Farah Khan's mother Menaka Irani dies days after 'multiple surgeries'
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Farah Khan and Sajid Khan's mother Menaka Irani died in Mumbai. She recently celebrated her birthday and was having health issues.
Menaka Irani, the mother of filmmakers Farah Khan and Sajid Khan, has died.
She was 79. The heartbreaking news comes days after Farah had revealed in an Instagram post that her mother had undergone 'multiple surgeries'.
On July 12, Menaka Irani had celebrated her birthday. Farah Khan has shared two photos with her mother along with a long note lauding her strength on Instagram.
She admitted she took her mother ‘for granted’ and wanted to see her strong again so that they could ‘start fighting’.
She wrote in her caption, "We all take our mothers for granted... especially me!"
Sharing how the family had a tough few weeks, Farah further wrote, "This last month has been a revelation on how much I love my mom Menka… she been the strongest, bravest person I have ever seen… sense of humor intact even after multiple surgeries.
“Happy birthday mom! Today’s a good day to come back home. I can’t wait for you to get strong enough to start fighting with me again... I love you."
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Farah's brother, Sajid Khan too had shared a photo of himself with Menaka and Farah on the occasion of his mother's birthday.
He wrote, “Happy Birthday mummy...”
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When Farah's mom wasn't keen on her marriage
Menaka Irani was the sister of actor Daisy Irani and screenwriter Honey Irani. Filmmakers Zoya and Farhan Akhtar are her niece and nephew. Menaka brought up Farah and Sajid singlehandedly after their father's death.
In an old interview, Farah had spoken about how her mother threatened to throw her out of the house if she married at 22. Talking to the YouTube channel of Nova IVF Fertility, earlier this year, Farah said that she was always a ‘work-oriented person’ and in her 20s, marriage and motherhood weren’t on her mind. But, she mentioned that the thought of marriage once crossed her mind at the age of 22 when her family had advised her against it.
She said, “Marriage was not on my mind at all. I think at 22 or something, I thought I would get married but I have a weird family. They got together and they said we will kick you out of the house if you get married this young, without doing anything in life. So they were the complete opposite of what normal parents would do... My mother said I’ll throw you out of the house. You have to make something of your life. You have to be financially independent before you get married.”
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