Tunisha Sharma (4 January 2002 – 24 December 2022) was an Indian television and film actress. She made her acting debut with ''

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'' as Chand Kawar in 2015. Sharma is best known for having played Rajkumari Ahankara in ''

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'', Zara/Babli in '' Ishq Subhan Allah'' and Aadhya Verma in '' Internet Wala Love''. Sharma made her film debut with '' Fitoor'' playing Young Firdaus and later played Young Diya in '' Baar Baar Dekho''. In both these films, she played

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's younger version.

Early life

Sharma was born on 4 January 2002 in

Chandigarh Chandigarh () is a planned city in India. Chandigarh is bordered by the state of Punjab to the west and the south, and by the state of Haryana to the east. It constitutes the bulk of the Chandigarh Capital Region or Greater Chandigarh, which ...

to Vanita Sharma. In her initial years of work, she was diagnosed with depression and anxiety issues.

Career

Sharma started her career with

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's ''

Maharana Pratap Pratap Singh I, popularly known as Maharana Pratap (c. 9 May 1540 – 19 January 1597), was a king of Mewar from the Sisodia dynasty. Pratap became a folk hero for his military resistance against the expansionism of the Mughal Empire under Ak ...

'' as Chand Kanwar. She went on to play Rajkumari Ahankara in

Colors TV Colors TV is an Indian general entertainment broadcast network owned by Viacom18. The network's programming consists of family dramas, comedies, youth-oriented reality shows, shows on crime and television films. History It was launched on ...

's ''

.'' In 2016, she made her film debut as Young Firdaus in '' Fitoor''. In the same year, she played Young Dia in '' Baar Baar Dekho'' and Mini in '' Kahaani 2: Durga Rani Singh''. In 2017, Sharma played Mehtab Kaur in '' Sher-e-Punjab: Maharaja Ranjit Singh''. From 2018 to 2019, she played Aadhya Verma in

's '' Internet Wala Love''. In 2019, she appeared in

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's '' Ishq Subhan Allah'' as Zara/Babli. In 2021, she was seen in season 2 of

SAB TV Sony SAB (formerly SAB TV) is an Indian pay television channel owned by Culver Max Entertainment. History Sony SAB was launched as SAB TV by Gautam Adhikari and Markand Adhikari under their company Sri Adhikari Brothers (thus the acronym) on ...

's '' Hero – Gayab Mode On'' as ASP Aditi. In 2022, she played the lead role in

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show '' Ali Baba: Dastaan-E-Kabul'' opposite Sheezan Mohammed Khan. She is slated to appear posthumously in

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's film '' 3 Monkeys''.

Death

On 24 December 2022, in a studio in

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, Maharashtra, Sharma hanged herself in the make-up room of co-star Sheezan Mohammed Khan on the set of the television serial '' Ali Baba: Dastaan-E-Kabul''. She was taken to a hospital where she was declared

dead on arrival Dead on Scene ('' 'DOS' '') Found dead before first responders get on scene and no medical treatment was given. Dead on arrival (DOA), also dead in the field and brought in dead (BID), are terms which indicate that a patient was found to be ...

. Sheezan Mohammed Khan was booked for abetment to suicide and was arrested after her mother filed a case against him; Sharma and Khan had reportedly been in a relationship but had broken up shortly before her death.

Filmography

Television

Special appearances

Films

Music videos

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sharma, Tunisha 2002 births 2022 deaths 2022 suicides Actresses from Chandigarh Actresses in Hindi cinema Child actresses in Hindi cinema 21st-century Indian actresses Female suicides Suicides by hanging in India