Farah Khan The choreographer-director and director Sajid Khan’s mother, Menaka Irani, died in Mumbai on Friday. She was 79 years old. Menaka was the sister of child actors Daisy Irani and Honey Irani. She worked as an actor in the film Bachpan (1963), which starred Salman Khan’s father and scriptwriter Salim Khan. She married filmmaker Kamran later. According to the report, Menaka Irani has been unwell for a few days.
The retired actor celebrated her 79th birthday two weeks ago. Farah Khan shared pictures and wrote on social media, “We all take our mothers for granted, especially me! This last month has been a strong match for how much I love my mom, Menaka. She’s been the strongest, bravest person I’ve ever seen. Happy birthday, mom! Today’s a good day to come back home. I can’t wait for you, mom, to get strong enough to start fighting again with me. I love you.”
Farah has often spoken about how she, her brother Sajid, and their mother went through the financial consequence of her father’s death due to alcoholism. I belonged to a filmy family, but by the time I turned five, we were the poor cousins. We have lost all money; dad’s film also became flopped. So, the rest of the family were all rocking, and for sure we were the charity case. Sajid, me, and our mother were the charity cases. But, yes, they were good enough. They let us stay in their house,” she told Radio Nasha.
