Kajra Re artiste dies onstage
Friday,
September
15,
2006
Jabalpur
(UNI):
A
20-year-old
junior
cine
artiste,
who
was
part
of
the
runaway
hit
'Kajra
re
Kajra
re...',
has
died
during
a
stageshow
in
Switzerland.
Narayan
Jharia
alias
Edwin's
worked
for
Vaidehi
Merchant
Dance
Group
in
Mumbai
and
hailed
from
this
cantonment
town.
His
mother
Bitthanbai
said,
''My
son
shifted
to
Mumbai
about
a
decade
back
to
work
in
the
tinseltown.
However,
he
did
not
get
a
job
there
and
began
working
for
the
dance
Group.
Edwin
visited
home
once
or
twice
annually.''
On
September
four,
Edwin
had
told
his
family
over
the
telephone
that
he
was
part
of
a
34-member
stageshow
group
that
was
leaving
for
a
six-month
Switzerland
tour
that
night.
Four
days
later
a
person
called
from
Mumbai
and
said
Edwin
had
died
in
Switzerland
after
complaining
of
stomachache
during
a
stageshow.
The artiste's shocked father Chamanlal and brother Raju attempted in vain to contact the Vaidehi Group's directors Vaidehi Merchant and Pranav Merchant over the telephone. Three days back, Raju and his friends left for Mumbai to gather details. They were told that the body would be sent to Mumbai in a couple of days. ''Our family lodged a complaint yesterday at the Ranjhi Police Station here and met Madhya Pradesh Assembly Speaker Ishwardas Rohani (who represents Jabalpur Cantonment),'' Ms Bitthanbai added.
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