Wishing all the DARPAN readers a very happy Diwali, a very peaceful and prosperous year and blessed with good health.
I would like to add a simple note: at Diwali you do not pray only to Maa Lakshmi, you also pray to Ganesh ji and Maa Saraswati. Ganesh ji takes away every obstruction from your way. You pray to Maa Lakshmi so that she blesses you with wealth. Maa Saraswati blesses you with knowledge so that you know how to treat that wealth given by Maa Lakshmi when it comes to you.
Having worked in films like "Sanju", "Dum", "Parineeta" and "Salaam Mumbai", actress Dia Mirza says her mantra in life has been to work with people she loves and respects.
As she begins a "new chapter" in her professional life, veteran actress Jaya Prada, who is marking her first fiction stint on the small screen with "Perfect Pati", is happy about playing a progressive mother-in-law.
Veteran actress Farida Jalal calls herself a "filmwali to the core". She loves to act, but is not comfortable with the idea of mouthing dialogues in an unfamiliar language in a regional film.
