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My Ravan moment
On Dussehra, we ask celebrities to share the moments that brought out their devilish side.
On Dussehra, we ask celebrities to share the moments that brought out their devilish side.
Shekhar Suman
As a boy, I wrapped a doll roughly the size of my elder sister's four-month-old son in a cloth. My sister presumed I was playing with her son, while I'd actually hidden him under the bed. I took the doll to the roof and, pretending to be playing, I threw the doll down. My sister fainted. I was so scared; I thought she had died of a heart attack. I panicked and told my parents. I got the scolding of a lifetime. It's something I regret even today!
Aman Verma
I used to bunk college in Delhi. I used to bribe people in the administration with alcohol to get my attendance marked. My father was in the army, so the alcohol was cheap. I got caught by my sister and she threatened to tell my parents.
Vivian D'Sena
In school, I decided to teach a lesson to the over-smart class monitor. While he was engrossed in reading, I tied his shoelaces together. When he tried to get up, he fell down and fractured his left leg. He couldn't attend classes for a month. I felt sad that my prank caused him so much trouble.
Eijaz Khan
My devilish moment was when I fought with my father and left the house. I hated him for not understanding me and didn't speak to him for two years. I used to be quite temperamental. It was later on that I realised that I shouldn't have overreacted. I love my father, and he stands by me when the situation demands. That moment taught me a lesson.
Shweta Tiwari
In life, we all do things we regret later. The only thing I shouldn't have done is known to everyone (she refers to her marriage to Raja Choudhary). But had I not made that mistake, there's so much in life I wouldn't have learnt. On every Dussehra we burn Ravan. Likewise, we finish the old mistakes and move on and make new ones. That's how we learn.
