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With the recent death of Jiah Khan a lot of questions started pondering through my mind. Her death was a very unfortunate one and she was way too young to end her life. Her career may not have been so good in Bollywood, but she was a talented girl who could have excelled else where.
My question is that does bollywood ruin you as a person if you can't succeed in it? Does it make you depressed? Does it make you feel like a failure because you couldn't achieve success on a huge platform? Actresses like Gracy Singh, Gayatri Joshi, and Sneha Ullal to name just a few, didn't fare well in the industry. But one thing they all had in common is that their first film was with a super star (Aamir, Shahrukh, Salman). The same can be said with Jiah (Amitabh Bachchan ji). To work on your first film with these actors is truly an opportunity that not many get. I don't know where these ladies are now or what they are doing, but they seemed to have moved on.
I recently watched the movie Heroine and saw some dirty parts of the industry coming out. I'm not sure if the industry works like the way it was portrayed in the movie, but I wouldn't be surprised. Actors have a very 'dirty' professional life. It is not always pretty. Even the Dirty Picture portrayed some negative aspects of the industry. For fame & success, anything can be done. And when stuff like this happens, it'll obviously lead one to suicide (in extreme cases like shown in The Dirty Picture).
Is there pressure once you step into Bollywood to do well and succeed?
I know that depression is a medical problem and a lot of people suffer from it. I almost went in that path, but I stepped out of it somehow. I have many problems in my life right now (some of you may have read my posts & know about it). But I learned through the years that committing suicide just isn't the right way to go. It doesn't solve anything and it hurts so many people around you. Of course we only can speculate on why Jiah did what she did. Some say it was boyfriend problems, some say it was because she thought she was a failure, some say no one around her gave her encouragement and supported her. The real reason I guess we'll never know. I just wish she had taken the help of someone. Its really sad to see a great young aspiring girl who still had a bright future ahead of her, end her life like this. Do you think its Bollywood that did this to her? Meaning had she not been in the industry and pursued her career elsewhere would she have been in the state she was in? I wish she got some encouragement from her family & friends.
It was so sad to see that very few Bollywood celebs came to her funeral. Where was Amit ji? Only Aamir & Ritesh were the big names there. Very sad. God bless her soul. And may God give all the strength to her family and friends.
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