Actor-singer Divvya Chouksey passed away on Sunday after a year-and-a half long battle with cancer. She was 28. According to director Monjoy Mukerji, who worked with the actor in her debut “Hai Apna Dil Toh Awara” in 2016, Divvya breathed her last in her hometown Bhopal.
“She was suffering from cancer for about one-and-a-half years now. She got cured, but it relapsed after few months. This time she could not come out of it. She passed today morning in her hometown Bhopal,” Monjoy told PTI. The director said Divvya’s death had deeply saddened him as he had several fond memories of working with the actor in his first feature film.
“She was such a chirpy enthusiastic, fiery girl. She was so passionate. Within a short period of time, she bagged the film and was doing well. Her death has shocked me,” he added. A night before she passed away, Divvya wrote on her Instagram Story that she was on her “deathbed”.
“Words cannot suffice what I want to convey, the more the less… Since it’s been months am absconded and bombarded with plethora of messages, it’s time I tell you guys, I’m on my deathbed.
“Sh** happens, I’m strong. Be there another life of non suffering. No questions please, only god knows h .
