Bollywood actress Jiah Khan has been found dead at her home in Mumbai, police said.
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 neighbourhood late Monday.
Sources close to the three-film-old starlet said she had recently been depressed over personal issues, the Daily Mail reported.
Indian Film Director Ram Gopal Varma said in a Tweet that he didn’t know “the reason what led to this but Jiah was very depressed about her career and scared for her future.”
The last time I met her jiah told me that everyone around her makes her feel like a failure
— Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) June 4, 2013
Khan, whose real name was Nafisa Khan, was born in New York and grew up in London before moving to Mumbai.
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.
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.
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