
New Delhi: Actor Rani Mukerji today remembered Bollywood diva Sridevi as a "guiding
light" in her life, saying her untimely death is the most painful thing
she has dealt with after her father's demise.
The
actor said she felt close to Sridevi, known has India's first female
superstar, considered her an "inspiration personally and
professionally."
"For me it's the most painful thing I have dealt with after my
dad's passing away. And her face is coming in front of me again and
again. The love she had for me was so tremendous and intense that I feel
somewhere I have lost a guiding light in my life.
"She has been my inspiration personally and professionally. She was very
close to me. She was like my 'maasi'. She was someone I looked up to. I
just feel there is one more person I have lost in my life I loved and
who loved me back," Rani told PTI.
The 54-year-old actor passed away in her hotel room in the Jumeirah Emirates Towers late on Saturday.
PTI