New Delhi: Farah Khan's mother Menaka Irani passed away on July 26, 2024 due to age-related ailments. The 79-year-old was mother to Farah and Sajid Khan. Menaka had singlehandedly brought up both of her children after their father, Kamran Khan's death. Farah Khan, who has been a successful choerographer and director for many years now, has always credited her success to her mother.
Farah Khan on his mother Menaka Irani
In a 2005 interview with NDTV, Farah Khan had spoken about her success and how she credited it all to her mother. Farah had spoken candidly about her mother and said, "I know I don’t say it often that I love you. If you were not in my life, if you were not the kind of person that you are, then Sajid and I would be different people. I know the hardships you have gone through to make sure that we were educated properly; that was important for us.”
Farah also thanked her mother for the 'values' she instilled in her children, calling her an 'honest' person, which left her mother teary-eyed. "The values that you’ve instilled in us. I know you’re the most honest I’ve ever met. And the sense of humour that you have, the joy with which you live your life, it moulded me. If I become half the woman that you are, I’ll be very proud,” she added.
When Farah Khan thanked Menaka
Farah's interview came after the choreographer switched from the profession to directing with the 2004 SRK, Sushmita Sen, Amrita Rao, Suniel Shetty and Zayed Khan film 'Main Hoon Na' which was a massive hit.
Menaka turned 79 on July 12, 2024. Farah Khan had shared a sweet note for her mother on her official soical media handle and where she wrote, "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 love you.”