Durga Puja: Rani Mukerji, Jaya Bachchan, others bask in festive spirit

nation is basking in  fervour of Navratri and Durga Puja, one of major festivals celebrated in India. While  Garba and Dandiya, participated enthusiastically by Gujarati community mainly, are a common sight for nine nights in a row, Bengalis seek blessings of Goddess Durga during this festive period. Bengali stars are often spotted at ‘pandals’ in ir graceful attires during festival, and it wasn’t different this time. Jaya Bachchan, Rani Mukerji, Ayan Mukerji, Anurag Basu and Imtiaz Ali participated in rituals in Mumbai on Saturday. 

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Festive fervour 

Mukerji family were spotted at a pandal in city, and all eyes were naturally on Rani Mukerji, as she is t kwn to be spotted regularly by paparazzi. actor looked stunning in a white saree.

She was also seen talking with her cousin Ayan Mukerji. best part was when Rani was touching his face, he was looking irritated, like younger siblings often do.

Rani was also seen serving sweets at ‘bhog’. 

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On  professional front, Rani is currently gearing up for release of Mardaani 2, that is hitting atres on December 13. 

Jaya Bachchan, who is also a Bengali, too was dressed in a saree as she was welcomed by Ayan and his far Deb Mukherjee at venue. 

Rani and Ayan’s cousin Sharbani Mukherjee, who has acted in films like Border, was seen at pandal.  

It was also a sight when three of best filmmakers of country, came toger, with Imtiaz Ali, Anurag Basu and Ayan coming toger for a photograph. 

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While Imtiaz is currently filming a romantic film with Kartik Aaryan and Sara Ali Khan in lead, Anurag is shooting for a multistarrer featuring Abhishek Bachchan, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Sanya Malhotra, Rajkummar Rao and Aditya Roy Kapur. Ayan is busy with VFX of much-anticipated Brahmastra starring Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt and Amitabh Bachchan.   

A day before, Rani’s second cousin Kajol had also stepped out for Darshan, along with her sister Tanishaa and mor, veteran actor Tanuja at a pandal in Juhu.  

Sharing snaps on Instagram, Kajol had written, “First day of pujas ... shoshti. Before we share it with everybody else ..”

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