It’s not completely unheard of for Bollywood actors to walk out of a bomb explosion or from falling from a tall building with just a few bruises and a smug look on their faces. And it turns out that they replicate the feat in real life too- more or less; by pushing the envelope and coming back unscathed from being ‘dead.’ Here are 5 instances of rumors of Bollywood celebs’ death sending nervous jitters up the fan’s spine.
# Ayushman KhuranaKhurana’s death happened when he had a snowboarding accident while vacationing with his family. With all the diverse talents that the actor/singer/vj carried around, the news came as a reason for lament for the fans. However, in an unexpected turn of events, the dead man himself came forward and said that he is very much alive.
# Amitabh BachchanBachchan had his place of death as the USA. He was apparently killed in an accident in the land of the eagle. This news was so convincing that people even sharing the gruesome details regarding the accident, many bits of which read like they originated in Stephen King’s brain. As for the man himself, who was well alive through all this and was probably rubbing his goatee in amusement, refrained to make any comments about it.
# Shah Rukh KhanShah Rukh Khan is also one of the latest celebrities to become a victim of death hoax. A European news network, El Pais TV, had falsely reported that SRK and seven others were killed when a private jet in which he was traveling in crashed. However, the Badshah of Bollywood was hale and hearty and shooting for his upcoming film with Aanand L Rai in Mumbai when rumors of his death spread.
# RajnikanthAllergic bronchitis and viral infection that’s what the on-screen God was hospitalized for in 2011. Hardly things that could be termed as fatal normally. But fans seemed not to have given heed to that factor when news broke that the actor died in hospital. He has numerous death defying action scenarios to his credit but the fans were convinced that the actor couldn’t replicate the act in real life. The news got out of hand when it became a trending topic on Twitter and the actor’s wife had to come forward to put the rumors to rest.
# Dilip KumarDilip Kumar has had the ‘privilege’ of being proclaimed dead not once or twice but thrice. The first time around, people got a Whatsapp message that was much forwarded. After that, there was the time when the actor was hospitalized when he was unwell(which happened for real). But the rumor mill got at work and spread the news that he died in the hospital. But the actor came back from the dead the second time as well only to be proclaimed dead once again, this time after Arpita Khan’s wedding. The condolences which came in that time must have made the legendary actor chuckle. The things one get to see in a super-long Bollywood career!