A young actress who starred alongside Amitabh Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan in the Bollywood film ‘Paa’ was sadly killed in the plane crash that took place on Monday in northern Nepal. Taruni Sachdev, aged just 14 played Amitabh Bachchan’s friend in the award-winning film about a rare genetic condition called progeria.
Both Bachchan father and son were deeply saddened hearing the news.
"Just reading that Taruni Sachdev, the girl child artist in Paa, has perished in Nepal plane crash… Please God may this not be true," Amitabh Bachchan tweeted.
His son Abhishek, who too had a leading role in the film, also tweeted about the young actress’ sad death.
"SHOCKED and very saddened to hear about the Nepal plane crash. Lost one of my cutest co-stars. Little Taruni Sachdev from Paa. Speechless."
