April 1st is also known as All Fool's Day in the west. Shenanigans performed on April Fool's Day vary from the plain, (such as saying, "there's a fly in your teacup!"), to the highly schemed pranks. Setting a roommate's alarm clock back an hour is a common gag. Whatever the tomfoolery, the prankster usually ends it by yelling to his victim, "April Fool!"

It's common to play practical jokes on April Fool's Day. Sometimes, detailed matter-of-fact jokes are played on friends or relatives that last the whole day. One must remember that April Fool's Day is a 'for-fun-only' celebration with no offence meant.

Gita Hari catches some funsters from Tellywood who have had a good laugh at other's cost. And not to forget, at times they too have been the butt of jokes.

Mrinal Kulkarni In my college days in Pune, we friends were in the habit of going trekking in the hills nearby. During the time I had fallen in love with the man whom I eventually married, we wanted to be left to ourselves. On April Fool's Day, we (my husband asked the boys and I asked the girls) asked the rest of the gang to meet us at Sinhagad Fort. They landed up there but both of us went to a secluded place elsewhere.

On me being fooled, I think I am too smart to be fooled. It's all in good humour as one of our friends' birthday falls on April 1st and either we play a prank on him or sometimes he does the same with us by inviting us for a party at some restaurant and not turning up.

Suresh Menon I think the biggest April Fool's joke is on us, played by Team India not even making it to the first eight series. Next is Abhishek Bachchan and Ash's wedding, wasting reems of column space in the media.

When I was in school, my brother fooled me by telling me that the report was due that day (April 1st) and that I had failed in 4 subjects. I was scared out of my wits and sat waiting for the postman when he said that results were still a week ahead.

As for me, it happened recently on the sets of Kaun Banega Champu for Sahara One. I was having Thums Up from a glass and the assistant director thought I was boozing. I went with the flow and pretended to be drunk. It was fun to see his expressions. Even otherwise, it's a fool's day almost everyday on the sets.

Sushmita Daan My co-stars in the CID Special Bureau on Sony all teamed up against me when I was new to the show. Sachin Sharma made calls to me and said he was an ardent fan of mine (Mithi of Saans) and that wanted to marry me, blah…blah. He kept sending me sms and I told everyone in the cast without knowing they were the ones who planned it. I was about to complain when they revealed and I was on the verge of tears.

The reverse happened when Sharad Kelkar joined our show. He did not have my cell number, so we decided to fool him by saying I was in love with him, etc. etc. and he said he was already seeing someone (Keerti) and that I should not call him up. Later when he came to know, we all had a good laugh.

Anoop Soni I have learnt to be a prankster from Ajay Devgan when I worked with him in Gangaajal. When I was shooting for Remix, my present house at Oshiwara was being done up and I stayed at Yari Raod. The cast knew about it and on Food's Day, I invited them over for a house-warming party to the new house, when actually it was in the renovation stage. All the young kids of Remix had great regards for me and they promised to be there after their shoot, even if it was late. My wife Ritu was against this prank.

But around 10.30pm, Shweta Gulati called me up and said she had just returned from her shoot and was it ok if she came in a bit late. Then Ritu got upset with me and I called up everyone and said it was just an April Fool's joke.

No, fortunately, I have not been the victim of anyone's fooling so far.

Shilpa Shinde When I was in college, a friend we knew was going around with someone invited us for her wedding on that day. She even went to the extent of printing a dozen invitation cards. We landed at the venue all decked up only to find nothing was happening there. Of course we were all very angry but then we realized it was done masti mein because it April 1st. This year I am planning to do something but I will reveal after it's over with.

Ashiesh Roy This year I have been fooled in advance - Munisha Khatwani smsed me yesterday saying that the Indian cricket team has been qualified for Super 8 of the World Cup, since another country's players have failed the doping test and that I should tune in to a particular channel. I was so excited that I didn't scroll down to the bottom of the sms, dropped everything and spent two foolish hours surfing every news channel. And of all the Fools' Day gags I have played over the years, my favourite ones remain substituting vinegar for water, white glue for milk and dog pee for perfumes.