Badhaai Ho actor Ayushmann Khurrana pays tribute to Surekha Sikri: ‘A complete boho, chiller’
Bollywood actors Ayushmann Khurrana, Neena Gupta and Gajraj Rao paid tribute to their Badhaai Ho co-actor Surekha Sikri as she handed away on Friday following a cardiac arrest. She was 75. Whereas Khurrana remembered the late actor by sharing an previous video of her reciting Faiz’s ‘Mujhse Pahli Si Mohabbat’ poem, Rao penned an extended observe recalling his days with Sikri throughout the shoot of the 2018 movie Badhaai Ho.
Khurrana additionally shared a nonetheless from Badhaai Ho and wrote how Sikri was as progressive as her character within the film. He additionally requested his followers to observe the late actor recite Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s poem. In an extended observe on Instagram, the actor wrote, “In each movie we now have a household and we find yourself spending extra time with the movie household than our personal households. One such stunning household was in Badhai Ho. Out of all my movies, it was the proper household with an ideal forged. Surekha Sikri was the pinnacle of our household, who was extra progressive than your complete household tree. You realize what, that was her in actual life too. An entire boho. A chiller. Younger at coronary heart.”
Sharing his final reminiscence of Sikri, the actor added, “I bear in mind when she was boarding an auto rickshaw after the screening of our movie, Tahira and I gave her a elevate again residence and we mentioned “ma’am you’re the actual star of our movie” and he or she replied “want I get extra work.” Tahira and I have been speechless. We watched her frail manner strolling in the direction of her constructing. That’s my final reminiscence of her. I might request you to observe her recite Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s nazm “Mujh-se pehli si mohabbat mere mehboob na maang.” Aapko unse aur mohabbat ho jaayegi. An impeccable performer. A consummate artiste. A legend. You’ll be missed Surekha ma’am. 🤍 Thanks for the gorgeous recollections.🙏🏽 #RIPSurekhaSikri”.
Rao, who essayed the function of Sikri’s son within the Amit Sharma directorial, shared how the late actor had “child-like enthusiasm.” He additionally recalled that regardless of having labored within the movie business for therefore a few years, the veteran actor “had no airs about her stature or infinite expertise as an actress.”
Sharing a collection of images with Sikri, Rao wrote on Instagram, “Making a movie is like travelling in a practice, the place the journey is a vacation spot in itself. You meet every kind of co-passengers right here. Some open up their tiffins and hearts to you, whereas some guard their baggage and eye you with suspicion. Badhaai Ho will at all times be that particular practice journey which introduced me to a brand new station in life, and I’m actually grateful that we had somebody like Surekha ji because the emotional anchor of this ship. She was positively the youngest at coronary heart on the units, and had no airs about her stature or infinite expertise as an actress. Her craft was outlined by her years of homework and ‘riyaaz’ as an actress, mixed with child-like enthusiasm.”
He added, “As all journeys should finish finally, we bid goodbye to Surekha ji right now. Thanks, Surekha ji, for all of the knowledge and recollections you might have left us with. #rip #surekhasikri #badhaaiho @iamitrsharma.”
Neena Gupta shared a video remembering the late actor and her Badhaai Ho co-star. She mentioned she was at all times impressed by Sikri’s performing and regarded ahead to her work. In her youthful days, when each have been NSD college students, Gupta yearned to be an actor like Sikri. “Whereas capturing for Badhaai Ho, I used to maintain taking a look at her (Sikri). I acquired to study a lot from her and but there was a lot extra that I needed to study from right here,” Gupta shared within the video. Moreover Badhaai Ho, Gupta and Sikri additionally labored collectively within the TV present Saat Phere.
Sanya Malhotra additionally mourned the demise of the Nationwide-Award successful actor as she posted the video of her soulful rendition of Faiz’s poem with a heartbroken emoji.
Badhaai Ho hit the screens in 2018 and introduced laurel to Sikri. She gained her third Nationwide Award for the Greatest Supporting Actor. Earlier, she grabbed the honour for her movies Tamas (1988) and Mammo (1995).