Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma, who introduced Jiah Khan into Bollywood with his film Nishabd (2007), is shocked after hearing the news of her death.

Having met her on the sets of her debut, Ram says that he remembers how the young girl was full of life and energy. However, he reveals that when he last met her, she was pretty depressed about her career and scared about her future as she had not got any work, in the past three years. "So young and so pretty, just can't believe that someone as young and so full of life is just dead. No matter what her problem was, I just so wish she applied her on screen philosophy of Nishabd to her own life which is to 'Take Lite',” added Ram Gopal Varma.

Though her debut film created a lot of controversies and didn't fare too well at the box-office, Jiah made a mark for herself, an impression of a free-spirited soul.

A shock for the entire film industry. May her soul rest in peace.