Yesteryear superstar Madhubala's 96-year-old eldest sister Kaniz Balsara
has landed in Mumbai
from Auckland, without any support and money whatsoever. The
senior lady was put on a flight by
her daughter-in-law Sameena.
Kaniz landed on January 29 at 8
pm. Kaniz's daughter Perveez who
stays in Mumbai's Bandra locality
was informed via a cousin and not
Sameena! How it all began and
ended is a horrendous story.
Kaniz went to New Zealand with
her husband 17-18 years ago.
Why? "Because she was so much
in love with her son Farook - my
brother- that she couldn't stay
without him. My brother too loved
Mummy very much. He took our
parents to NZ when they moved
there. He was a very respected man
working in the Correction Department in NZ. But my sister-in-law
Sameena did not like our parents,"
says Madhubala's niece Perveez.
According to Perveez, the horror tale began largely in New Zealand and Sameena refused to mend
her ways. "She never cooked food
for my parents at home. My brother Farook had to get food for
Mummy and Daddy from a nearby
restaurant. Sameena's daughter
(Kaniz's granddaughter) is now
married in Australia but she too
treated my mom badly; she was in
fact there with her brother (Sameena has 2 children) when Mummy
was made to leave the house and
put on an aircraft."
Continued Perveez, "I went to
NZ regularly, sometimes twice a
year. Mom came down twice. But
she could not come since the past
5 years as my brother said that it
might not be safe given her age, as
oxygen levels tend to fluctuate at
higher altitudes."
Madhubala's younger sister
Madhur Bhushan said, "I am
shocked beyond words that my sister has been treated in this manner."
Worse, Perveez tells us that her
cousin who informed her was
called by Sameena only 8 hours before the flight landed in Mumbai. "Sameena chose to give him
the message and not us.
Now, I
wasn't in Mumbai. I was in Palghar. My cousin was informed
around 12 noon on January 29. I
had barely 8 hours to rush and be
in Mumbai in time for the flight's 8 pm arrival."
Perveez says that Sameena's torture may have intensified after her
brother passed away this year on
January 8. "Imagine, it's not even a
month since my brother left us."
Worst, Perveez got a call from
the flight/airport authorities when
the flight landed and the official
in question told her that her mother has no money to pay for her RTPCR (COVID) test. "I sent the money inside and the first thing she
told me after her RTPCR was done was 'Beta, do you know that Farook mar gaya? Main usko kabar
mein dal ke aayi hoon. Plus, I am
very hungry. Can I get some
food?'."
Has Perveez called Sameena after this recent fracas? Replied Perveez, "Yes, I did. But does she care? If she cared, would she have
put a 96-year old lady alone on a
flight which started from Auckland
to Singapore to Bangkok to Colombo to Mumbai? God knows
how the airlines even agreed to put
Mummy on board without anybody accompanying her, especially in today's times of COVID. By
the way, Sameena said 'What money?' when I asked her about Mummy's funds. Sameena has kept everything that my mother had, including her jewellery." (Agencies)