Tunisha Sharma’s tragic death on December 24 on her TV show Ali Baba: Dastaan-E-Kabul’s sets sent her fans, friends and family in shock. The actress died by suicide and an investigation is underway where her co-star and ex-boyfriend Sheezan Khan has been arrested for abetment of suicide and sent to judicial custody for 14 days. Today, the actress would have celebrated her 21st birthday. On January 4, as fans mourn her demise, her mother Vanita Sharma opened up about celebrating the actress’ birthday in her memory.
Tunisha would have turned 21 years old today on January 4, 2023 and apparently her mother had great plans to ring in the special day with her daughter. However, things went awry due to Tunisha’s death. In an interview to a news channel, Vanita revealed that she had planned a surprise for Tunisha. She said, “This time I decided to give her a surprise party. My daughter would have turned 21 this year. I thought I would prepare a theme cake and invite her friends to the celebrations. I had started planning her birthday surprise at the beginning of December. Though the celebrations wouldn’t have been that grand, I wanted to make this day special for my daughter.”
However, she said that she will still celebrate her daughter’s birth anniversary by cutting a cake and said, “This time I will cut the cake in Chandigarh and celebrate Tunisha’s birthday in her memory. I will get the cake made by her best friend Ritika.”
Vanita also shared details about her daughter’s journey to stardom and recalled her initial days. She said that one of their family friends, Saluja, who was from the industry had recommended Tunisha’s portfolio to be made. After Vanita made the actress’ portfolio, it was sent to various production houses, including that of Sajid Nadiadwala. Following this the mother-daughter came to Mumbai for auditions. Vanita said, “To be honest, I went to Mumbai for two days. But I could not go back to Chandigarh for a year. Tunisha was locked for Sony channel where she played the role of Chand Kanwar in Maharana Pratap. After those ten to twenty days, she was locked for Katrina Kaif starrer Fitoor. She git back-to-back projects which somehow disrupted our plans to return to Chandigarh.”
She further said, “We even stayed in Srinagar for two months for Fitoor as the shooting was underway. After Fitoor’s release, the casting directors called her the younger version of Katrina.” Vanita shared her displeasure with Tunisha’s last show Ali Baba: Dastaan-E-Kabul and said, “I wonder why she signed it. If she had not signed it, my daughter would probably have been saved.”
(Source: Aaj Tak)
