Fouteen years ago, on 7th of April 1993, a young girl who was
dressed up in bridal finery and surrounded by hundreds of people in a
Mumbai suburb, instead of being sent to her "sasural", was being taken
to the crematorium. That was the tragic end of the 19-year old Divya
Bharti, who had fallen from the window of her fifth floor apartment around
midnight on 5th April, 1993. Whether the promising actress (who had
risen within a short period and was expected to reach the top in the
comming years of Indian Bollywood) committed suicide or met an
accidental death remains a mystery.

Divya Bharti had become a star from her very first film and
perhaps she was ony actress of her times among the young lot
who had 14 films in hand without any release. Born on 25th
February, 1974 to Meeta and Om Prakash Bharti, Divya was
in the ninth standard when producers started approaching her
to work in films. She was discovered by direcctor Kirti Kumar
around 1988 in a Mumbai Video Library. She was to play the
lead role oppositeGovinda in Radha Ka Sangam, but was
later dropped.

Divya's big break came with Super Producer in Telugu Film Industry
Mr. D. Rama Naidu, for the Superb Hit of BOBBILI RAJA in this
picture the hero was son of the producer and the one of the famous
Telugu Film Star Victory Venkatesh. And it will also created a lot
of new records in the Andhra Pradesh. People are seen Divya was
the little mask of Indian Bollywood No.1 Sreedevi. After this hit she
got very good opportunities in Telugu Flims. Assembly Rowdy
the mega hit of that year (hero Mohan Babbu now he is MP) and
Dharma Kshetram with the son of the Telugu Anna (NTR)
Balakrishna is also a box-office hit. And she got a good opportunity
to play a lead role with Andhra Pradesh Mega Star Chiranjeevi
in the film Rowdy Alludu and it was also a super duper hit in Telugu
and Tamil. And Divya popularity was spread all over the India.
Then some of the Hindi producers are come back to give lead roles
to Divya. Then she got first opportunity in Hindi and she
shifted to Telugu Film Industry to " Bollywood ".

Divya Bharti debut in Hindi film was Rajiv Rai's Vishwatma
opposite to the Indian Arnold Sunny Deol. Although the film sank,
Divya was noticed. People still remember her beautiful dance number
saat samunder paar mein terre...... Her Deewana with Shah Rukn
Khan, Shola Aur Shabnam with Govinda hit the bull's eye. With
in the industry though Divya was known as a hard working actress
when was infamous for her erratic mood swings. She had allegedly
slashed her wrists when she was thrown out of Radha Ka Sangam
uinceremoniously. She married Sajid Nadiadwala in May 1992 but
the marraige was kept a secret for a long time to safeguard her
sharply ascending career. But she need't really have been bothered
because in 1992 she was adjudged the best for the most Outstanding
Popular Face Award for the year.

When she was offered Rang opposite Mamal Sadannah rejected
by Karishma she asked the dress designer to alter the dresses made
for the other actress to suit her instead of wasting money on new cloths.
She was not in favour of wastage and neither was she not money-minded.
When Rajiv Rai offered her Mohra opposite Sunil Shetty, she did not
take a penny from him because he had introduced her in Vishwatma.
Films like Mohra, Vijaypath and Laadla were left incomplete because
of her sudden death. When DD showed clippings of Laadla with Divya
in the main role followed by those done by Sridevi (who had replaced
her in the film), viewers felt that Divya was better in some scenes that
Sridevi !. She did have the makings of becomming a big star but fate
decides over and above what the humans plan. Divya was destined
otherwise.