Arjun Kapoor and Parineeti Chopra share their Janmashtami memories

Bollywood actors Arjun Kapoor and Parineeti Chopra first came together for ‘Ishaqzaade’ where their sizzling onscreen chemistry won many hearts. The duo will once again be seen after a long gap in Vipul Shah’s ‘Namaste England’ and Dibakar Banerjee’s ‘Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar’ to the delight of their fans.

On the occasion of Janmashtami, Arjun and Parineti will start promoting their upcoming release ‘Namastey England’ as the festival holds a special memories for them.

In a recent interaction with DNA when asked about their memories of celebrating Janmashtami, Pari said, “In the North, we celebrate Diwali, Dussehra, Lohri, Holi, and Janmashtami in a big way. For Janmashtami, I used to visit the mandir jahaan bhagwan ko jhoola jhulate the aur doodh pilate the. I loved going there with my parents and brother. We would go at 1 am, take milk in small bottles and sing songs the whole night. It used to be a school holiday the next day. The best part of the festival was going to the temple at night. They are lovely memories.”

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Arjun Kapoor too shared his memories of the special day, “In Mumbai, we have dahi handi. I remember we used to have a half- day at school and that too because we used to celebrate it there. While returning at around 10.30 am, we would see the festivities begin. I think, visually, it’s the most appealing festival in Mumbai and in a strange way, youthful, too. Now, as an actor, I have travelled across cities and I see, it has become an adventure sports fest, with prizes for various things like how fast they break the handi, how many attempts they make, etc. But it brings people from various age groups together, which is what a festival does bring people from different communities together.”

Speaking about how different are ‘Namaste England‘ and ‘Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar’ from each other. Arjun revealed that while ‘Namaste England’ will make you smile and also bring a lump to your throat, ‘Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar’ is completely different from ‘Ishaqzaade’.

He said, “Yes, but both are completely different. ‘Namaste England’ is a quintessential romance. ‘Ishaqzaade’ didn’t have that. It was a brief romance and more about the trials and tribulations of wanting to be together, a more realistic take on heartland India. ‘Namastey England’ is more of a celebration of Hindi cinema — boy meets girl, they fall in love, yearn for each other, their special moments in between, song and dance, conflict, being apart -— it has all the things a love story entails. It will make you smile and also bring a lump to your throat. It has the residue of our personalities. It’s too early to talk about ‘Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar’, but in that we hate each other. All I can say is that we are not repeating ourselves.”

‘Namaste England’ is all set to hit the theaters this year on October 19, 2018.

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