Recently, the legendary Bollywood actress Sridevi’s untimely goodbye has left the whole country shocked. But Bollywood is full of mysterious deaths of actors who died at a young age before we could even realize their loss. These Bollywood celebs we have seen entertaining us with their incredible performances.
1. Meena Kumari (1933-1972)
The ‘historically incomparable’ actress of Hindi cinema, as regarded by the Indian film critics was also a singer, poetess, and costume designer apart from being an actor. Post her separation from her husband, Kamal Amrohi, the tragedy queen was under severe depression. On March 31st, 1972, after three weeks of the release of her blockbuster film ‘Pakeezah’, the actress passed away at the age of 38 due to liver cirrhosis, a condition caused by excessive alcohol consumption. It is said that the actress had a poor financial condition when she died, that she did not have enough money to pay her hospital bills when she was admitted before her death.
2. Jiah Khan (1988-2013)
The gorgeous British-American actress and singer starred in 3 films from 2007 to 2010, her last movie was Housefull. The actress was found hanging with a ceiling fan in her Mumbai apartment on 3rd June 2013. Initially, it appeared to be a suicide case, later Aditya Pancholi’s son Sooraj Pancholi was taken into police custody for ‘abetment of suicide’. Sooraj Pancholi was Jiah’s boyfriend and they were allegedly in a live-in relationship.
3. Smita Patil (1955-1986)
Smita Patil was an Indian actress in film, television, and theatre. During her career, she received two National Film Awards and a Filmfare Award. She was also the recipient of the Padma Shri, India’s fourth-highest civilian award in 1985. Smita was married to Raj Babbar. She died from childbirth complications on 13 December 1986, at the age of age 31, barely two weeks after having given birth to her son, Prateik Babbar. However, after almost 20 years of her death, director Mrinal Sen alleged that the actress died due to sheer medical negligence.
4. Parveen Babi (1949-2005)
The first ever Indian actress to grace the Time Magazine cover, Parveen Babi faced a lonely death on 22nd January 2005 at the age of 55. She was found under mysterious circumstances in her Mumbai apartment. The actress was rumored to be suffering from paranoid schizophrenia, she suspected people around her to be conspiring to kill her at all times. She even alleged legendary Amitabh Bachchan of planning to murder her.
5. Divya Bharti (1974-1993)
Starting her career in 1990, Divya Bharti was gaining stardom when she fell off the balcony of her fifth-floor apartment at the Tulsi buildings in Versova, Mumbai at the age of 19. She was then rushed to the Cooper hospital where her cause of death was stated as the heavy internal bleeding at the back of the head which was severely injured. The reason of her falling was never cleared, whether she fell off after getting heavily drunk or someone had pushed her from the balcony.
6. Sri Devi (1963-2018)
Sridevi entered the industry as a child actor and emerged as one of the highest paid actors in the 1980s and 90s. She is considered to be one of the most popular and successful actors in the industry. She married Indian film producer, Boney Kapoor in 1996 and has two children, Jahnvi and Khushi Kapoor. Recently, the iconic actress died in a Dubai hotel at the age of 54 and the reason was first told as a cardiac arrest while now according to forensic reports, the actress died due to accidental drowning.
Well, the mysteries of the death of these divas were never solved and their untimely death left everyone heart-broken.
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