Bollywood’s young beauty Jiah Khan committed suicide at her residence in Mumbai’s Juhu area, on Monday night.The 25-year-old actress was found hanging at her flat in Sagar Sangeet Apartments in the posh Juhu area.
Jiah Khan managed to create buzz in the industry through her bold role and her co-stars and friends from the industry were shocked to know about her demise. AAW brings to you some facts about the hottie
• Jiah’s original name was Nafisa and she got back to her real name Nafisa Khan in 2012.
• Jiah Khan made her Bollywood debut with Dil Se by portraying Manisha Koirala’s childhood role.
• Her first big break was opposite Amitabh Bachchan in Nishabd in 2007.
• Besides an actress Jiah was keen poetess, singer and composer and was a trained opera singer. She had also recorded six pop tracks.
• The actress was an expert dancer and knew reggae, belly dancing, lambada, salsa, kathak, jazz and samba dance forms.
• Jiah Khan was currently dating Aditya Pancholi’s son, Suraj Pancholi.
• She got inspired to enter Bollywood after watching ‘Rangeela’ at the age of six.
• The actress was not attached to her father as he left when she was just three months old.
• Jiah’s mother had acted in films like Dulha Bikta Hai, Ankush, Locket, Vijay Anand’s Hum Rahe Na Hum and Meri Jung.
• Jiah Khan had also taken up the cause of tiger conservation.
• She was categorized as a girl who would never fit into a Yash Chopra or a Karan Johan romance.
• She owned a two bedroom apartment in Chelsea in London.
• Jiah lost a film opposite Salman as she passed a curt remark against his then love interest Katrina Kaif.
