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.

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.

Farah Khan’s mother Menka dies after prolonged illness

Farah Khan’s mother Menka died on Friday. Recently, she had featured on Farah’s vlog.

Choreographer-turned-filmmaker Farah Khan and Sajid Khan’s mother, Menka Irani, died on Friday, July 26 at 3 am. She was 79. Filmmaker and casting director, Mukesh Chhabra, confirmed the news to IndiaToday.in.

She had been unwell for quite some time and was in the hospital. She was the sister of child actors, Daisy Irani and Honey Irani.

Farah’s mother had also featured in her vlog a few days back.

The choreographer-director had taken to social media to wish her mother on her birthday on July 12, and even hinted at her failing health.

Sharing photos with her, she wrote, “We all take our mothers for granted..especially me! This last month has been a revelation on how much i lov my mom Menka.. she s been the strongest, bravest person iv ever seen.. sense 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 Lov u.”

Farah often spoke about the difficult times she, her brother Sajid and her mother Menka faced after the death of her father. She told Radio Nasha, “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.”