Rakhi celebrations at the Bachchans

Amitabh Bachchan speaks about the festival of Rakhi on his blog, how daughter Shweta and grandchild Navya Naveli will celebrate the auspicious day with their brothers.

Amitabh Bachchan speaks about the festival of Rakhi on his blog, how daughter Shweta and grandchild Navya Naveli will celebrate the auspicious day with their brothers.

“Raksha Bandhan is the festival that respects the bond between brother and sister. Sisters shall perform a puja and arti with a diya, shall feed the brother something sweet and shall tie a ‘rakhi’ on their right wrist - a symbol seeking protection from their brother. She will respectfully touch his feet and the brother shall give her a gift - something to wear, a piece of jewelry or at times an envelope containing ‘shagun’; money which is considered auspicious.” Explains Big B

He goes on to speak about how Raksha Bandhan is portrayed onscreen, “The brother sister relationship has been very pronounced in all our films too and looked upon with great reverence. The relationship does not necessarily have to be of blood. The ‘rakhi brother’ or the ‘rakhi sister’ is a common reference in society of these relationships.”

Bachchan remembers the time when Shweta flew half way across the world to tie rakhi to Abhishek, “Last year she flew down to New York to perform the ritual as we were on tour. And then later in the evening at the concert he pulled her up in the audience when he was on stage. Navya-Naveli shall tie one on Agastya. They shall dress up in traditional attire and put on cute little solemn faces as the importance of the moment shall be explained to them from their Mother.”

Seems like its going to be a full-blown celebration at the Big B household today, SBO wishes them a colourful Raksha Bandhan.