Smriti's Bong connection! Not many know that Smriti Z Iraani the favourite bahu on Star Plus speaks fluent Bangla. Reason? Her mother's a Bengali! She does everything that a true blue Bengali would do during pujo- the anjali, enjoying the bhog, gorging on kheer kodmbo, watching jatra, buying new clothes, playing shidoor khela and most importantly, the mughlai parathas which she gets to eat only during the pujas .
"Back home in Delhi I used to frequent various pandals with my family but in Mumbai, I try to adjust my work with the puja timings. Besides, I have a few Bong friends in the unit, so it's great! Also, I don't believe in mixing work with the festival so I'd rather have Maa Durga be the perfect chief guest and not be called for any sort of an appearance during Pujo," she gushes …