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Who knew she would become a superstar at the age of 19. Talking about the ’90s, there were hardly any female superstars in Bollywood and this one came blazing out everybody else out of the league. She was young, energetic and refreshing on the screen and people loved her. She first debuted when she was only 14 and was discovered by filmmaker Nandu Tolani. Divya Bharti was signed by Kirti Kumar who wanted to cast her opposite Govinda but following some controversies she was replaced by Juhi Chawla and caught the eye of a Telugu filmmaker and was signed for Bobbili Raja opposite Daggubati Venkatesh which gained her name and fame in the South industry.
She established herself as a prominent actress in the south by giving various blockbusters and working with stars like Chiranjeevi and Mohan Babu. She then came back to Bollywood and was signed for Vishwatma opposite Sunny Deol and Naseeruddin Shah. It was 1992 when this movie was released and immediately after that David Dhawan signed her for his movie Shola Aur Shabnam which was critically praised and was a super hit on the box office.
She then signed a movie opposite legendary Rishi Kapoor and Shah Rukh Khan called Deewana which was the highest grossing movie of the year following Anil Kapoor and Madhuri Dixit’s Beta. She was also awarded the ‘Filmfare Award for Lux New Face of the Year’ for Deewana.
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Apart from her A star career, Divya’s personal life took a toll when she got married to Sajid Nadiadwala during a private ceremony which is still unknown to the industry. Sajid never came out and spoke about their marriage but Divya’s close friends say that they got married on May 10th, 1992 and kept their marriage under the wraps.
On April 5th, 1993 when Divya was chilling at her Versova house with her designer friend Neeta Lulla and her husband Dr. Shyam Lulla who happens to be a psychiatrist and was also treating Divya for depression, were there when she died. She fell off her room’s balcony from the fifth floor and was immediately rushed to the emergency unit of Cooper Hospital, Juhu. By the time she reached, she already lost her life because of head injuries and internal bleeding. The reason for her death was never stated though there are random theories about it. She was under the influence of alcohol when she fell from the balcony. Her death is a mystery till date, Sajid never spoke about what happened that night or any other celebrity for that matter who visited her in the hospital when she was on her deathbed. Finally, the Mumbai police declared her death as accidental and the case was shut forever after that.
We lost one hell of an actress, a sensation and a talented young girl amidst all these controversies. She will always be remembered by us for giving us these superhit movies and for the kind of person she was.
