Rasika Dugal will not spend Diwali 2026 at home in Mumbai. The actor has started shooting her next series in Scotland, an untitled project that keeps her away from family during the festival.
In a statement, Dugal said Diwali has always been an occasion for family time, and she will miss the rhythms of the season at home.
- Good food
- Catching up with loved ones
- The little traditions that make Diwali feel like Diwali
“Diwali has always been a special time to be with family,” she said. “There is something very comforting about being home during the festive season.”
Why she calls it a working Diwali
Dugal framed the overseas schedule as part of an actor’s professional reality. Work often takes performers away during important occasions, she said, and this year she is choosing to look at the timing differently.
“It will be a working Diwali, but if you look at it another way, there is nothing better than doing what you love on an auspicious day,” she said. Dugal added that she hopes to bring some of the festive spirit to the set and that film units usually find moments of warmth even in a hectic schedule.
She also said she will make up for the missed family time once she returns to Mumbai.
The familiar face behind the new project
Hindi cinema audiences know Dugal best as Beena Tripathi from the Mirzapur franchise. She was recently associated with Mirzapur: The Movie, and her new series gives her another long-form role outside that universe.
Details of the Scotland-set project remain limited: the title and other cast members have not been announced. That makes the timing of the shoot the main news for now.
What it signals for Hindi cinema
For readers who follow the industry closely, Dugal’s statement is a small but telling marker of the streaming era. Projects run through festive weeks, and actors increasingly speak openly about the trade-off between home rituals and production calendars. The festival itself becomes a normal working day, with celebration improvised on set rather than at home.
The statement matters less for the untitled series, about which little is known, and more for what it says about the modern Hindi screen economy. Theatrical release calendars still treat Diwali as a marquee window; streaming and series production, by contrast, often keep rolling through the holiday. Dugal’s comments show how actors manage that reality personally: they acknowledge the loss of family time, then reframe the day as purposeful work.
Source: bollywoodHungama.com
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