His son, Arun Dutt, considered the death to be an accident.Īctor Vijaylakshmi, who reached the iconic status of a sex symbol in Tamil cinema during her time, as Silk Smitha died at the age of 33 as the result of a suspected suicide in 1996. The filmmaker, whose real name was Vasanth Kumar Shivashankar Padukone, was said to have been mixing alcohol and sleeping pills.ĭutt’s death may have been suicide or just an accidental overdose.

Guru Dutt, known for black-and-white classics like “Kaagaz Ke Phool”, “Baazi”, and “Pyaasa”, was found dead on Octoin his bed in his rented apartment at Pedder Road in erstwhile Bombay. May your soul rest in peace,” he had said, mourning her death. My deepest condolences to Disha”s family and friends. Rajput’s sudden death comes days after his former manager, 28-year-old Disha Salian, ended her life by jumping from a high rise building on June 9. And a fleeting life, negotiating between the two,” he wrote on Instagram post with a black and white photograph of his mother. “Blurred past evaporating from teardrops. Rajput’s last screen appearance was Nitesh Tiwari’s 2019 film “Chhichhore”, where he played the role of a father who conveys a message of hope and affirmation to his son who has attempted to kill himself.Īnd his last social media post, dedicated to his late mother who died in 2002 when he was a young teen, was on June 3, a foretelling perhaps on what to come. Known for films like “Kai Po Che!”, “MS Dhoni: The Untold Story”, “Chhichhore”, Rajput was found hanging at his Bandra home, the police said on Sunday.

New Delhi: The curse of suicide has haunted the showbiz since time immemorial with the likes of iconic actor-director Guru Dutt, South star Silk Smitha, actor Jiah Khan and now Bollywood star Sushant Singh Rajput giving up on life in the Indian film industry known for being harsh and demanding of its stars.

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