Jiah Khan was depressed about THIS, says Zarina Wahab: ‘She called Suraj…’

After Jiah Khan’s death, Sooraj Pancholi’s life changed completely. The incident occurred on June 3, 2013, when Jiah Khan was found dead at her residence in Juhu, Mumbai. Her body was discovered in her own home, and Sooraj was accused of abetting her suicide. The legal battle lasted for nearly 10 years, and in 2023, the CBI Special Court acquitted Sooraj due to a lack of evidence.

Now, in an interview, Sooraj’s mother, Zarina Wahab, has spoken about the events surrounding Jiah’s death and what her son went through at that time. Zarina revealed that at the time of Jiah’s death, she and Sooraj were no longer together.

Sooraj Pancholi’s breakup with Jiah Khan

Zarina Wahab told in an interview with Nayandeep Rakshit, “I want to clear one thing that a lot of people think about Sooraj. When they (Jiah and Sooraj) were friends, Salman was launching him. Then I told him that Salman is going to launch you, so stop this! Then he went and told her, ‘My parents don’t want us to meet and your mother also doesn’t want us to meet. So let’s break up.’ Then she said, ‘Can I come and meet you sometime?’ So he told her, ‘You can come and meet me as a friend but not as a girlfriend.’ The incident happened a month before their breakup. No one knows about this. In fact, she was going to South for a Telugu film around the same time in June. On the spot, she was rejected, and she was very depressed.”

Zarina, who was last seen in Devara: Part 1, told that on the day of her death, Jiah had tried to contact Sooraj. She said in the same interview, “She was so depressed that she was trying to call Sooraj. But his classes were going on because of a shooting. He couldn’t take her call, and when he later saw his phone, he texted her, ‘I’m free now, if you want to call me, call.’ But by then, she had already passed away. And now everyone says he did this, he did that… It’s so wrong. The poor girl was really sweet, but only God knows what truly happened with her.”

Zarina Wahab on Aditya Pancholi’s Extramarital Affairs

Over the years, Aditya Pancholi’s name has been linked with several women from the film industry. A few were Kangana Ranaut and Pooja Bedi. Despite the controversies, Zarina always remained calm. She talked about what people used to gossip about Aditya’s relationships with other women. “People think I am very stressed. They simply assume that ‘she must be unhappy because Aditya is seeing this and that girl’ nobody says, ‘Yeh ladki dekh rahi hai inko’.”

Jiah Khan made her Bollywood debut in 2007 with Nishabd, starring alongside Amitabh Bachchan. She later appeared in successful films like Aamir Khan’s Ghajini and Akshay Kumar’s Housefull, which turned out to be her last movie.

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