Women from the glamour world who committed suicide : Jiah Khan

Wednesday, July 16, 2025

Women from the glamour world who committed suicide

Divya Bharti

Divya Bharati, one of the most successful actresses of her times, made her acting debut in Telugu film ‘Bobbili Raja’ in 1990. She made her presence felt in Bollywood with an impressive performance in ‘Vishwatma’ in 1992. She won the Filmfare debut award for her role in ‘Deewana’ alongside Rishi Kapoor and Shah Rukh Khan, which released in the same year. In a career spanning over 3 years, Bharti acted in as many as 22 films which included her regional ventures.

She married film producer Sajid Nadiadwala in 1992. She died after falling from her 5-storeyed building on April 5, 1993. Many believe she committed suicide.

Nafisa Joseph

Nafisa Joseph was a model-turned-video jockey. She had won the Miss India Universe 1997 pageant and was a semi-finalist in the Miss Universe 1997 pageant in Miami.

She had reportedly hanged herself in her flat in Mumbai on 29 July 2004. Her marriage to businessman Gautam Khanduja was scheduled to be held in a few weeks` time. But it was called off after Joseph learnt that Khanduja was very much married and had lied to her about his divorce. According to Nafisa’s parents, she ended her life as she was thoroughly depressed.

Viveka Babajee

Model Viveka Babajee was found hanging from the ceiling fan in her apartment on 25 June 2010 at her Bandra residence in Mumbai. Reportedly, Viveka committed suicide due to depression. The last page of her diary, which was found next to her dead body, had a message written, "You killed me, Gautam Vohra.”. She was dating Vohra, who had allegedly betrayed her.

Silk Smitha

Vijayalakshmi Vadlapati, popularly known as Silk Smitha, was renowned for her bold roles. Smitha had reportedly committed suicide in her Chennai apartment in 1996. She had apparently lost all hope and was in deep financial crisis. She was running out of work and was deeply depressed. She is best known for her role of a seductress in Balu Mahendra’s ‘Sadma’ starring Kamal Haasan and Sridevi.

Kuljeet Randhawa

Model-turned actress Kuljeet Randhawa had won the Gladrags contest and was popular for her role in ‘Kohinoor’ TV show. On 8 February 2006, Randhawa hanged herself at her apartment in Juhu. In a suicide note, Kuljeet stated that she was ending her life as she was unable to cope with the complexities of life.

Jiah Khan

Jiah Khan shot into the limelight in 2007 with her debut movie `Nishabd` in which she starred opposite Amitabh Bachchan. She got a Filmfare Best Debutant nomination for the Ram Gopal Varma movie in which she plays a teenager besotted with a man old enough to be her father. She was found hanging at her flat in Sagar Sangeet Building in the posh Juhu area of northwest Mumbai on June 3, 2013.