Farah Khan’s mother Menaka Irani dies in Mumbai at the age of 79

Farah Khan and Sajid Khan's mother, Menaka Irani, has died at the age of 79. She was the sister of child actors Daisy Irani and Honey Irani.

By: Entertainment Desk

New Delhi | Updated: July 26, 2024 04:28 PM IST

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Farah Khan's mother raised her and her brother, Sajid Khan, after their father's death.

Choreographer-director Farah Khan and director Sajid Khan’s mother, Menaka Irani, died on Friday in Mumbai. She was 79. Menaka was the sister of child actors Daisy Irani and Honey Irani. She also worked as an actor in the film Bachpan (1963), which also starred Salman Khan’s father and scriptwriter Salim Khan. She later married filmmaker Kamran. As per reports, Menaka had been ailing for some time.

The veteran actor celebrated her 79th birthday only two weeks ago. Farah had taken to social media to share pictures, writing, “We all take our mothers for granted, especially me! This last month has been a revelation on how much I love my mom Menaka.. she s been the strongest, bravest person I’ve ever seen. sSense of humour intact even after multiple surgeries. Happy birthday mom! Today’s a good day to come back home ♥️ can’t wait for you to get strong enough to start fighting with me again. I love you♥️.”

More details about her death are awaited.

Farah has often spoken about how she, her brother Sajid, and their mother dealt with the financial repercussions of her father Kamran Khan’s death due to alcoholism. “Yes, I belonged to a filmy family, but by the time I turned five, we were the poor cousins. We’d lost all our money, dad’s film had flopped. We had a riches to rags story. So, they (rest of the family) were all rocking, and we were the charity cases. Sajid and me and our mother were the charity cases. But, of course, they were very nice to us. They let us stay in their house,” she told Radio Nasha.

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