Bollywood celebrities who committed suicide

Guru Dutt (July 9, 1925 – October 10, 1964) Born as Vasanth Kumar Shivashankar Padukone, this Indian film director, Read More">producer and actor gave Bollywood a treasure of movies that are still cherished. This legendary persona started his career as a telephone operator in Kolkatta and later entered the film industry with the movie Chand inRead More

Guru Dutt (July 9, 1925 - October 10, 1964)

Born as Vasanth Kumar Shivashankar Padukone, this Indian film director, producer and actor gave Bollywood a treasure of movies that are still cherished. This legendary persona started his career as a telephone operator in Kolkatta and later entered the film industry with the movie Chand in 1944 where he played a small role. Some of his masterpieces include Pyaasa, Sahib Biwi Aur Ghulam, Chaudhvin Ka Chand and Baaz.

Due to his personal issues with his wife, reports suggest that there were chances that Dutt committed suicide by mixing sleeping pills and alcohol. However, his family claims that it was just an accident.

Apart from people who had served Bollywood for years, a few others who were born as a part of this industry also died under rather tragic circumstances. Varsha Bhosle, Daughter of renowned singer Asha Bhosle committed suicide in 2012, Read More">as she shot herself at her residence in Mumbai. Varsha was a professional Hindi and BhojpuriRead More

Apart from people who had served Bollywood for years, a few others who were born as a part of this industry also died under rather tragic circumstances.

Varsha Bhosle, Daughter of renowned singer Asha Bhosle committed suicide in 2012, as she shot herself at her residence in Mumbai. Varsha was a professional Hindi and Bhojpuri playback singer and a writer too. She apparently had a rough married life and had attempted suicide earlier in 2008 as well.

VJ and actress Nafisa Joseph hanged herself in 2004 in her Mumbai flat. She was engaged to businessman Gautam Khanduja but her marriage was called off. Her parents claim this to be the reason of her suicide. Despite her family filing a case against Gautam, none of the allegations were confirmed.

Divya Bharti (February 25, 1974 – April 5, 1993) The once upon a time Queen of Hearts Divya Bharti, started her career with Telugu movie Bobbili Raja opposite Daggubati Venkatesh. But making a mark in the multi-starrer Vishwatma, Read More">she went places and acted with biggies like Suniel Shetty and Govinda. Her role in Deewana starringRead More

Divya Bharti (February 25, 1974 - April 5, 1993)

The once upon a time Queen of Hearts Divya Bharti, started her career with Telugu movie Bobbili Raja opposite Daggubati Venkatesh. But making a mark in the multi-starrer Vishwatma, she went places and acted with biggies like Suniel Shetty and Govinda. Her role in Deewana starring Rishi Kapoor and Shah Rukh earned her a lot of appreciation.

However, while earning all the fame, Bharti died mysteriously as she fell off from a five-storey Tulsi apartment in Versova, Mumbai. While it was termed to be a suicide, some still claimed it to be a murder. However, nothing was confirmed.

Manmohan Desai (February 26, 1937 -March 1, 1994) True entertainer of Bollywood! Known to make the typical masala films, with enough of emotions, comedy, action et al, Manmohan Desai’s death was a terrible loss for Bollywood. Born on February 26, 1937, Read More">this director/ producer came up with some cult hits like Amar Akbar Anthony andRead More

Manmohan Desai (February 26, 1937 -March 1, 1994)

True entertainer of Bollywood! Known to make the typical masala films, with enough of emotions, comedy, action et al, Manmohan Desai's death was a terrible loss for Bollywood. Born on February 26, 1937, this director/ producer came up with some cult hits like Amar Akbar Anthony and Dharam Veer. He had a fantastic professional rapport with Amitabh and went on give some more hits like Coolie, Naseeb and Parvarish.

However, this popular artist's death raised quite a few eyebrows considering its mysterious condition. While certain reports claim that Manmohan collapsed while leaning on a railing, some others say that he committed suicide.

Silk Smitha (December 2, 1960 -September 23, Read More">1996) Bold and beautiful Silk Smitha who was born as Vijaylakshmi Vadlapati ruled the South Indian industry with her mass sex appeal. Silk is a perfect story of a small town girl making it big in the glamour world. She was known as a symbol of sensuality afterRead More

Silk Smitha (December 2, 1960 -September 23, 1996)

Bold and beautiful Silk Smitha who was born as Vijaylakshmi Vadlapati ruled the South Indian industry with her mass sex appeal. Silk is a perfect story of a small town girl making it big in the glamour world. She was known as a symbol of sensuality after doing certain semi-nude scenes and redefined the term 'item numbers'.

However, her downfall started when she took a shift as a producer. Financial crisis, heartbreaks and alcoholism led Smitha to commit suicide in 1996. She was found dead in her Chennai apartment where she poisoned herself.