Jiah Khan Was ‘Depressed’ Over Rejection Before Death, Says Zarina Wahab: ‘She Called Sooraj But...’

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Last Updated:May 20, 2025, 00:25 IST

Sooraj’s mother, seasoned histrion Zarina Wahab, has opened up astir her son’s affectional ordeal, and the events starring up to Jiah’s death.

Zarina Wahab recalls the affectional toll Sooraj faced aft Jiah Khan’s death.

Sooraj Pancholi’s beingness changed everlastingly connected June 3, 2013, erstwhile histrion Jiah Khan was recovered dormant astatine her Juhu residence successful Mumbai. The young actor, who was past prepping for his Bollywood debut, was accused of abetting Jiah’s suicide. A decade-long ineligible conflict followed, ending successful 2023 with a CBI Special Court acquitting Sooraj owed to deficiency of evidence.

Now, Sooraj’s mother, seasoned histrion Zarina Wahab, has opened up astir her son’s affectional ordeal, and the events starring up to Jiah’s death. In an interrogation with Nayandeep Rakshit, Zarina clarified that Sooraj and Jiah were not unneurotic astatine the clip of her passing.

“I privation to wide 1 happening that a batch of radical deliberation astir Sooraj. When they (Jiah and Sooraj) were friends, Salman was launching him. Then I told him that Salman is going to motorboat you, (so) halt (this)! Then helium went and told her, my parents don’t privation america to conscionable and your parent besides doesn’t privation america to meet. So let’s interruption up. Then she said, ‘can I travel and conscionable you sometimes?’ So helium told her, ‘you tin travel and conscionable maine arsenic a person but not arsenic a girlfriend.’ The incidental happened a period earlier their breakup. No 1 knows astir this. In fact, she was going to South for a Telugu movie astir the aforesaid clip successful June. On the spot, she was rejected and she was precise depressed."

Zarina shared that Jiah tried reaching retired to Sooraj connected the time of her death. “She was truthful depressed that she was trying to telephone Sooraj. But his classes were going connected due to the fact that of immoderate shooting. He couldn’t instrumentality her call, and erstwhile helium aboriginal saw his phone, helium texted her, ‘I’m escaped now, if you privation to telephone me, call.’ But by then, she had already passed away. And present everyone says helium did this, helium did that… It’s truthful wrong. The mediocre miss was truly sweet, but lone God knows what genuinely happened with her."

Zarina besides revealed that Jiah was heartbroken aft being rejected for a Telugu movie that yet formed Rakul Preet Singh. Sooraj had adjacent sent her a bouquet erstwhile she told him she was trying her luck successful the South. “Whatever happened, it wasn’t good, but radical misunderstood. How galore radical tin you spell astir explaining things to? But helium (Sooraj) went done a lot," she concluded.

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