Zarine Khan, mother of Sussanne Khan and Zayed Khan, and former mother-in-law of actor Hrithik Roshan, passed away at 81. Zarine was the wife of actor-filmmaker Sanjay Khan, and had spent most of her life in the spotlight. Zarine was the loudest cheerleader of her son-in-law Hrithik, even though he and Sussanne parted ways after 14 years of marriage. For her, she would always be her “son.”

‘Hrithik stuttered and Sussanne was at her ugliest worst’

Hrithik and Sussanne fell in love at a young age, and it was back then that Hrithik pledged that he would marry her one day. In a 2012 interview with Filmfare, Zarine had shared, “When Sussanne was at her ugliest worst with her two front teeth protruding, a young Duggu ( Hrithik Roshan ) had told his friends, ‘She’s the girl I’ll marry

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