Janhvi Kapoor, the eldest daughter of late Bollywood actress Sridevi has paid a heartbreaking tribute to her mother just a week after her death. Ahead of her 21st birthday, Janhvi has taken to Instagaram to share her thoughts to followers about the loss of her mum, revealing the ‘hollow emptiness’ she now feels without her a week after she died by accidental drowning in Dubai.
Jhanvi posted an image of a message, which read: ‘There’s a gnawing hollowness in my chest that I know I’ll have to learn how to live with. Even with all the emptiness, I still feel your love… Every time I close my eyes, I only have good things to remember. ‘You were too good, too pure, too full of love. That’s why he took you back. But at least we had you.’
‘My friends always said I’m perpetually happy, and now I realise it was because of you. ‘I didn’t have to rely on anyone or anything because the only person I ever needed was you. You are part of my soul. My best friend. My reason for everything. ‘The imprint you left on us is so strong, it might nust be enough to keep us going, but never enough to be fully whole.’ She signed off: ‘I love you, my everything.’ Along with the message Jhanvi shared several pictures of her and her sister with Sridevi, and others of her parents together. Her message also comes just days before she’s due to turn 21, on 7 March. She followed the images with a lengthy caption imploring fans to ‘love your parents’ as well as asking them to ‘remember my mother fondly.’ The caption read: ‘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 showered on her continue and please know that the biggest part of my mother was the love she shared with papa. 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. ‘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,’ she added in the caption.
Sridevi died on 24 February with the cause later ruled as accidental drowning after she was found dead in the bath. 54-years-old Sridevi was survived by her 62-year-old husband, Boney Kapoor and daughters Khushi, 17, and Jhanvi, 20.