Veteran actress-filmmaker Smita Talwalkar considered actor Pushkar Shrotri as her son and called him a mama���s boy. Pushkar told a channel, ���She was like my mother and loved me like her own son. She would call me a mama's boy.��� Extremely disturbed with Smita���s demise, Pushkar said, ���I have a very energetic and full of life image of her in my mind. It was very difficult to see her in a bad condition during the illness.��� Apart from working with Smita on serials like ���Avantika��� which also had
Mrinal Kulkarni and
Shreyas Talpade in it, Pushkar had also collaborated with her on various events.