Actress was only 25 years old, had been depressed for some time

Jun 4, 2013 14:38 GMT  ·  By
Jiah Khan was found hanged in her Mumbai apartment, had been depressed for some time
   Jiah Khan was found hanged in her Mumbai apartment, had been depressed for some time

Gorgeous Bollywood actress Jiah Kahn has died. Her body was discovered at her home in Mumbai by her mother, with reports online suggesting that she took her own life.

Khan was 25 years old.

The Guardian reports that the actress, who was born in New York and raised in London, hung herself, according to a police official speaking on the condition of anonymity.

On her Twitter, Khan described herself as an “actor... poet... singer.. musician... and dreamer... life through my rose coloured glasses ;-)” but sources close to her say she’d been depressed lately.

“She had been depressed for some time due to personal issues, but was keen on returning to acting soon,” an insider says.

Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma, who worked with Khan on the critically acclaimed Nishabd, wrote on Twitter that the actress was very worried about her career and “scared for her future,” as per the aforementioned media outlet.