Mumbai, March 3 -- Waking up at 6am on the day of Holi, actor Bhumi Satish Pednekkar

recalls filling up buckets of water balloons to engage in the ensuing festive bedlam. "My sister Samiksha and I would play with our friends from the building (in Mumbai). And my mother would fill buckets of water and pour it on us from the balcony," the 36-year-old tells us, adding, "We weren't allowed to use colour, so we played with rose petals and genda phool. And pichkaris, of course!"

She is all set to celebrate Holi with her friends in the city today. "There's no escaping it! Now, I play with organic colours and I'm constantly telling my friends to fill a large bucket or inflatable mini pools to play," says the actor last seen in web series Daldal...