What killed Jiah Khan - failing career and troubled love life?

Jiah Khan, real name Nafisa Khan, was born in London on February 20, 1988. (Twitter)

Published Wednesday, June 05, 2013

By Staff

Bollywood actor Jiah Khan, 25, who was found hanging in her apartment on Monday night, was depressed and heartbroken over her rocky relationship.

Read here: Heartbroken Jiah Khan's last rite performed by tearful family

Police informed reporters that Jiah's boyfriend Suraj Pancholi, son of actors Aditya Pancholi and Zarina Wahab, was questioned for three hours.

The last person Jiah spoke to on the night of June 3 was Suraj. Police have verified that they spoke over telephone a number of times, with the last call being made at 22.53 PM which lasted for two minutes.

A post-mortem revealed that Jiah hanged herself between 11 and 11.30pm, soon after she last spoke to Suraj. Her body was discovered by her mother. No suicide note was found.

Sooraj reportedly told the police that they were in a happy relationship for a year after they met on a social networking website. Jiah, police quoted her mother Rabea Khan as saying, was depressed for the past two months, probably due to the relationship as she didn’t have any financial troubles.

But was failed relationship the only reason for Jiah's depression?

Director Ram Gopal Varma, who gave the Britain-born actress Nafisa alias Jiah a Bollywood launchpad with 2007 film 'Nishabd', was in "shock" over the news of her death.

He says she was depressed about her career, and scared about her future as she had no work the past three years.

He expressed his anguish on social networking site Twitter, "The last time I met her jiah told me that everyone around her makes her feel like a failure".

"Inspite of being highly appreciated in Nishabd nd being a part of hugely successful Ghazni and Houseful she had no work for the last 3 years".

The director continued, "I don’t know the reason what led to this but jiah was very depressed about her career and scared for her future".

The controversial movie 'Nishabd' required Jiah to act opposite legendary actor Amitabh Bachchan in an unusual love story between a 18-year-old and 60-year-old. And she did it with confidence.

The movie was controversial and not very well-received at the box office, but it made the industry sit up and take notice of the then 19-year-old girl Jiah, who left a lasting impression with her act of a free-spirited soul.

Calling her "full of life" and "high-spirited", Bollywood celebrities mourned the death of young actress Jia Khan.

Jiah's last rites will be performed today (Wednesday) as the family is waiting for her two sisters to return from London.

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