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Sriji has been my favourite since my childhood. She knew me as a kid because I used to go in my school uniform and bag and watch her shoot. She worked in one of the productions of my uncle, Shomu Mukherjee. She remembered me as that kid, said Rani.
However, Rani connected with her again much later, after she had become an actress, "in a very different way. "She loved my work immensely and I received lot of love from her. She used to call me laddoo; she would say, Arre my laddoo' each time I met her and I am going to miss that, said Rani, who is not on any social media platform and chose to speak about her memories in a personal interaction unlike the rest of the film industry who posted condolence messages on social media.
"I was actually looking forward to show her my film. She called me after seeing the trailer and said, 'Laddoo, I have to see this movie'. I told her, 'Yes maa as soon as the movie is ready, I can show it you'," said Rani, further adding, "It is a huge loss not only for the movie industry but also for us as a family who belong to the films. Anybody who departs we feel that sense of loss and for me especially because I had a personal connect with her.
Not many may know this but Sridevi has also been a great support to Rani since she became a mother two years ago. "Since I had a child, she's been very supportive these last two years. She has been so inspirational. The kind of love that she has given to me and Adira (daughter) has been phenomenal. She was literally like my elder sister, like an elder maasi (aunty) to Adira, she was a pillar of support to me in the last two years, said Rani, who would have definitely wanted the reaction and feedback for her film from the veteran actress she always looked up to.
"I feel extremely sad that two people who loved me immensely, my dad and Sriji, who would have given their genuine reaction for my movie, both are missing from my life now. It's a huge loss for me, Rani mourned. She added, "For us to even fathom something like this happened is too difficult to digest. What I went through with my dad three months back is something very difficult to accept. But that is what life is. It tells you the most important truth, you have to accept it even if you don't want to.
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