Jiah Khan was in a relationship with Aditya Pancholi’s son Suraj.
Mumbai:
Young actress Jiah Khan allegedlycommitted suicide by hanging herself with police claiming shewas heartbroken after a failed relationship with the son of anactor couple which possibly drove her to take the step at herhome last night.
Read: Jiah was depressed, scared about future: Ram Gopal Varma
The body of Jiah, 25, was found hanging at her 'SagarSangeet' residence in Juhu at around 11 PM where she livedwith mother and sister who were not present when she ended herlife.
Preliminary investigation has revealed that she was in arelationship with Suraj, son of actor couple Aditya Pancholiand Zarina Wahab for nearly a year. Jiah was said to be underdepression after coming to know of Suraj's new love interest,who supplied jewellery to the Pancholis.
Investigators said the actress, who made her dream debutopposite Amitabh Bachchan in Ram Gopal Varma's 2007 filmNishabd, prima facie took her life due to her strainedrelationship with Suraj, a student at an acting institute.
Pics - Jiah's twitpics: Life as she saw it
Suraj and Jiah spoke over telephone a number of timesyesterday, with the last call being made at 22.53 PM whichlasted for two minutes. Soon thereafter, Jiah hanged herself.
Post mortem examination revealed the incident took placebetween 11 pm and 11.30 pm, sources said.
Read: Jiah Khan told me she feels like a failure, tweets Ram Gopal Varma
"Jiah was said to be very possessive about Suraj. Lastnight they exchanged text messages on their cell phones. Surajalso sent her a bouquet which she did not accept," they said.
Jiah was also said to be unhappy about her career inBollywood as she was out of job for quite some time. She hadtold her mother that she wanted to take up interior designingas a profession besides acting in Bollywood.
Her mother Razia Khan told the police that Jiah had goneto Hyderabad on June 2 for an audition which did not go offwell. The actor, she told the police, was advised to shedweight.
Both Suraj and Aditya were questioned by the police inconnection with the case for nearly three-and-a-half hours andwould be called again if necessary.
Read: Jiah Khan: Once Bollywood's brightest young thing
Bollywood was aghast at the news of her demise withmegastar Amitabh Bachchan tweeting, "What!!! Jiah Khan??? whathas happened? is this correct? unbelievable!!!."Varma called Jiah a girl with "spunk and spirit".
"Never ever seen a debutante actress with more spunk andmore spirit than Jiah when I was directing her in Nishabd.The whole unit of Nishabd was literally in love with Jiah.
"No matter what her problem was I just so wish sheapplied her on-screen philosophy of Nishabd to her own life.Shocked and choked to hear about Jiah," Varma tweeted.
Pics: RIP Jiah, tweet celebs
The British-Indian actress was later seen opposite AamirKhan in Ghajini and Akshay Kumar in Housefull. She hadbeen missing from the big screen for a while now.
"Jiah Khan was full of life when I worked with her longtime back. So sad that something drove her to take thisextreme step. RIP," tweeted Anupam Kher who had also workedwith the actress.
Read: Actor Jiah Khan, 25, commits suicide in Mumbai home
Actor Shahid Kapoor, said, "Shocked and saddened to hearabout Jiah Khan... Very disturbing. RIP... May her soul restin peace."
"Life has to be experienced and lived!It's a limitlessocean, have to swim through it,and not let it drown you! RIPJiah Khan! God bless her soul," Bipasha Basu tweeted.
Filmmaker-choreographer Farah Khan tweeted, "Can'tregister that Jiah is no more... Worked with her inHousefull and she was so beautiful n such a good soul. Tooyoung to go Jiah."
Filmmaker Kunal Kohli said, "What she must've gonethrough to take such a step we'll never know. May her soulrest in peace."
With her demise Jiah joined the long list of tinsel towncelebrities whose sudden death shocked and saddened theindustry--from Guru Dutt, one of the legends of Hindi cinema,to glamorous Parveen Babi, to southern siren Silk Smitha,whose life inspired Vidya Balan's hugely successful filmDirty Picture.
Dutt, who gave films like Pyasa, Kaagaz Ke Phool andSahib Biwi Aur Ghulam was found dead after an overdose ofalcohol and sleeping pills in 1964. It was reportedly Dutt'sthird attempt at suicide.
While his family claimed it was an accident, thefilmmaker was reportedly depressed over the 'distance' betweenhim and wife Geeta.
Young and chirpy Divya Bharti died at the age of 19 in1993, after she allegedly fell off the fifth floor of abuilding. Mystery still shrouds her death and it remainsunclear whether she was pushed to death or fell offaccidentally in inebriated condition.
Pics - Jiah Khan: Once Bollywood's brightest young thing
One of the most glamorous starlets of her time, ParveenBabi, died a lonely death in 2005 at her flat in Mumbai. Herdeath came to light only after her residential societysecretary alerted the police that she had not picked up milkand newspapers from her doorstep for three days.
The death of filmmaker Manmohan Desai, who made iconicfilms like Amar Akbar Anthony, Coolie, Parvarish andothers, created curiosity after he fell off his building atGrant Road in Mumbai in 1994. The real cause of his death isstill a mystery.
Southern actress Vijayalakshmi, popularly known as SilkSmitha, committed suicide by consuming poison in 1996. Failedromance, depression and alcoholism were the other reasons thatdrove her to end her life.
Read: Jiah was depressed, scared about future: Ram Gopal Varma
The body of Jiah, 25, was found hanging at her 'SagarSangeet' residence in Juhu at around 11 PM where she livedwith mother and sister who were not present when she ended herlife.
Preliminary investigation has revealed that she was in arelationship with Suraj, son of actor couple Aditya Pancholiand Zarina Wahab for nearly a year. Jiah was said to be underdepression after coming to know of Suraj's new love interest,who supplied jewellery to the Pancholis.
Investigators said the actress, who made her dream debutopposite Amitabh Bachchan in Ram Gopal Varma's 2007 filmNishabd, prima facie took her life due to her strainedrelationship with Suraj, a student at an acting institute.
Pics - Jiah's twitpics: Life as she saw it
Suraj and Jiah spoke over telephone a number of timesyesterday, with the last call being made at 22.53 PM whichlasted for two minutes. Soon thereafter, Jiah hanged herself.
Post mortem examination revealed the incident took placebetween 11 pm and 11.30 pm, sources said.
Read: Jiah Khan told me she feels like a failure, tweets Ram Gopal Varma
"Jiah was said to be very possessive about Suraj. Lastnight they exchanged text messages on their cell phones. Surajalso sent her a bouquet which she did not accept," they said.
Jiah was also said to be unhappy about her career inBollywood as she was out of job for quite some time. She hadtold her mother that she wanted to take up interior designingas a profession besides acting in Bollywood.
Her mother Razia Khan told the police that Jiah had goneto Hyderabad on June 2 for an audition which did not go offwell. The actor, she told the police, was advised to shedweight.
Both Suraj and Aditya were questioned by the police inconnection with the case for nearly three-and-a-half hours andwould be called again if necessary.
Read: Jiah Khan: Once Bollywood's brightest young thing
Bollywood was aghast at the news of her demise withmegastar Amitabh Bachchan tweeting, "What!!! Jiah Khan??? whathas happened? is this correct? unbelievable!!!."Varma called Jiah a girl with "spunk and spirit".
"Never ever seen a debutante actress with more spunk andmore spirit than Jiah when I was directing her in Nishabd.The whole unit of Nishabd was literally in love with Jiah.
"No matter what her problem was I just so wish sheapplied her on-screen philosophy of Nishabd to her own life.Shocked and choked to hear about Jiah," Varma tweeted.
Pics: RIP Jiah, tweet celebs
The British-Indian actress was later seen opposite AamirKhan in Ghajini and Akshay Kumar in Housefull. She hadbeen missing from the big screen for a while now.
"Jiah Khan was full of life when I worked with her longtime back. So sad that something drove her to take thisextreme step. RIP," tweeted Anupam Kher who had also workedwith the actress.
Read: Actor Jiah Khan, 25, commits suicide in Mumbai home
Actor Shahid Kapoor, said, "Shocked and saddened to hearabout Jiah Khan... Very disturbing. RIP... May her soul restin peace."
"Life has to be experienced and lived!It's a limitlessocean, have to swim through it,and not let it drown you! RIPJiah Khan! God bless her soul," Bipasha Basu tweeted.
Filmmaker-choreographer Farah Khan tweeted, "Can'tregister that Jiah is no more... Worked with her inHousefull and she was so beautiful n such a good soul. Tooyoung to go Jiah."
Filmmaker Kunal Kohli said, "What she must've gonethrough to take such a step we'll never know. May her soulrest in peace."
With her demise Jiah joined the long list of tinsel towncelebrities whose sudden death shocked and saddened theindustry--from Guru Dutt, one of the legends of Hindi cinema,to glamorous Parveen Babi, to southern siren Silk Smitha,whose life inspired Vidya Balan's hugely successful filmDirty Picture.
Dutt, who gave films like Pyasa, Kaagaz Ke Phool andSahib Biwi Aur Ghulam was found dead after an overdose ofalcohol and sleeping pills in 1964. It was reportedly Dutt'sthird attempt at suicide.
While his family claimed it was an accident, thefilmmaker was reportedly depressed over the 'distance' betweenhim and wife Geeta.
Young and chirpy Divya Bharti died at the age of 19 in1993, after she allegedly fell off the fifth floor of abuilding. Mystery still shrouds her death and it remainsunclear whether she was pushed to death or fell offaccidentally in inebriated condition.
Pics - Jiah Khan: Once Bollywood's brightest young thing
One of the most glamorous starlets of her time, ParveenBabi, died a lonely death in 2005 at her flat in Mumbai. Herdeath came to light only after her residential societysecretary alerted the police that she had not picked up milkand newspapers from her doorstep for three days.
The death of filmmaker Manmohan Desai, who made iconicfilms like Amar Akbar Anthony, Coolie, Parvarish andothers, created curiosity after he fell off his building atGrant Road in Mumbai in 1994. The real cause of his death isstill a mystery.
Southern actress Vijayalakshmi, popularly known as SilkSmitha, committed suicide by consuming poison in 1996. Failedromance, depression and alcoholism were the other reasons thatdrove her to end her life.