Shireen Mirza: I’m excited to celebrate my first Eid after marriage in Delhi

The actress says she is looking forward to cooking sevaiyyan and enjoying her mother-in-law’s biryani in the capital



This Eid is going to be a special one for

Shireen Mirza

for more than one reason. It will be the first Eid that she will be celebrating with her husband

Hasan Sartaj

and his family in NCR after her

wedding

, and there is a feast and celebrations planned in her hometown Jaipur, too. Says the actress, “Since this will be my first Eid celebration after my wedding, everyone is very excited about it. There are relatives joining us for celebrations from even other towns like Bareilly and Lucknow and I feel so special. After celebrating here, we are planning to visit Jaipur the next day. My family in Jaipur has been waiting to celebrate Eid with my husband and me.”
Shireen says that for her, Eid celebrations have always been with family, no matter how busy she is. “I have been in Mumbai for the last 10 years and while the entire month of roza and iftar would be spent with my cast and friends in Mumbai, I would always visit Jaipur for Eid celebrations. To me this festival has always been about spreading love and sharing happiness with friends and family,” says the actress, popular for her role as Simmi in the show

Yeh Hai Mohabbatein

.
Shireen reached her home in NCR, from Mumbai, a week before Eid, to finish prepping and shopping for the celebrations. “I love shopping on Eid and the first thing that I did on reaching Delhi was to go out shopping with my husband. I bought a garara to wear on Eid. In fact, my Eid shopping continued for days,” says Shireen.

Shireen adds that she is also looking forward to a lot of gifts and surprises this year. “I love getting Eidi and this year it will be all the more special, as I will be getting a lot of gifts. I am sure Hasan has planned a surprise for me. Vaise bhi main iss baar Eid par unhe lootne wali hoon (laughs). I am also planning to buy something special for him,” adds Shireen. She reminisces about her childhood days when she would eagerly wait for Eid to get gifts and Eidi. “We would visit my grandmother’s home every Eid and all my cousins would come together to celebrate and the only thing we looked forward to was getting Rs 5 from my grandmother as Eidi. What made that Eidi even more special was her love and blessings,” says Shireen.

The actress is also looking forward to feasting on traditional delicacies prepared on Eid. “Since this is my first Eid celebration after my marriage, I will be cooking sevaiyyan. At home, my mother always cooked sevaiyyan and biryani. I love cooking, but I will just cook sevaiyyan and my mother-in-law will cook biryani as she makes the best biryani, so I will leave that to her. For me, having a feast with family and friends over long chat sessions is also very exciting,” says Shireen.

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