Despite Being His Stepmother, Arjun Kapoor Stood By Boney & Sridevi’s Daughters After Her Death
India’s one and only female Superstars Sridevi is no more now and people across the country are rushing to see their favorite heroine one last time. On February 25, the country woke up to the shocking news of one of a legendary actress of Bollywood Sridevi’s death. Indian cinema lost the versatile actress and gems Sridevi who breathe her last in a family function in Dubai.
It was just five months before her elder daughter Jhanvi Kapoor’s Bollywood debut, Sridevi died in Dubai. It’s been five days since she breathed her last, on February 24, 2018. Condolence messages still continue to pour in for Boney Kapoor, his two young daughters, and the Kapoor family. SRK, Karan Johar, Madhuri, Ranveer, Deepika lent their support to the Kapoors in their grieving time.
She was in Dubai to attend her nephew Mohit Marwah’s wedding when she suffered a cardiac arrest on Saturday night, leaving her family, fans, and Bollywood in shock. While her husband Boney Kapoor and younger daughter Khushi Kapoor accompanied Sridevi to the wedding in Dubai, Jhanvi decided to stay behind in Mumbai to shoot for her debut film Dhadak.
We all know that Sridevi is the second wife of Boney Kapoor who already had two children, Arjun Kapoor and Anshula Kapoor. Thus, Sridevi is a stepmother to Arjun Kapoor. Since the time Arjun made his debut in Bollywood, there were quite a few speculations about him not being a cordial relationship with his stepmother and her daughters.
Despite being their stepmother, the brother-sister duo stood by Boney Kapoor as he reached Mumbai with Sridevi’s mortal remains. Reportedly, Arjun Kapoor was shooting for “Namastey England” in Ludhiana but as he came to know about Sridevi’s death, he stopped the shooting and flew to Dubai to accompany Boney Kapoor in this tough time.
After hearing the sad news, Anshula accompanied with Janhvi at the residence of Anil Kapoor. Not only this, she also stayed close to Boney after he arrived in Mumbai. Mona, the first wife of Boney Kapoor and mother of Arjun and Anshula, passed away in 2012.
After several speculations and rumor, Arjun opened up about his equation with his stepmother Sridevi. Arjun revealed that he shared a cordial relationship with Sridevi and had never wished bad for anyone. Talking about their relation, he said, “It’s very cordial. I respect anybody in my father’s life the same way because he would expect me to do that. So I respect her and don’t wish ill towards anyone. That’s how I follow.”
When asked about the reports that she is quite encouraging of Arjun’s career and chats with her, Arjun clarified, I am sure she is but not me per se. As in, I’ve never sat down face to face with her and had a chat about how she liked my work or is she following. I am sure she is, but we never had like.”
It was indeed a tough time for the Kapoor family and people appreciated the way Arjun supported his father and step-sisters and was there all the time.