Children's Day special: Celebs share their fondest childhood memory

MUMBAI: How we all miss those carefree and innocent childhood days, and those memories that we created. But then there are some memories which are so deeply etched in our hearts that even a thought of it brings a smile to our face. So with Children's Day being celebrated on Saturday (November 14), celebs share their fondest childhood memory, read on: 

Savi Thakur: There is one naughty memory of my childhood which I want to share. I went to a park one day, and there was a girl who was eating a bar of chocolate, I asked her to give me a bite, and when she refused I bit her on her cheeks. 

Avinash Mukherjee: It was my seventh or eighth birthday, I woke up around 7 p.m. and I was sad as there was no party planned. As a child, you expect gifts on your birthday, and I used to live with my grandparents so when I woke up in the evening, I went for a shower and when I came back I saw all my friends there, my grandparents had planned a surprise birthday for me.

Sucheeta Trivedi:  My fondest memory would be going with my father to his mill in Mulund and Byculla. It was a flour mill with the ceiling at a height of 20 feet. 

Ajay Singh Chaudhary: My father's family is from a farming background, so whenever we visited our village we used to do all desi things, like eat ghee, take a bath at the tube well, and play a lot of games, that is my fondest memory.

Akshit Sukhija: During school, we all used to enjoy going for a picnic but waking up in the morning on regular days was something very annoying but on the picnic day I used to wake up happily with a smiling face. And once we were taken to the Parle-G factory. That is my fondest childhood memory.

Ayush Gupta: My fondest memory is whenever my dad stepped out of the house I used to trouble him a lot and would ask him to take me along. I miss that stubborn behaviour.

Oye Kunaal: My fondest memory would be when I went on a school trip to Manali and that was memorable. 

Sohail Shaikh: The fondest memory of my childhood is I have a hill near my house so every Sunday I would go there with my brother, and collect items like leaves, stem or any natural and unique things which I found there and then I would make a craft item with all that. I used to make remote control motorboats with all the broken items. I used to make new things from the old ones.

Suraj Kakkar: My fondest memory is staying after school for a long time and exploring the whole school.

Rajshri Rani: I remember during summer vacation I went to Bua's place and I have two elder brothers there. Once they promised to take me to a park, when we reached the gate they said that won't take me inside, so I started crying and when I saw a bunch of people, I raised my volume and they started asking me whether I know them or not then I again started crying, then my brothers started to console me. That is my fondest memory.

Rohit Choudhary: I don't think it's a fond memory, but it's an innocent memory. As a kid, I used to stand in line outside a temple near our house to get prasad. But one day my father got to know about it and he scolded us. This memory is very close to me because it reminds me of the innocence of a child.

Pranitaa Pandit: When I was six years old there was a dance performance where I was about to perform Kathak and on the same day I got a bad fever and I thought I cannot do it but somehow my mom really motivated me to dance and I actually ended up dancing with 102 fever, and I did well, it made me feel so good.

Nishant Singh Malkhani: My fondest memory would be playing cricket with my younger brother. I was an overprotective brother, and even if he was out, I would side with him and say he is not.  

Saanand Verma: I used to sell books when I was eight years old and used to travel out of Patna for it. When I used to get enough money I used to go to sweet shops and eat lots of sweets. So my fondest memory is eating sweet.

Srishti Jain: Spending summers with my cousins at Nana and Nani's house is my fondest memory. They would make ice candies, pizza, and everything that we liked and they played board games and cards with us. My Nani makes amazing aam ki barfi. Also one of the fondest memories of my life is when my little sister came into this world! I was 10 and she was the most beautiful baby! Growing up with her was the best part of my childhood!

Kunal Thakkur: My grandfather owned a theatre in Mumbai and he would take me in his lap to watch all the movies first-day first show. The highlight for me would be sitting in the projection room with curious eyes and enjoying the wonders of cinema.