Mumbai: Popular actor and Bigg Boss winner Sidharth Shukla breathed his last dye to a cardiac arrest in Mumbai today. The Balika Vadhu (TV serial) actor (40) died due to a massive heart attack, confirmed the hospital.
According to hospital sources, he had some medicines and went off to sleep but never woke up. The heartthrob also featured in a number of projects like the web series Broken But Beautiful 3, reality show Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 7 and hosted TV shows like Savdhaan India and India Got Talent 7. Coincidentally, his Siddharth’s Balika Vadu co-star Pratyusha Banerjee also died young when she allegedly committed suicide five years back.
Shukla made his Bollywood debut in Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania (2014). He also starred in a Kazakhstan film titled Business in Kazakhstan (2016). But Shukla’s stardom took unprecedented heights after he won the Bigg Boss 13 in 2019. Among his popular TV serials include Balika Vadu, Dil Se Dil Tak and others.
Shukla was reportedly in a relationship with fellow Bigg Boss contestant Shehnaaz Gill.
