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National Tourism Day: Tisca Chopra, Divya Dutta, Abhishek Banerjee recall their first solo and buddy trips

From Jaipur in college, to Vaishno Devi after class 12- here are some of your favourite actors recalling the first ever solo or buddy trip they undertook.

Published on: Jan 25, 2025, 15:23:09 IST
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Abhishek Banerjee

Divya Dutta, Abhishek Banerjee
Divya Dutta, Abhishek Banerjee

The first trip I ever took was to Vaishno Devi, right after graduating from 12th standard. I went with my friend, who is now a senior advocate. He was the more street smart Delhi boy and I was the more simple Bengali boy. He actually suggested the trip to pray for our results. I remember we stayed in Jammu at a Dharamshala, and ate some amazing food. We did the trek to Vaishno Devi temple and sought blessings. That three days trip made me fall in love with the hills. Since then, I make sure to head to the mountains whenever I can. Unfortunately, we didn’t have camera phones then, so the memories are etched in our minds rather than the camera.

Sharib Hashmi

If I have to share my first ever solo trip, it was to Edinburgh, after a hectic shoot in Dundee, Scotland. But within India, it was a solo trip to Panna National Park in Madhya Pradesh. I work hard, so I had felt the need then to leave the city for some nature therapy and to get the much needed me-time. It turned out to be so good, that now I count is as one among my best trips.

Aahana Kumra

My first ever solo trip was to Paris, but within India, I went to Jaipur with my best friends. She is a great swimmer, and her swimming championship national were happening, many years back. It was so fun, soaking in the culture, everything was so new for me, especially the feeling of managing everything ourselves.

Divya Dutta

My first such trip was a buddy trip in college. Two of my friends and I decided to go to Rajasthan. We first went to Jaipur’s Hawa Mahal... we had read so much about it in our textbooks, and it was as beautiful in real life. We binged on a lot of food from Choki Dhani, went shopping. Being a student, it was such a unique experience now that I think about it... staying at small hotels, hopping into any kind of rickshaw, then calling up parents in the evening to tell them how the day was!

 
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Rishabh Suri

Rishabh Suri is an Assistant Editor, film critic, and professional overthinker of plot points. He writes for HT City, keeping pace with an industry where news cycles expire long before the popcorn gets cold. He completed his graduation in English Honours from Kirori Mal College, followed by a Master’s degree in English Literature-effectively training his brain to over-analyse classic texts before applying those exact same skills to 3-hour Bollywood blockbusters. He got into the profession when he had barely graduated from college and has been at HT ever since. At HT, Rishabh reviews films with a simple rule: skip the dense academic jargon and get straight to the point. Beyond reviews, as Assistant Editor, he helps navigate the broader circus of showbiz, tracking everything from OTT shifts to sudden box office panics. In a beat driven by loud PR machinery and carefully scripted answers, Rishabh prefers cutting through the noise to focus on how stories get made and why trends shift. When he isn’t writing against a deadline, he is usually sitting in a dark theater, compulsively memorising dialogues. For Rishabh, analysing movies isn't just a day job- it’s a habit he couldn't turn off even if he tried.

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