Bollywood actress Nafisa 'Jiah' Khan dies at age 25 of apparent suicide

Bollywood actress Nafisa ‘Jiah’ Khan has died at the age of 25 in an apparent suicide. Authorities believe she hanged herself after getting off the phone with her boyfriend and throwing a bouquet she received from him out of the window.

An official says that her mother found her hanging in her room on Monday evening. The police then questioned her boyfriend, aspiring actor Suraj Pancholi.

Khan made her big screen debut in 2007 opposite Amitabh Bachchan in Nishabd, but hasn’t been in anything since.

The Toronto Star reports she had filmed some of another movie but she was replaced. She then reportedly signed two deals for other movies.

“I dont know the reason what led to this but jiah was very depressed about her career and scared for her future,” Ram Gopal Varma, the filmmaker of Nishabd wrote on Facebook.

“We suspect she hung herself at her home late on Monday," a police official told AFP. "As of now, we have recorded an accidental death. We are investigating further.”

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