Janhvi Kapoor recalls Sridevi wanted to convert her Chennai mansion into a hotel

Janhvi Kapoor

has opened up her childhood home in Chennai home to fans via a rental service. The plus home was bought by

Sridevi

and the late actress wanted to convert it into a

hotel

before her untimely demise in 2018.
Shedding light on her mother’s plans, Janhvi shared at an event, “I remember we’ve spent a lot of mom’s birthdays there, my birthday, dad’s birthday.

Towards the end of it, we couldn’t really spend as much time there because we had to refurbish the house. So mom was thinking of doing a lot of things. She wanted to make it a hotel.”
Boney Kapoor

ended up fulfilling Sridevi’s wish and renovated the entire house. The filmmaker also celebrated his birthday at this Chennai bungalow, Janhvi shared, “I remember he kept saying, ‘I need to do it for her. I need to do it for her.’ And then when he did up the whole house, and I think we brought in his birthday there, and it was the first time, I think, he tried celebrating his birthday after she passed. I have this vivid memory that after 2-3 years, it was the first time I saw my dad allowing himself to start enjoying himself again.”
This Chennai home was Sridevi’s first investment in a house and she artistically decorated the home. But the Kapoor family had to redo it entirely due to leakage and maintenance issues.