Jodha Akbar actress Manisha Yadav no more; Paridhi Sharma expresses shock

Television actress Manisha Yadav is no more. She passed away on Friday, October 1. Manisha was well known for her role as Salima Begum in the show Jodha Akbar. According to reports, the actress suffered a brain hemorrhage and collapsed in no time. Manisha’s Jodha Akbar’s co-star Paridhi Sharma confirmed the news of Yadav’s demise. Paridhi Sharma, who played the lead role in the show Jodha Akbar, took to her Instagram stories to share the news. She condoled the death of Manisha Yadav in an emotional post.

Paridhi Sharma shared a throwback photo of Manisha Yadav from the show Jodha Akbar. The late actress looked beautiful in a scene from the show, playing Salima Begum. In the post, Sharma shared the picture of Manisha and wrote, “This News Is So Heartbreaking,” followed by a sad emoji. She wrote, “RIP,” and tagged the late actor’s Instagram handle in the post.

Take a look at the post below:

Speaking with ETimes, Paridhi Sharma expressed shock. She revealed she wasn’t in constant touch with Manisha after the show went off air. However, Sharma mentioned being in touch via a WhatsApp ground named Mughals.

She said, “I wasn’t in constant touch with her after our show went off air. But we have a Whats App group which is named Mughals and all the actresses who were begums in the show are a part of that group. So that’s how we stay in touch and if anything important is to be shared about anyone’s life, we do that on the group. I got to know about this yesterday on the group and I was shocked.”

Sheezan, who played the role of Sultan Murad Mirza, Manisha’s on-screen son on Jodha Akbar said it’s hard to believe. Talking to a news portal, he said, “It’s very saddening. She was my first onscreen mother. It’s hard to believe.”

Meanwhile, Manisha Yadav was an active social media user. Even on Twitter, she constantly shared pictures with her son and husband.

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