Sridevi and daughter Jhanvi Kapoor

"We go back 27 years! She was a huge star and the fact that she worked with me, a newcomer, for a song sequence, was a big thing. It was through her that I met Karan Johar and the late Yash Chopraji," said designer Manish Malhotra, when we caught up with him a few hours before he was to host actress Sridevi and a small group of her friends and family at his home last evening.