After laying his wife Sridevi to rest, husband Boney Kapoor had issued a heartbreaking statement and today daughter Janhvi Kapoor penned an emotional letter remembering her mother.
The 54-year-old actress died on 24 February after drowning in her hotel bathtub in Dubai.
Janhvi writes:
"There's a gnawing hollowness in my chest that I know I'll have to learn how to live with. Even with all this emptiness, I feel your love. I feel you protecting from sadness and pain. Every time I close my eyes, I have only good things to remember''.
Read the full letter here:
Besides the note, she also captioned the photo:
"On my birthday, the only thing I ask of all of you is that you love your parents. Cherish them and devote yourself to making them feel that love. They have made you. And I ask that you remember my mother fondly, pray for her soul to rest in peace. Let the love and adulation you'll shower on her continue and please know that the biggest part of my mother was the love she shared with papa."
She also urged fans and well-wishers to refrain from tarnishing her Mumma's image and requested people to respect the relationship Boney Kapoor and Sridevi shared
"And their love is immortal because there was nothing like it in the whole world. Nothing as joyful and pure and no two people as devoted to one another as they were. Please respect that because it hurts to think anyone would ever try to tarnish it. Preserving the sanctity of what they had would mean the world not only to my mother but also to a man who's entire being revolved around her, and her two children who are all that remains of their love. Me and Khushi have lost our mother but papa has lost his "Jaan". She was so much more than just an actor or a mother or a wife. She was the ultimate and the best in all these roles. It mattered a great deal to her to give love and to get love. For people to be good and gracious and kind."
"She didn't understand frustration or malice or jealousy. So let's be that. Let's be full of only good and give only love. That would make her happy, to know that even in death, she gave you all something. The courage and inspiration to fill yourselves with nothing but love and rid yourselves of bitterness in any way and form. That's what she stood for. Dignity, strength and innocence."
She also thanked the fans of Sridevi and wrote, “Thank you for the love and support everyone has shown us in the past couple of days. It’s given us hope and strength and we can’t thank you all enough.”
Janhvi will be making her debut this year opposite Ishaan Khatter.