Janhvi Kapoor recalls ‘howling’ when she got the call about Sridevi’s death, reveals sister Khushi hasn’t cried since that day: ‘She started comforting me’

Janhvi Kapoor and Khushi Kapoor opened up about the death of Sridevi, and how they supported each other through this loss.

By: Entertainment Desk

New Delhi | Updated: January 4, 2024 09:43 AM IST

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Sridevi with her daughters Khushi (left) and Janhvi (right). (Photo: Khushi Kapoor/Instagram)

When veteran actor Sridevi passed away in February 2018, it was a shock to her family and fans, as she appeared healthy and was only 54 at the time. Janhvi and Khushi, her two daughters, recently appeared on the latest episode of Koffee with Karan and opened up about the day Sridevi passed away. Janhvi recalled that she got the call when she was in her room, and as soon as she hung up, she could hear her sister crying in the room next door.

“When I got the call, I was in my room, and I could hear wailing from Khushi’s room, and I think I barged into her room howling and crying. But what I do remember is, she looked at me and the minute she looked at me, she stopped crying. She just stopped crying. She sat next to me and started comforting me. And I have never seen her cry about it since,” Janhvi shared emotionally. Khushi said that even though she is the youngest, she felt like she had to “hold it together” for her family. “I think I felt like I had to hold it together for everyone because I feel like I have always been the strong one,” she shared as Karan said that this was a “tough burden to take at your age.”

The sisters also shared that when they “get emotional about things, they don’t show it to each other.” The Archies actor was 18 when Sridevi passed away, and she said that it took her a while to accept her new reality. “It took me a while when it happened to kind of accept it. I think it did suddenly hit me after a while but I was a little confused I don’t know. But I had Janhvi, I had Dad so they were just kind of there to help me,” she said.

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Karan mentioned reading an old interview of Sridevi, where the late actor had shared that Khushi was “more emotionally equipped” to be in the film industry than Janhvi, implying that even though Khushi was younger, she was more emotionally mature. “The dynamics have changed so much since she has passed. She is equally my baby and my mom at times. And I am equally her baby and her mom at times,” Janhvi said as she spoke about her current equation with Khushi.

Sridevi passed away in UAE in 2018 days after attending a family wedding.

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