Rani Mukerji opens up about closeness to Sridevi

With the sudden loss of actress Sridevi shaking up the entire film fraternity, Rani Mukerji spoke to the media about her closeness with the actress and how she was looking forward to watching the forthcoming ‘Hichki’.

“I was very close to her personally. In fact, before she went to Dubai, she told me that she wants to see ‘Hichki’ and I told her that aap shaadi-vaadi karke  aa jao. Phir main aapko ‘Hichki’ dikhaati  hoon. ‘Hichki’ abhi taiyaar ho rahi  hai, (you go and perform the wedding, then I’ll show you ‘Hichki’ ‘Hichki’ is still getting ready).” Filmfare reports Mukerji expressing.

She went on to express, “I feel extremely sad that two people who loved me immensely, my dad and Sriji, whom I had thought she would have seen ‘Hichki’ and I would have got very genuine and very good reaction from them. Both of them are no more in my life. It’s a huge loss for me personally.”

Having had shared an extremely close rapport since she was a child, the actress explained, “For me Sriji has been my favourite since childhood. She actually knew me as a kid because I used to go in my school uniform to see her shooting because she has worked in my Shomu chacha’s film. I remember going with my school bag to watch her shoot and she remembered me as that kid. I connected with her in a very different way when I grew up and when I was an actor.”

“She used to immensely love my work. There was a lot of love that I received from her. In fact, she used to call me Laddu. I’m going to miss that because the day, the time I got to know about her demise it was the most shocking and the most tragic thing for me to hear. I still can’t believe that we are talking about her demise. I feel very surreal that we are talking about her in the past tense. I was looking forward to showing her my film because she called me after seeing my trailer and said, ‘Laddu, I have to see this movie’ and I said that yes maa, as soon as the movie is ready, I will show you. It’s a huge loss not only for the film industry but for us as a family who belong to the films. Film industry is like a family,” she added.

Mukerji has plans on celebrating her 40th birthday in March, however, has now decided against it. “I’m just been hurt by what has happened with my favourite. I don’t think I will be able to celebrate this year. Too many loses that I have dealt with it this time,” the actress revealed.

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