The ongoing buzz on social media about the death of Bollywood veteran actor Farida Jalal are mere rumours. Many Bollywood celebrities have become victims of death hoax including Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Salman Khan, Madhuri Dixit, Dilip Kumar, and Honey Singh. This time the victim was none other than actress Farida Jalal. On Sunday, news of Farida Jalal‘s death spread like wildfire on social networking sites. In fact, condolences began pouring in but the truth is she is not dead and is doing perfectly fine.

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The actress, who is popularly known for playing Jiya‘s Nani in the Indian television show Shararat, was shocked when she received back to back calls after her death rumours. Reacting on the same, Farida said, ‘I am hale and hearty. I don’t know from where these baseless rumours are coming from. Initially I laughed, but from last 30 minutes my phone has been constantly ringing and everybody is asking the same question. It’s a bit irritating, I wonder why people spread such rumours’.”

On the work front, Farida Jalal will be soon seen playing a prominent role of a Kashmiri woman in Imran Khan‘s upcoming film ‘Sargoshiyan‘.

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