Mumbai, July 15 - Kirron Kher lost her mother Diljit Thakar Singh recently. She remembers Singh as a vibrant and spirited woman of many talents and says she has inherited her mother's taste in clothes, jewellery and flair for dramatics.

Singh died in Chandigarh June 25. She was 84.

'She died of a cardiac arrest. The last time I spoke to her in Chandigarh was on June 18 when it was her birthday,' Kirron told IANS.

'I wish I was with her... but no regrets. My mother wouldn't have liked it. She was a vibrant woman of many talents. She was a painter. My brother, who passed away suddenly five years ago, inherited her talent for painting. My younger sister Kanwal inherited my mother's dexterity at the game of badminton. And I got my mother's flair for dramatics.'

If Kirron wanted she could have been a badminton champ.

'But that mantle was passed to my sister. Do you know, my mother and sister played badminton together at a state level tournament when my sister was 11? My mother was excellent at everything she did. She was a perfectionist, and not one of those parents who think their children are the best. If I wore slippers to go out, she'd reprimand me and wonder why I wasn't wearing high heels.

'She was a very elegant dresser.