Vidya Balan says Jiah Khan's suicide 'unfortunate'

Written By: Admin | Updated : June 20, 2013 6:50 PM IST

Kolkata, June 20 (IANS): Terming Bollywood actress Jiah Khan's suicide as unfortunate actor Vidya Balan on Thursday said she could never understand why people resort to taking their own lives. It is very unfortunate. I hope no one ever has reason enough to end their life. I really can't imagine whether that requires courage or the opposite of that, because I have never been able to fathom why people commit suicide...I think it is very sad, Vidya said on the sidelines of a promotional event for the forthcoming film Ghanchakkar at the Park Hotel here. The 25-year-old Britain-born Jiah was found hanging at her flat in Sagar Sangeet building in the posh Juhu area of northwest Mumbai June 3 when her family had gone out.

Jiah shot into the limelight with her 2007 debut movie Nishabd , in which she starred opposite Amitabh Bachchan. She was also seen in films like Ghajini and Housefull . Vidya was dressed up as her character Neetu for the promotional activities of the film in a polka dotted matching ensemble. People will see me and think this is the girl from 'Ghanchakkar'...loud makeup and matching clothes, said Vidya. Directed by Rajkumar Gupta, Ghanchakkar hits theatres June 28 and stars Emraan Hashmi as the male lead.

Jiah Khan also known as Nafisa committed suicide at her Juhu residence on June 3. According to reports, she hung herself at around 11 PM but didn t leave any suicide notes. The 25-year-old had worked with Amitabh Bachchan in Ram Gopal Varma s Nishabd which was inspired by the Hollywood filmAmerican Beauty. Born and raised in London, the actress had shifted to India to pursue a career in acting and had appeared in Aamir Khan s Ghajni and Akshay Kumar s Housefull. Earlier it had appeared that her stagnant film career had driven her to commit suicide but later her mother released a six-page note which blamed her boyfriend Sooraj Pancholi for abusing her.