Actor Vijay Varma has requested media outlets to give privacy to Malaika Arora and her “grieving family” following the death of her father Anil Kuldip Mehta.
“Pls leave the grieving family alone.. it’s not easy anyway for them. Thoda toh grace rakho media walon,” the 38-year-old actor wrote on social media on Friday.
Anil reportedly killed himself by jumping from a six-storey building in Mumbai on Wednesday. Malaika herself had earlier requested privacy from media and well-wishers through an official statement signed by her family members, including her mother Joyce, sister Amrita and other close relatives.
“We are deeply saddened to announce the passing of our dear father, Anil Mehta...Our family is in deep shock by this loss, and we kindly request privacy from the media and well-wishers during this difficult time,” she had written on social media.
On the work front, Vijay recently starred in the Netflix series IC814: The Kandahar Hijack alongside Pankaj Kapur and Naseeruddin Shah. Marking filmmaker Anubhav Sinha’s OTT debut, the show focuses on the events following the hijack of an Indian Airlines flight shortly after it took off from Kathmandu in 1999.
This year, Vijay also appeared in Murder Mubarak alongside Sara Ali Khan, Pankaj Tripathi and Karisma Kapoor. He will be next seen in Suriya’s upcoming film and Ul Jalool Ishq.
