Celebrities who died young

KKF · September 12, 2011, 9:30pm

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**three celebs:

1. Vinod Mehra:

Vinod Mehra (****Hindi: विनोद मेहरा) (13 February 1945 – 30 October 1990) was an Indian actor in Bollywood films. He started out as a child actor in a few films in the late 1950s and early 1960s before starting his adult film career in 1971 acting in over 100 films throughout the 1970s through to the 1990s. He was also the producer and director of the film Gurudev**** which was released after his death at the age of 45 in 1990.

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**2. Guru Dutt:

Vasanth Kumar Shivashankar Padukone (Konkani: वसंत कुमार शिवशंकर पडुकोण}) (9 July 1925 – 10 October 1964), popularly known as Guru Dutt, was an Indian film director, producer and actor. He is often credited with ushering in the golden era of Hindi cinema. He made quintessential 1950s and 1960s classics such as Pyaasa (Thirsty), Kaagaz Ke Phool (Paper Flowers), Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (The King, the Queen and the Jack) and Chaudhvin Ka Chand (The Fourteenth Day Moon). In particular, Pyaasa and Kaagaz Ke Phool are now included among the greatest films of all time, both by Time magazine’s “All-TIME” 100 best movies and by the Sight & Sound critics’ and directors’ poll, where Dutt himself is included among the greatest film directors of all time. He is sometimes referred to as “India’s Orson Welles”. In 2010, he was included among CNN’s “top 25 Asian actors of all time”.**

**He is most famous for making lyrical and artistic films within the context of popular Hindi cinema of the 1950s, and expanding its commercial conventions, starting with his 1957 film, Pyaasa. Several of his later works have a cult following. His movies go full house when re-released; especially in Germany, France and Japan. The latest book on him is Ten Years with Guru Dutt: Abrar Alvi’s Journey by Sathya Saran based on the recollections of his chief scriptwriter and friend.[SUP]
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3. Ishmit:

Ishmeet Singh Sodhi (September 2, 1988 – July 29, 2008) was the winner of Amul STAR Voice of India 2007. Hailing from Ludhiana (model town), Punjab, India, Singh had won the Star Plus show in 2007. He also participated in another Reality Show called Jo Jeeta Wohi Superstar. Ishmeet’s first album was a religious Gurbani album called Satgur Tumre Kaaj Savaare. Singh drowned in Maldives on July 29, 2008.

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TLK · September 12, 2011, 9:37pm

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Oh yes, that was quite a shock too.

muqawwee123 · September 13, 2011, 3:05pm

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Khalida died at any early age, but she might be in her late 40's.

KKF · September 13, 2011, 5:22pm

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**Geeta Bali

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**Geeta Bali’s death at the shockingly young age of 36 exhibits one of
the strange quirks of fate. She died from contacting small pox, a
disease she could have easily vaccinated herself from.

There has rarely been an actress as full of life as Geeta Bali. It was
obvious that she revelled in life. And for a while, it seemed life was
paying back the compliment – her performances in Baazi and Albela made
her a much-admired star. Later, she married the man she loved – Shammi
Kapoor – and had two children. However, when Geeta decided to make a
comeback to films with an author-backed role in Rano, and left on an
outdoor shoot to Punjab, she contacted the dreaded disease.

She was rushed back to the best possible treatment in Mumbai but her
temperature rose to 107 degrees; and she succumbed to the disease.

In the winter of 1965, Geeta was cremated at Banganga, close to the Mumbai temple where she had married Shammi Kapoor.

****Geeta Dutt

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**Geeta Dutt’s honeyed vocals could sing all kinds of songs and express most emotions. But she sounded the most exquisite in pain-lashed numbers like Na jao saiyaan chhudake baiyan and Waqt ne kiya kya haseen sitam. The singer passed away at the age of 42.

Geeta Roy was a sprightly and successful young singer when she married upcoming actor-filmmaker Guru Dutt in 1953. Though she continued to sing for outside banners, her priority was clearly her family.

**** But after her estrangement from Guru Dutt and his suicide in 1964, Geeta’s life was in disarray. Though she tried to pick up the pieces for the sake of her three children and even tried her hand at acting in a Bengali film called Badhu Baran, Geeta’s singing career had lost its momentum. She succumbed to a liver disease in 1972 even as the strains of her long-awaited comeback hit Mujhe jaa na kaho meri jaan were entrancing audiences.

****K.L. Sehgal

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**Actor-singer K L Saigal was India’s first male superstar whose immensely popular songs were the source of inspiration for future legends like Lata Mangeshkar and Kishore Kumar. Death, however, robbed Saigal from his millions of fans when he was barely 42.

Saigal’s golden voice enthralled cinemagoers in made-in-Kolkata films of the 1930s like Devdas and Street Singer.

In the 1940s, Kundanlal Saigal moved to Mumbai and starred in successes like Bhakt Surdas (1942), Tansen (1943) and Shahjehan (1946). But his fondness for drinking took a toll on his failing health and he passed away on January 18, 1947. Undivided India was plunged into grief for its singing superstar.

Saigal’s legacy lives on in his songs like Babul mora.**

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_H_NK · September 15, 2011, 8:02pm

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wow, i remember hearing the news at that time. So sad. He was appreciated by so many for his singing…

very sad thread

blessed2006 · September 15, 2011, 11:15pm

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Divya bharti..... a true shock for the bolly film industry and a mystery too as till date it is unknown whether her death was a suicide, murder or natural death.

Rafi Khawar aka Nanha filmstar...another tragic death and a big loss for pakistani film industry...he committed suicide since dancer and actress naazli said no to his love and he was very dishearted.