Mumbai: Jiah Khan, 20 February 1988 – 3 June 2013) was a British-American actress, model and singer who appeared in Hindi films. She made her film debut in the 2007 Ram Gopal Verma film Nishabd for which she was nominated for Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut.
She was later noted for portraying a modern, independent woman in Ghajini which was the highest-grossing Bollywood film of 2008. Her performance in the latter earned her significant acclaim.
She last appeared in Sajid Khan’s romantic comedy Housefull, which was the fifth highest-grossing Bollywood film of 2010. Khan had catapulted herself into the Bollywood 100 Crore Club with Ghajini and Housefull.
Khan reportedly committed suicide by hanging herself from a Ceiling Fan at around 11:45 pm in a bedroom of her Juhu residence in Mumbai on Monday, 3 June, 2013, when her mother Rabiya and sister Kavita were not at home
Her body was taken to the casualty morgue at the JJ Hospital in Byculla, for a forensic examination and autopsy. Her body was then brought back to her residence around 7am on Wednesday, 5 June, 2013, following the post-mortem.
Suraj Pancholi, who was allegedly in a live-in relationship with Khan, was taken into custody in association with her suicide on 10 June 2013. The Bombay High Court granted him bail on 2 July 2013.
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