Gauahar reveals her plans for first Eid after marriage

This is the second Eid in a lockdown... but good side is that you aren’t distracted during Ramzan. GAUAHAR KHAN,

Actor

For actor Gauahar Khan, who got married in December last year, this Eid is special as it’ll be her first such celebration with husband, Zaid Darbar.Though the lockdown is a dampener, the actor prefers to focus on the “good side”.

“This is the second Eid in a lockdown and no one wants to be in a lockdown during a festival. But the good side is that you aren’t distracted during Ramzan and ibadat achche se hoti hai,” says the actor, who urges all to stay at home.

Excited to celebrate it with her family, Khan says, “It is my first Eid with my husband, Zaid. In fact, last year on Bakri Eid, he met my mother. I bought a gift for Zaid, a new model of a phone and he was happy... But after checking it out for an hour, he said, ‘Maybe, I didn’t want it’ (laughs). He’s such a child.”

As she didn’t shop for Eid this year, Khan plans to dig into her wedding gifts and choose from outfits that she has got. “After my wedding, we didn’t go on any daawats at friends or relatives’ home as my dad fell sick. Eid is the only festival which we look forward to and dressing up will feel good,” she says.

The year has also been very difficult for Khan as she lost her dad in March and she admits to not know how to deal with this feeling. “You want to be normal and move on with life. But it’s a lingering feeling and it won’t ever go away. Though he was 76, I never thought I’d lose him so early in life. It’ll be tough not to hear his voice on Eid. But my dad wouldn’t have wanted us to be sad. I’m happy he was at my wedding and enjoyed himself,” she shares.