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Bollywood actress Jiah Khan was found dead at her Mumbai home at the age of 25. Media reports suggest that the actress may have committed suicide.
Bollywood actress Jiah Khan has been found dead at her home in Mumbai, police said Tuesday.
A police official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the body of the 25-year-old actress was found in her apartment in Mumbai’s Juhu neighborhood late Monday.
A police source said the death was not being treated as suspicious as it appeared to be suicide although no suicide note was found, according to Reuters.
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Indian members of the media gather outside Jiah Khan’s Mumbai home.
Khan, whose real name was Nafisa Khan, was born in New York and grew up in London before moving to Mumbai. She studied acting at the Lee Strasberg’s Institute in New York City.
Khan began her career in Mumbai’s film industry in the 2007 Hindi film “Nishabd,” in which she portrayed a teenager in love with her best friend’s father, played by Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan.
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Jiah Khan at the ‘Cotton Council International Celebrates Cottonscape’ fashion show in Mumbai in 2012.
In her brief career she performed with other top Bollywood stars, including Aamir Khan and Akshay Kumar.
Khan last appeared in the 2010 comedy “Housefull,” in which she played a supporting role.
“Never ever seen a debutant actress with more spunk and more spirit than Jiah when i was directing her in Nishabd,” filmmaker Varma wrote on Twitter.
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Indian director Mahesh Batt (C) and Bollywood film actor Raza Murad (L) speak to the media outside the residence of Jiah Khan in Mumbai.
“I don’t know the reason what led to this but jiah was very depressed about her career and scared for her future,” he said in another tweet, adding that the actress had not worked for the past three years.
Fellow actress Dia Mirza tweeted: “RIP Nafisa (Jiah) Khan. You were too young and beautiful.”
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You are actually too young and beautiful to have committed suicide. Rest in peace.