Bollywood beauties like Mallika Sherawat and Preity Zinta wished Happy Rakshabandhan to their fans, while filmmakers like Onir and Ken Ghosh hope the values of the festival get drilled into people who mistreat girls.
The celebrities took to Twitter Thursday to share their wishes at the ocassion. Here’s what that they had to say:
Raveena Tandon: Wishing all of you, in this auspicious day of Rakshabandhan. Love peace and togetherness, the blood bond that are supposed to remain thicker than money, property, insecurities and jealousies. Wishing the entire brothers and sisters, love and happiness.
Shabana Azmi: India’s syncretic cultures fascinate me. Tied rakhi to my brother and am keeping roza. Am sentimental about Rakhi and can’t look ahead to Eid.
Ken Ghosh: I AM HOPING the values of Rakshabandhan are drilled into molesters of girls (by utilizing an electrical drill to their foreheads).
Onir: Here's hoping on Rakshabandhan day to all of the amazing sisters on the planet that their brothers learn how to respect women and treat them as equals. Here's hoping on Rakshabandhan day, an international where women are treated with dignity, equality and respect.
Preity Zinta: I’d love to wish all of you an excessively Happy Rakhi! We're really lucky in India to have a special occasion devoted to our brothers.
Celina Jaitly: I still remember my first actual Rakshabandhan. My brother ate the rakhi I tied and that i cried because he didn’t share it with me. Happy rakhi.
Sonam Kapoor: Happy Rakhi to my wonderful brothers… Wish I USED TO BE in Mumbai to get my Kharchie (token money)!
Mallika Sherawat: Happy Rakshabandhan, wish my brother Vikram was with me today.
Tusshar Kapoor: Happy Rakshabandhan to all! Rakhi baandhne se zyada nibhana zaroori hai (Respecting the bond is more important than tying a Rakhi)!