‘I couldn’t be present for his final rites’: Sana Saeed shares Heartbreaking Ordeal about Father’s Loss in Isolation

The Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and Student of The Year actor Sana Saeed lost her father amid the nationwide lockdown due to the Coronavirus pandemic. She was stuck in Los Angeles and could not meet her father for the last time, who passed away during the Janata Curfew. Owing to the lockdown, all travel routes were restricted and Sana could not attend her father’s last rites. She had to attend his funeral over a video call.

In a recent chat with Bombay Times, Sana opened up about coping up with the loss of her father and her ordeal during the entire incident while she was in isolation. "It was extremely hard for me to deal with the news. Besides, I was already in isolation here and had no one with me. That was tough and unfair” she said.

She added, "He fell sick in the last couple of months and was even hospitalised. However, he had returned home and was stable, or else I wouldn't have left his side. In fact, I didn't take up any work for the last two months as I wanted to be with him."

Speaking of how she is trying to cope up with the loss, Sana shared:

"I had shut myself from the world for a couple of days and was only taking calls from my family (mother and two sisters). I wanted to be with them and hug them. Every time I felt sad, I prayed. I understood that I had to stop being selfish."

However, the actress adds that she has come to terms with the loss and said: "I couldn't have expected him to keep living with the kind of pain he was in. I loved my dad so much that I can never get closure, but I have come to terms with the fact that I couldn't be present for his final rites. I have made peace with the situation rather than fight it."

May his soul rest in peace and we pray the family holds the strength to pass this difficult time...