Days after Menka Irani’s demise, her son Sajid Khan took to Instagram and shared a heart-wrenching note dedicated to her. Scroll down to read more.
Sajid Khan and Farah Khan’s mother, Menka Irani, took her last breath on July 26, 2024, at the age of 79. Soon after the news of her demise surfaced online, several B-town celebs, including Shah Rukh Khan with his family, Akshay Kumar, Hrithik Roshan, and many more, arrived to pay their last respects. Days after their mother’s demise, Sajid Khan, for the first time, took to his official social media handle to address his loss. He also shared a heart-wrenching note dedicated to his mother.
On August 4, 2024, Sajid took to his Instagram handle and shared a throwback picture of him with his mom. In this precious childhood memory, his mother was seen wrapping her arm around the filmmaker’s shoulder while both radiated beautiful smiles for the picture. Sharing the post, Sajid expressed with a heavy heart, “Still can’t believe you are gone…love u forever mummy…” In the background, he also added Olivia Erla O’Byrne’s song “Mother of Mine.”
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On July 26, following the news of Menka Irani’s demise, several actors from B-town, including Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Rani Mukerji, Fardeen Khan, and Shah Rukh Khan with his wife Gauri Khan and daughter Suhana Khan, visited Farah’s house in Mumbai. Several film and TV fraternity stars also expressed their grief and stood by the Khan family.
The news of Menka’s passing came days after Farah and Sajid celebrated her 79th birthday on July 12, 2024. Farah shared a post on Instagram praising her mother as one of the strongest and bravest ladies in the world. She wrote, “We all take our mothers for granted..especially me! This last month has been a revelation of how much I love my mom, Menka.. she’s been the strongest, bravest person I’ve ever seen.. a sense of humour intact even after multiple surgeries. Happy birthday mom! Today’s a good day to come back home (accompanied by a red-heart emoji) can’t wait for you to get strong enough to start fighting with me again. I love you (accompanied by a red-heart emoji).”
Meanwhile, Sajid penned, “Happy Birthday mummy…”
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For those who are unaware, Farah and Sajid Khan’s mother, Menka, was the sister of child actors Daisy Irani and Honey Irani. Menka also worked as an actor in the film Bachpan (1963), which starred Salman Khan’s father and scriptwriter, Salim Khan.
