Actor
and
model
Sidharth
Shukla,
the
winner
of
Bigg
Boss
13,
has
died
of
a
sudden
heart
attack.
He
was
40
and
is
survived
by
his
mother
and
two
sisters.
Reportedly,
Cooper
Hospital
has
confirmed
his
death.
Apparently,
the
actor
suffered
a
massive
heart
attack
in
the
morning.
He
was
taken
to
hospital
at
around
11
am.
The
senior
Cooper
Hospital
official
told
PTI,
"He
was
brought
dead
to
the
hospital
some
time
ago."
A
senior
doctor
from
the
forensic
department
of
the
hospital
told
Hindustan
Times,
"Initial
report
indicates
that
he
died
of
a
heart
attack.
We,
however,
won't
be
able
to
confirm
the
cause
of
his
death
until
we
complete
the
post
mortem."
According
to
the
India
Today
report,
hospital
sources
said
he
took
some
medicine
before
sleeping
and
didn't
wake
up.
Sidharth
began
his
career
as
a
model
and
made
his
acting
debut
with
a
lead
role
in
TV
show
Babul
Ka
Aangann
Chootey
Na.
He
appeared
in
a
few
shows,
but
became
a
household
name
with
Balika
Vadhu.
He
had
done
a
few
music
videos
and
all
of
them
were
major
hits.
He
had
recently
appeared
with
Shehnaaz
Gill
in
Bigg
Boss
OTT
and
Dance
Deewane
3
as
also
the
web
series
Broken
But
Beautiful
3,
which
was
his
OTT
debut.
Sidharth
had
participated
in
reality
shows
like
Jhalak
Dikhhla
Jaa
6,
Fear
Factor:
Khatron
Ke
Khiladi
7
and
Bigg
Boss
13,
winning
KKK7
and
BB13.
He
made
his
Bollywood
debut
with
Karan
Johar's
film
Humpty
Sharma
Ki
Dulhania
in
which
he
played
a
supporting
role
opposite
lead
Alia
Bhatt
and
Varun
Dhawan.