Riches to rags

Actor-turned-watchman
Savi Sidhu

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Recently, pictures and videos of actor Savi Sidhu, who is currently working as a watchman at a high-rise building in Mumbai, went viral. The actor wasn’t able to find work and it was getting difficult for him to sustain without money. This surely got everyone’s attention and singer Mika Singh had even posted on Twitter and asked the fraternity to come forward and help Sidhu.

Wrong choice 
Shweta Basu Prasad

Shweta had a wonderful career as a child actor. Post her stint in the South film industry, her name cropped up during a flesh trade operation conducted by the Hyderabad police. What shocked everyone was Shweta’s candid admission that she did make wrong career choices to support her family. She will be seen in a Bollywood film Tashkent Files.

When depression strikes
Geetanjali Nagpal

Once a top model in the fashion industry, Geetanjali Nagpal was found begging in a market in South Delhi by a photojournalist. She was later rescued and  taken under the care of the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) for reform. After her failed modelling career and a string of failed relationships, the model was suffering depression.

Lonely soul 
Parveen Babi

Yesteryear actress Parveen Babi developed paranoid schizophrenia and accused several popular personalities like Amitabh Bachchan and Bill Clinton to try to kill her. She lived alone in her Mumbai flat and died a lonely death. People came to know about her death only after three days after she had not picked up milk and newspapers from her door. 

Financial crisis 
Mahesh Anand

Mahesh Anand, known for playing negative roles in 90’s blockbuster films, was found dead in his apartment recently. He had been facing major financial issues for the last several years and even had a drinking problem. His last film Pahlaj Nihalani’s production Rangeela Raja, which released in January this year was his first appearance on the big screen after 18 years.