Divya Om Prakash Bharti (February 25, 1974 – April 5, 1993) was an Indian film actress, who starred in a number of commercially successful Hindi and Telugu language films in the early 1990s. Through her successful film career, she had established herself as one of the most popular film actresses in India.
Bharti started to get offers in films as early as 14 years of age, and after several unsuccessful attempts, she made her debut with a lead role in the successful Telugu drama Bobbili Raja (1990), aged 16. After starring in a number of high-grossing Telugu films, she went on to Bollywood films in 1992 with the action thriller Vishwatma. Bharti further went on to have commercial success alongside actors such as Govinda and Rishi Kapoor in films like Shola Aur Shabnam and Deewana, respectively; the latter of which garnered her a Filmfare Award for Lux New Face of the Year. Bharti acted in over 14 Hindi films between 1992 and early 1993 which is to date an unbroken record for a newcomer in Bollywood.
Bharti died on 5 April 1993 at the age of 19, from injuries sustained after falling off the balcony of her fifth-floor apartment at Tulsi Buildings in Versova, Mumbai. The cause of her falling was never officially confirmed, that whether it was a murder, suicide or accident. Her parents called her death as an accident and the Mumbai Police closed the investigations into her death in 1998, labeling it as accidental.
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