This article deals with Bollywood stars that died young. There were many promising actors and actresses who either died due to natural causes or committed suicide. We will be discussing some of these actors.
Indian Film Industry, or Bollywood as we dotingly call it, have given us innumerable shining stars those have lit up our lives with their dazzling presence on screen, and indirectly in our lives too.
The sheer magic of their performances have left us awestruck for days. They invariably make an important part of our lives, which when lost, creates a huge void.
There have been many stars that left us too early, in their young years, making Indian Cinema suffer the losses, which can never be recovered.
Here are a few names worth remembering in this moment, when we pay a tribute to all these brilliant performers and geniuses in their own right.
Geeta Bali:
Geeta Bali was an actress and singer par excellence and way ahead of her times. She was on top of her game when she fell in love with handsome Shammi Kapoor. Despite their families’ opposition, both got married and had two kids. Life was moving in a desired direction when she contracted smallpox while shooting for a Punjabi film and passed away at a young age of 35 in 1965. Indian cinema lost one of its versatile actresses!
Guru Dutt:
Guru Dutt is considered to be that maverick director who visualized and made films so ahead of its time that many of today’s directors can’t match up to him. However, as it happens, the maker of such gems as Pyaasa and Kaagaz Ke Phool didn’t get his due when he was alive. Such a sensitive soul was heart-broken in love and wasn’t able to bear the losses of his films. He committed suicide by consuming a deadly combination of alcohol and sleeping pills at an age of 39! A truly valuable life gone waste!
Madhubala:
This Marilyn Monroe look-alike ruled the heart of India with her contagious smile and absolutely adorable beauty. But no one knew that she has been hiding a rare heart condition from the whole world behind her beautiful smile. The secret came out eventually and since the medical science wasn’t this advanced those days, she parted ways with her fans at a tender age of 36. Her smile lives on!
Meena Kumari:
Tragedy queen of the yesteryears, Meena Kumari use to bare her heart open in her performances. The complications of her love-life and addiction to alcohol grew manifolds when she parted ways with her much beloved husband, Kamal Amrohi. So much that even when they got back together, her health had deteorated to a point of no return. Liver cirrhosis took her life when she was just 39! In death, just like in her life, she brought heart-felt tears!
Sanjeev Kumar:
The Thakur of cult-classic Sholay was a Gujrati theatre actor who was so comfortable in his skin that despite being on the plumper side, he gave tough competition to the handsome hunks of his era! But it didn’t last as his journey on the planet ended pretty soon. He loved Hema Malini to the core but never got her love back and died a bachelor at 49. His smile still brings tears!
Smita Patil:
This powerhouse performer defied all the odds to rise in the Indian film industry inspite of her dark complexion. Purely on the strength of her acting abilities, she not only did wonders in art house cinema but even in mainstream movies she gave a tough fight to all the glam dolls, leading on to win two National Awards and a Padma Shri! She could have achieved even greater heights but for her untimely death at a young age of 31 due to childbirth complications. Just after two weeks of giving birth to her son, Pratik Babbar, she passed away!
Divya Bharti:
This bubbly vivacious actress started her career when she was just 13. Soon she climbed the ladder of success and was considered the next female superstar. Destiny had other plans though! Under some mysterious circumstances which are unsolved till date, she fell down from a five-story apartment and died at an age of 19! She was newly married by then and it seems, lived her complete life in those few years only.
Jiah Khan:
The sexy gorgeous beauty, Jiah Khan who made her debut with none other than Mr. Amitabh Bachchan, was apparently unhappy with her non-happening film career and complications in her love-life. Unable to handle so much of pressure, she gave up the battle and committed suicide at a tender age of 25! A terrible loss for sure!
Let us hope, in future we don’t get to see such precious lives and superlative talents, go waste for nothing!
A heartfelt prayer for all! Rest in Peace.
