"Honey and I had no childhood, no education. We didn’t go to school. We were pushed into acting by our parents. By the time we grew aware of our predicament, our childhood was gone. We made a lot of money, but got none of it. Our mother blew it all up but (we have) no regrets,” said actress Daisy Irani. Along with younger sister Honey she was a child artiste who captured hundreds of hearts at a young age, mentions Daily News and Analysis (DNA) in its issue of November 14, 2014, observed as Children’s Day in India.
Daisy still acts when she gets suitable roles, but Honey, who was married to Javed Akhtar and is the mother of filmmakers Zoya and Farhan, no longer faces the camera. Yet another Irani sister is the mother of filmmakers Menaka, Sajid and Farah Khan. Farah chose Daisy to play the part of Boman Irani’s mother in the film Shirin Farhad ki to Nikal Padi.
Referring to the late legendary actress Meena Kumari as "my sunshine woman,” Daisy acknowledges that the tragedienne made the rigors of studio life "a bit tolerable” for the children. "The love that I never got from my mother, I got from Meenaji. I pretended she was my mother, and looked forward to working with her whenever I could. Luckily for me, after my first film Bandish with her, she made sure I played her ‘son’ in Ek Hi Rasta and other films.”
Daisy, now in her mid-sixties, was married to the late K. K. Shukla, a film screenplay writer. Recalling him fondly, she told DNA: "I married very young. I was stupid and impulsive. My husband taught me the virtue of restraint. He gave me three lovely children. Two of them, a son and a daughter, are connected with showbiz and my second daughter is a teacher. My daughters live with me. My son lives close by with his three dogs.”