Divya Bharati

Divya Bharti
Bharti during the shooting of Kartavya (1993)
Born	Divya Om Prakash Bharti (1974-02-25)25 February 1974 Bombay, India
Died	5 April 1993(1993-04-05) (aged 19) Versova, Mumbai, India
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1990–1993
Spouse(s)	Sajid Nadiadwala ( May 10,1992–April 5,1993; her death)

Divya Om Prakash Bharti (February 25, 1974 – April 5, 1993) was an Indian film actress, who starred in a number of commercially successful Hindi and Telugu language films in the early 1990s. Through her successful film career, she had established herself as one of the most popular film actresses in India.

Bharti aspired a career in films at an early age, and started to get film offers at 14 years of age. After several unsuccessful attempts, she made her debut with a lead role in the successful Telugu drama Bobbili Raja (1990), aged 16. After appearing in a number of high-grossing Telugu films, she progressed to Bollywood films in 1992 with the action thriller Vishwatma. Bharti further went on to have commercial success alongside actors such as Govinda and Rishi Kapoor in films like Shola Aur Shabnam and Deewana, respectively; the latter of which garnered her a Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut. She acted in over 14 Hindi films between 1992 and 1993, which is to date an unbroken record in Hindi cinema.

Bharti died on 5 April 1993, aged 19, from head injuries sustained after falling off the balcony of her fifth-floor apartment at Tulsi Buildings in Versova, Mumbai. The cause of her falling was never officially confirmed, that whether it was a murder, suicide or accident. Her parents called her death as an accident and the Mumbai Police closed the investigations into her death in 1998, labeling it as accidental.

Bharti was born in Mumbai, India, to Om Prakash Bharti, an insurance officer, and his wife, Meeta Bharti. She had a younger brother named Kunal and one half-sister Poonam who was the child of Bharti's father first marriage. She spoke Hindi, English, and Marathi fluently. In her early years, Bharti was known for her bubbly personality and for her doll-like looks. Actress Kainaat Arora is her second cousin.