The Bengali saying ‘baro mashe tero porbon’ may be translated as ‘thirteen festivals in twelve months’. Bengalis love to celebrate all year round and they usher their festival calendar with Poila Boishak, the Bengali vernacular term for Happy New Year. The archetypal greeting on this day is Subho Nobo Borsho (Happy New Year).

Gudi Padwa, the New Year day of Maharashtrians that is observed to celebrate the win of good over evil and to have a smooth and peaceful start ahead, is celebrated with joy and honor. The Kalash on top of a stick with a colourful piece of cloth signifies the symbol of victory of Lord Rama over Ravan. We talked to few Maharashtrian television celebrities to find out their take of this auspicious day.

Today is the day (21 March 2013) when the dwindling but enterprising Parsi community celebrates its New Year or Navroze. Here <strong>Monaz Mevawala </strong> (<em>Jhilmil Sitaaron Ka Aangan Hoga</em>) clears that Navroze is celebrated more by Iranian Zoroastrians rather than the Parsi Zoroastrians (The Zoroastrian community is divided into the above two sects).

Post the 100 episode completion party, Channel V’s <A href=http://www.tellychakkar.com/slideshow/buddy-project-hits-century>The Buddy Project</a> is all set to celebrate the New Year. As per a reliable source, the audience will soon get to see a New Year party being hosted in the show where the buddy gang will have a blast. However, a lot of things will be revealed with a lot of nach gana going on in the background.

TV actress Deepika Singh, who is seen as Sandhya in Star Plus’ Diya Aur Baati Hum (Shashi Sumeet Mittal Productions Pvt Ltd), is very happy with the year gone by. Recently, we met this lovely lady and asked her to talk about what the year 2012 meant to her. “2012 has been a very lucky year for me. I am glad that Diya Aur Baati… was constantly the no 1 show in that period. Being a no 1 show, it has helped me in boosting up my moral and confidence. In a sense, I have learnt a lot and have improved as an actor,” she averred.

Check out the above picture. Everyone’s looking super chilled out, relaxed and happy. Did you recognize the faces? Well…they are some of the most renowned names in the Indian television industry who were clicked while enjoying and bringing in New Year amidst an air of alacrity and jolliness in Thailand.

The newly married couple Karan Mehra aka Naitik of Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai (Star Plus) and Nisha Rawal had a low profile New Year celebrations. “I wasn’t supposed to be getting an off yesterday (31 December 2012) but at the last minute I got a holiday. Thus, we did not really get to plan much with friends. However, we celebrated it with Nisha’s brother and sister-in-law,” shared Karan. Tell him it’s his first New Year with Nisha post their wedding and he says, “Yes, this is our first New Year together but as I wasn’t aware of the leave, I couldn’t plan anything in particular.”

We all know that TV couple, Sachin Shroff and Juhi Parmar are expecting their first baby in the New Year hence, they tried staying out of the party zone last night. But, good friend Pooja Bedi invited them home for a get-together. “We couldn’t plan an outing or a party as Juhi is in the last month of her pregnancy. Hence, we are trying to keep away from noisy atmosphere or travelling out of Mumbai. But then Pooja had come home a few days ago and she invited us home for New Year. Hence, we went to her place last night (31 December 2012),” said Sachin Shroff.