‘I Didn’t Know She Was Married’: Twisha Sharma’s Co-Star Dheekshith Shetty Shocked by Her Death

Twisha Sharma, a 33-year-old actor from Noida, was found dead on May 12 at the Bhopal residence of her husband, lawyer Samarth Singh, located in the Katara Hills area. Following the incident, police registered a case against Samarth Singh and his mother, retired judge Giribala Singh, under charges of dowry harassment and abetment of suicide. A Special Investigation Team (SIT) has also been constituted to probe the allegations further. As the investigation continues, Mugguru Monagallu actor Dheekshith Shetty has expressed shock and grief over Twisha’s untimely demise.

Twisha Sharma, who was reportedly two months pregnant at the time of her death, had appeared in the Telugu film Mugguru Monagallu (2021) and the Hindi movie Zara Sambhal Kay (2018)

before transitioning to the corporate sector. During her modelling career, she had also earned the title of Miss Pune. Dheekshith, who earned recognition for starring opposite Rashmika Mandanna in The Girlfriend, called her a “hard-working” girl.

While speaking to Hindustan Times, Shetty said, “It’s very shocking news. I had always known her as this committed, hard-working girl who had a passion for whatever she was doing. She was so full of life, and it’s shocking to know that she took her own life.” Dheekshith revealed that they had lost touch over the years and had last spoken around four years ago. He also shared that he was unaware Twisha had gotten married.

He added, “I didn’t even know that she got married. We worked on that one film and then she went back to her place. She told me that she wanted to do her master’s degree and acting was not up to the mark of what she was expecting it to be. Her brother was in the Army and she realised it wasn’t her cup of tea, so she wanted to just go back and settle with her family.”

Mugguru Monagallu director Abhilash Reddy also recalled meeting Twisha’s family at the time of the film’s screening. “I met her parents on the day of our film’s screening, and they were all such lovely people. It’s such sad and shocking news of her passing,” he shared.

While police are currently investigating the incident as a suspected suicide, Twisha’s family has raised allegations of foul play, claiming that she had been facing immense emotional distress in the months preceding her death. Based on complaints filed by her family, authorities registered a case against her husband and mother-in-law under sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita pertaining to dowry death and dowry harassment.

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