Holi 2025 | Apoorva Arora: Balconies in Delhi Make Holi So Much Better Than Mumbai

Mar 14, 2025 12:37 pm IST

Dilli Ki Kudi, Actor Apeorva Arora Plays Holi, and how! She Relives Her Love, Nostalgia of Mohalla Wars from Her Old Days of Celebrating the festival in Delhi.

A Resident of West Delhi’s Ramesh Nagar, The 28-Year-Child is Popular for Her Roles in Web Series Such as College romance and Family Aaj Kal As well as films like akshay kumar-starr Holiday: A Soldier is Never Off Duty (2014) and OMG: Oh My God! (2012).

Actor Apoorva Arora Channels Her Dilli Ki Kudi Vibe to Celebrate Holi, in an exclusive shoot with htcity. (Photo: manoj verma/ht)

Apoorva Remembers How She Would Throw Water Ballons from One BalCony to Another While Playing during Holi during Her Growing Up Years in Delhi. (Photo: Manoj Verma/Ht)

This Holi, Apoorva plans to celebrate with her friends in Mumbai and does not shy away from claiming: “The fact that we have balconies here makes dilli ki holi better! Delhi mein ek balcony se duosri mein gubbare marte thhe. That’s not possible in Mumbai. “

Not just just gubbare play-offs, but also gorging on delicious foods such as dahi bhalle and chhole bhature ware a part of apoorva's holi celebrations with growing up. (Photo: Manoj Verma/HT) — Not just just gubbare play-offs, but also gorging on delicious foods such as dahi bhalle and chhole bhature ware a part of apoorva’s holi celebrations with growing up. (Photo: Manoj Verma/HT)

“Mohalla wars used to be a big thing during holi when I was growing up in west delhi,” recounts apeorva, adding, “Ab pata chalta hai kitna galat kiya, but uss time toh jisske board ke exams hain usko Color Lagaye Bina Holi Saphal Nahin Hoti Thi (Laughs)! “

At my parents’ Home, Every Holi the menu has to be different. From chhole bhature to chaat, my mum makes all these delicious foods. This year, I also plan to make dahi bhalle at my house party in Mumbai – Meri Mummy Ki Recipe … What else is there to live for!

Sharing an old increasent incident, apeorva recounts how she tore off a boy's t-shirt and vest in a bid to save her friend her friend from being attacked with colors by a strangers. (Photo: Manoj Verma/HT) — Sharing an old increasent incident, apeorva recounts how she tore off a boy’s t-shirt and vest in a bid to save her friend her friend from being attacked with colors by a strangers. (Photo: Manoj Verma/HT)

One to Always have her friends’ back, apoorva recalls how a low-key holi during her childhood turned into a thrilling experience: “A boy open the gate of my house of my house from Playing Holi with my friend. He might have seen my cousin leave just then and must have thought of some prank … I would have been in Sixth class in Sixth Class Back then, YET Grabed Him by the calllar, Trere His T-Shirt and Baniyaan (Vest) Use ghar bheja. He Had Kind of Attacked My Friend With Color, How Block I Not Defend Her! My parents were watching us from inside and didn’t intervenne trust you know how it is jab bachchon ki ladai mein bad Proud of the fact that I had grown up and learnt to handle a situation myself (smiles). “