“I still can’t believe Master ji is no more. Losing a friend, philosopher and guide like her is devastating,” wrote Madhuri Dixit for her Master ji, choreographer Saroj Khan, in a heart-rending post on Instagram. On the occasion of Guru Purnima on Sunday, the actress paid a tribute to her “guide and friend” Saroj Khan, who died of a cardiac arrest on July 3 in Mumbai. She was 71.
She shared a candid picture from the sets of her TV show. In this picture, the teacher-student duo are hugging each other on the stage.
I had spoken to her daughter when she was in the hospital & she told me that Saroj ji would be fine. Two days later, she was gone. The Guru-shishya bond that we shared, the assurance that she would be my mother on the sets, I’ll miss everything. Today on the occasion of Guru Purnima, I pay my tribute to her. Nobody can make women look so beautiful, desirable & sensuous on-screen like her. She made everything look like poetry in motion. Smitten by her, I had told her, “Saroji ji, agar aap shakkar hoti na, I would add you in my cup of tea & drink it.” She would laugh heartily at this. I’ll miss that playful laughter.
