Kajol pens an emotional Father's Day tribute for her late dad Shomu Mukherjee, "he used to call me his tigress"

Kajol remembers her late father

Bollywood actress Kajol, who is gearing up for her upcoming film Maa, penned an emotional Father’s Day tribute to her late father, Shomu Mukherjee. She expressed gratitude towards her father for instilling confidence in her also recalled that her father used to call her his tigress.

The actress shared a throwback photo with her father and revealed how her late dad encouraged her to express herself loudly and proudly without a filter.

She wrote in the caption, “Confidence is the one thing people say I have in abundance.. here’s to the man who gave it to me and taught it to me .. he used to call me his tigress and always told me to be as loud and proud as I wanted without a filter!”

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The actress concluded her post by adding hashtags, “#loveyouda #missyoueveryday #happyfathersday.”

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For the unversed, Kajol’s father, Shomu Mukherjee, was a prominent film director, producer, and writer. He was a significant contributor to Hindi cinema in the 1970s and 1980s and was known for films like Chaila Babu, Pathar Ke Insaan, and more. He was married to Kajol’s mom, Tanuja, after they met on the set of Ek Baar Muskura Do.

Shomu died in April 2008 after suffering a cardiac arrest. He was 64.