The
year
started
on
a
sad
note
for
the
Mukherjee
family.
Barely
two
months
after
Deb
Mukherjee
passed
into
the
ages,
his
older
brother
Rono
Mukherjee
passed
away
on
May
28.
His
prayer
meeting
was
held
in
Mumbai
on
June
3,
and
family
members
came
together
to
say
goodbye
one
final
time.
Kajol‘s
late
father
Shomu
Mukherjee
was
a
sibling
to
Rono
and
Deb
Mukherjee.
She’s
seen
here
with
her
cousin
and
Rono’s
son
Samrat
Mukherjee.
Tanishaa
Mukerji.
Rono
Mukherjee’s
daughter
Sharbani
Mukherjee.
Deb
Mukherjee’s
son
Ayan
Mukerji.
His
sister
Sunita
Gowarikar.
Sunita
consoles
Sharbani.
Joy
Mukherjee’s
son
Sujoy
Mukherjee
with
wife
Supriya.
Rani
Mukerji’s
mother
Krishna
Mukherjee.
Bappi
Lahiri’s
son
Bappa
Lahiri
with
wife
Tanisha
Verma.
His
sister
Rema
Lahiri
with
husband
Govind
Bansal.
Left
to
right,
first
line:
A
guest,
Samrat
Mukherjee,
his
wife,
Tanishaa
Mukerji,
Sunita
Gowarikar
and
Sharbani
Mukherjee.
Back
row:
Bappa
Lahiri,
his
wife
Tanisha
Verma,
Supriya
Mukherjee,
her
husband
Sujoy
Mukherjee,
Ayan
Mukerji
and
Siddharth
Mukherjee.
Seen
here
is
Rono
Mukherjee’s
wife,
Shamita
(in
beige
sari).
Rituparna
Sengupta.
Sumona
Chakravarti.
Amit
Kumar.
Salim
Khan.
Jaya
Bachchan
with
daughter
Shweta
Bachchan
Nanda.
Biswajeet.
Bharat
Dabholkar.
Photographs:
Panna
Bandekar,
curated
by
Satish
Bodas/Rediff
