ENTERTAINMENT
Image Credits: Sidharth Shukla/Instagram
In 2021, Television actor Sidharth Shukla's untimely passing shook industry insiders and fans alike. While speculations and conspiracy theories ran amok, it was eventually concluded that the 40-year-old died of a heart attack.
Image Credits: Sidharth Shukla/Instagram
On his birth anniversary today, let us revisit his legacy -- shows and iconic roles that continue to tug at our heartstrings!
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Balika Vadhu Balika Vadhu enjoyed tremendous popularity when it first aired in 2008. The show centres on child marriage, and served as a big boost to Shukla’s career, and he soon became a household name.
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Broken But Beautiful 3 Shukla played Agastya, a struggling theatre writer-director whose life changes when he falls in love. The show ticked all the right boxes, and his incredible chemistry with Sonia Rathee became quite the buzz.
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Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania Shukla plays Angad Bedi, a rich and successful person in this rom-com. He is supposed to get married to Alia Bhatt, who later chooses to be with Varun Dhawan. This was quite an impactful role, right?
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Soorma While Bollywood wasn't really where Shukla hit gold, his role as Taapse Pannu’s love interest in Soorma managed to get fans to take notice of him.
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Dil Se Dil Tak This show is loosely based on the Bollywood entertainer, Chori Chori Chupke Chupke. Shukla plays the protagonist of the show and leads his life in a love triangle, which makes for a light-hearted watch.
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Bigg Boss Shukla won season 13 of the show, and this gig skyrocketed his popularity like none other. Be it his romance with Shehnaz Gill or navigating in-house politics like a pro, the late actor aced the game and how!