Unique, funny, and wittier than her and brother Sajid Khan put together is how filmmaker-choreographer Farah Khan remembered her mother Menka Irani, who died last month. Irani, who was the sister of child actors Daisy and Honey Irani, passed away on July 26 at Sajid Khan's residence in Mumbai due to prolonged illness. She was 79.
In her first social media post since her mother's death, Farah Khan said Irani was a "rare one". "My mom was a very unique person. Never wanted the limelight or any fuss around her.
Despite the hard knocks she faced in her early life she was a rare one who had no bitterness or envy towards anyone. Everyone who met her loved her and realised where we get our sense of humour from. Well hardly.
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She was far wittier n funny than both Sajid and I put together", she wrote on Instagram. The director, known for Main Hoon Na , Om Shanti Om, and Happy New Year, said she doesn't want time to "heal this lump" that will always stay in her heart. She also shared a series of photos with her mother -- including a black-and-white picture of a young Irani.
Farah added, "I don't want to miss her because she's always a part of me. Grateful to the universe for letting her be my mother and letting us look after her the way she single handedly looked after us all her life. No more mourning now.
I want to celebrate her every day." Irani, who also worked in the 1970 film Bachpan with veteran screenwriter Salim Khan and married filmmaker Kamran Khan, had undergone several su.