“I’m very honoured to receive the Sridevi memorial excellence award at the inaugural Jharkhand International Film Festival. Sri ma’am was my favourite and I’m really, really humbled at receiving this award in her name. It’ll only encourage me to do more,” said Priyanka Chopra in a video message yesterday May 27 at the awards night of Jharkhand International Film Festival. Priyanka’s mother Mrs Madhu Chopra and brother Sidharth Chopra received the award on her behalf. Mr Mahesh Bhatt gave away the award.

Dr Ashok Chopra Award was given away by Mrs Madhu Chopra to popular singer actress Sapna Chaudhury. “Thanks a lot for instituting an award in the name of my father. It means a lot to us as a family,” Priyanka said in her message.

Earlier this year, the news of veteran actress Sridevi suddenly passing away in Dubai came as a shock. With the news of her passing away, the entire film industry was rattled, however it was one of those rare moments that everyone in the industry banded together to offer their condolence to the bereaved family. While Sridevi will surely be missed on screen, numerous organisations have been honouring her body of work posthumously. Now, the latest to honour the actress is the BRICS Business Forum Leadership Awards.

Honouring the late megastar Sridevi with a Lifetime Achievement award at the BRICS Business Forum Leadership Awards for her illustrious 50 year career in Indian cinema, the event bestowed a memento on the late actress. Reena Marwah, sister of producer Boney Kapoor, received the award and memento from Larisa Zelentsova, President of the International Alliance of BRICS (Strategic Projects) and Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office Dr. Jitendra on behalf of the Kapoor family. As for the BRICS Alliance Business Forum, the organization aims to bring together business leaders, business facilitators, investors, entrepreneurs, and professionals from around the world.

Sridevi’s sudden demise shocked the entire industry. It has been more than two months now and we still don’t know how to react to this unfortunate event. Imagine what must be the plight of her husband Boney Kapoor and daughters Janhvi and Khushi Kapoor. Recently, Sri was presented with best actress title at the coveted National Awards posthumously for her contribution to her last movie Mom. Her husband and daughters were in the capital to receive it on her behalf. Boney was visibly emotional while he accepted the certificate from The President. Janhvi Kapoor was approached by press to share her feelings about the same. She thanked everyone for the award and also spoke how special the film Mom was for her mother. Boney tried to nudge her more to talk but she was unable to do so. She told press that she does not want to discuss the topic further.

Janhvi Kapoor said, “I think both of us (Khushi and I) would like to thank the jury for recognizing the hard work, perseverance and dedication that my mother has put into this role. It was very special to her and we are very happy that she is being appreciated for it.” On work front, she will be seen in Karan Johar’s Dhadak opposite Shahid Kapoor’s kid brother Ishaan Khatter. It is an adaptation of Marathi movie Sairat and is helmed by Shashank Khaitan. Though she received a major setback after her mom’s death, she did not let it reflect it professionally. She was back on the sets in no time and continued with her shoot.