These 11 Bollywood Actors Died At A Young Age But Gave Many Memories To Cherish

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“Babu Mushoy Zindagi Badi Honi Chaiye Lambi Nahi” – Rajesh Khanna in Anand. A very beautiful & inspiring quote which means It’s better to have a great life than a long life.

Life is same for all human beings. Even for our Bollywood stars. We always think that these actors have a great life just because of their larger than life roles on silver screen. Right? We see them in a lot of avatars in movies. Sometimes they are running on trains, jumping from cliffs, fighting with villains, helping the nation and so on. We technically assume that they are super humans.

But we fail to accept that they are the same people like us. They also go through the same cycle of life, suffering, pain, happiness and finally death. Death is everyone’s destiny. One who is born will die.

Here are some of our favorite Bollywood actors/ stars who died at a young age when they were at the peak of their careers.

1. Vinod Mehra (13 February 1945 to 30 October 1990):

Born in a Punjabi Family he started in Bollywood as a child actor. Vinod Mehra died of heart attack. Some of his prominent films include Nagin, Jaani Dushman, Swarg Narak. In his acting career spanning over 30 years, Mehra did more  than 90 movies.

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2. Nirmal Pandey (10 August 1962 to 18 February 2010):

Pandey is best known for his brilliant performances in Bandit Queen, Daayraa, Train to Pakistan & God Mother. His last movie was Lahore which released one month after his death. He died of heart attack in Mumbai.

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3. Geeta Bali (1930 to 21 January 1965):

Her original name was Harikirtan Kaur. She also started in Bollywood as a Child artist like Mehra. She was married to Shammi Kapoor until her death and unlike other actresses who gave up acting after getting married into Kapoor family, she continued to act in movies till her death. She died of smallpox. Some of her popular movies include Anand Math, Bawre Nain, Vachan & Kavi.

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4. Guru Dutt (9 July 1925 to 10 October 1964):

An actor, producer & director was known for making lyrical and artistic films within the context of popular Hindi cinema. His films Pyaasa and Kaagaz Ke Phool are now added to the greatest movies of all times by Times Magazine. Mysteries about his death still exist if he died of an accidental overdose of alcohol & sleeping pills or it was a suicide. However, his son Arun Dutt said in an interview that it was an accident.

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5. Sanjeev Kumar (9 July 1938 to 6 November 1985):

He is considered to be one of the finest actors in Indian cinema. He is well known for his versatility and did not mind playing characters beyond his age. It is quite ironical that an actor who played most of his characters aged more than 50 years couldn’t complete 50 in real life. Trishul & Sholay are considered to be his iconic performances. He died of heart attack.

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6. Meena Kumari (1 August 1932 to 31 March 1972):

Meena Kumari is considered to be one of the greatest actresses of all times. She is cited as “The Tragedy Queen” by media because of her portrayal of sad and dramatic roles in movies and her real life story. She became addicted to alcohol after split from his husband and spoiled her life and prosperous professional career. She died of liver cirrhosis three weeks after the release of movie Pakeezah.

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7. Smita Patil (17 October 1955 to 13 December 1986):

In a short film career spanning 11 years, this fine actress won two national awards and Padma Shree. She was actively involved in social issues relating women upliftment and her choice of movies also reflected that. She was more popular in Parallel cinema that mainstream cinema. She had a great career ahead of her. However, at the age of 31 on 13th December 1986 her life was cut short due to childbirth complications and we lost this star forever.

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8. Madhubala (14 February 1933 to 23 February 1969):

She was the only Bollywood actress who was also known for her beauty and immense talent in Hollywood as well. She appeared in the American magazine Theatre Arts where, in its August 1952 issue, she was featured in an article with a full page photograph under the title: “The Biggest Star in the World – and she’s not in Beverly Hills”. Madhubala was born with a complex heart condition, which was difficult to be treated in those days and that finally became the reason for her death.

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9. Divya Bharati (25 February 1974 to 7 April 1993):

She left a mark in a very short Bollywood career spanning just a year and half. During that period, Divya worked in 14 movies.  She rose to fame by working in superhit movies like Vishwatma, Shola Aur Shabnam & Deewana. She died very young at the age of 19 after falling from the balcony of her five-storeyed apartment.

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10.Jiah Khan (20 February 1988 to 3 June 2013):

She had a great career ahead of her, but there was something else in the destiny. She committed suicide at here Juhu residence on 3rd June 2014. There are controversies around her death as her mother reportedly accused Aditya Pancholi’s son Suraj Pancholi as the reason for her death.

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11. Ashraful Haque (1970 to 18 February 2015):

He is best known for his acting in Fukrey and Traffic Signal. He also played Dashratha Manjhi’s father in the movie Manjhi – The Mountain Man.  He was now getting known for his amazing acting skills, but destiny had other plans for him. Unfortunately, the actor died of bone marrow dysfunction earlier this year.

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