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I know what it’d be to not have Sid around: Kashmera Shah
It has been over a week since actor Sidharth Shukla passed away, but his friends from the industry are still in shock. Kashmera Shah, a close friend of the late actor, says, “Sid taught us to live life on our terms. While I am happy I met him, I’m also angry that I met him, because now, I know what it would be to not have him around. I met his family; his sisters loved him immensely and his mother doted on him,” Shah tells us.
Requesting people to allow his family some privacy, the 49-year-old adds, “We all will eventually move on with our lives, but Sid was a star when he lived and now he is a bright shining star in the sky, looking after all his fans and family. Let’s not disappoint him and let us maintain his dignity and give his family the time needed to grieve and cope with this sudden tragedy.”
Shukla, who widened his popularity after appearing on a popular TV reality show, passed away on September 2 after reportedly, suffering a heart attack. “I cannot bring myself to accept that he is no
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more amid us. How can someone as invincible as Sid no longer be with us?” wonders Shah, who stayed with the late actor in a house as part of the show.
Revisiting the time they spent together on the show, she says, “We became really good friends. I knew Sid as someone who lived life on his terms.” Shah even points out how he “never posted anything just to gain more followers on social media and never did something he didn’t truly believe in”. The late actor’s close friend further said that Sid was like an undefeated King. “I cannot say RIP for him because for me, he is still somewhere around smiling,” she concludes.
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