at Pali Hill which I will never forget We took it very seriously then and boys used to have competitions in our building as to who would get the highest number of rakhis without realising that they had made all the girls in the building their rakhi sisters I would take money from my mother and give it as kharchi gift money to Ekta Today I am allowed to delay my gifts and look for something really good as I think it is better to delay than to give a bad gift I usually pick up something for her when I am travelling This year too I will be going to South Africa where I plan to look for something She is very emotional and considers very few people as her close friends and I am one of those For me it is a proof of her genuine affection for me Tusshar Kapoor with Ekta Kapoor