The showbiz industry is in shock at actor Sidharth Shukla’s death at 40. By Team Viva
A wave of shock and grief has taken over Bollywood after the sudden demise of actor Sidharth Shukla on September 2, 2021. The actor, who was 40, passed away in Mumbai’s Cooper Hospital after suffering a massive heart attack in the morning.
The actor was best known for his role of Shivraj Shekhar in Balika Vadhu. Even after his demise, he is being remembered for the way he showed his acting skills in the serial. Besides this, he also did Dil Se Dil Tak, Bigg Boss 13, Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 7 and hosted shows like Savdhaan India and also did projects with Karan Johar like Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania.
The star has left a huge void, also in the 2018 show Balika Vadhu as now the sitcom bears three cast-member losses, after Pratyusha Banerjee and Surekha Sikri.
His friends and colleagues expressed their grief on Twitter. Actor Salman Khan took to Twitter and wrote, “Gone too soon Siddharth.. you shall be missed. Condolences to the family. RIP.”
Actress Parineeti Chopra expressed, “Unable to process this. Rest in peace, Siddharth Shukla. You were truly loved, by millions.”
Actor Ajay Devgn expressed his grief as he tweeted, “Life & death are both baffling. But when someone as young as Sidharth Shukla passes away suddenly, one is very sad... Condolences to his family. RIP Sidharth.”
The actor R Madhavan wrote, “Heartbreaking and tragic. Rest in peace, brother. Just don’t have words to express my anguish.”
Actor Kushal Tandon uploaded a picture with Sidharth and tweeted, “Sad, shocking, May God give strength to his mother, sister and family, RIP brother, fly away into a different world peacefully. Om Shanti.”
Amidst this, an old tweet, from 2017, of the Big Boss season 13’s winner resurfaced. It said, “Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live...”
Director Hansal Mehta, pointed out how young Shukla was. He tweeted, “No age to have a heart attack. No age to go. This is extremely sad and disturbing. Hope this time for sadness, reflection and mourning does not get converted into a tamasha by some idiots.”
Actor Varun Dhawan, who worked with actor Sidharth Shukla in the latter’s Bollywood debut Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania posted a picture of them on Instagram and wrote, “RIP brother, you are loved by so many and you touched so many with your kind heart and beautiful personality. Today heaven has gained a star and we have lost one. My deepest condolences to the family and loved ones.”
Shukla is survived by his mother and two sisters.