Bollywood Celebs Who Lost A Parent at Young Age

Losing someone you love is painful for everyone but it is more painful when you lose one of your parents. It will take a lot of time to get out of that grief and our celebrities have come out stronger after losing a parent. Have a look at the celebs who lost a parent at young age:

Shahrukh Khan

Superstar Shahrukh Khan lost both his parents at a very young age, he lost his father when he was 15 and his mother when he was 26. The actor once said that the feeling of losing his parents could have taken over his life but he decided to fill that void by acting.

Arjun Kapoor

Actor Arjun Kapoor lost his mother who was suffering from cancer even before his start of career. The actor was extremely close to his mother and had seen her suffer in illness and when his parents got separated.

Janhvi Kapoor

Legendary actress and Janhvi Kapoor’s mother Sridevi died in 2018 due to accidental drowning in the hotel bathtub in Dubai .Sridevi died before the debut release of Janhvi Kapoor, Janhvi was shattered after her mother’s death but she gathered courage and stood out strong.

Priyanka Chopra

Priyanka Chopra lost her father in 2013 when she was only 31.She was very attached to his father , she even tattooed “Daddy’s lil girl”, in her father’s handwriting. She once admitted that she went into depression after her father’s demise and it took her a while to get out of it.

Bhumi Pednekar

Bhumi Pednekar lost her father to Cancer even before she entered the industry. Bhumi said in an interview that the unfortunate turn of events made her work harder. We were quite young. I was 18, Samiksha was probably 15 when we lost our dad due to cancer. We saw him through prolonged sickness and really suffered a lot. Obviously, losing a parent is never easy and I had a wonderful father. We miss him every day but my mom is made of something else, she really got us together. I think just us as a family, we went into warrior mode post that.

Rajkumar Rao

Actor Rajkumar Rao lost both his parents unfortunately, he lost his mother when he was shooting for movie Newton and lost his father in 2019.Talking about coping with the loss of parents , he said “Me being an actor gave them the most amount of happiness. Work was the only way I could keep myself out of it”.