Aishwarya Rai falls victim to viral death hoax; false reports suggest the actor ended her life

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is trending on social media. But it is not because of her last hit Karan Johar’s Ae Dil Hai Mushkil. Neither it is because of her rumoured television debut as a judge of the singing reality show Dil Hai Hindustani. No, it is not even because of an appearance on Koffee with Karan Season 5. [caption id=“attachment_3140006” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Aishwarya Rai Bachchan[/caption] Surprisingly, it is  because of her death. A death hoax of the actress has gone viral on social media and even blogs. Inquisitr reports that rumours claiming the death of the stunning beauty flooded the social media and suggested that the cause of death was suicide. India.com reports that a blog even goes on to claim that Rai committed suicide owing to marital woes. Her steamy scenes with Ranbir Kapoor in Ae Dil Hai Muskil apparently enraged the Bachchan family who began torturing her. Succumbing to the grief and frustration, Rai decided to end her life, according to one of the blogs. There were several fans who gave in to the news of Rai’s death as they were being misled by multiple reports doing the rounds in the media about her alleged souring of relations with the Bachchan family. There were many reports which suggested the same after Rai was involved in a passionate on-screen kiss with Hrithik Roshan in Sanjay Gadhvi’s Dhoom 2. Rai is not the first one to be on the receiving end of such death hoaxes. Most notably it was her father Amitabh Bachchan who was the victim of a viral death hoax back in 2008. Along with him, several actors including Dev Anand, Kadar Khan and Shashi Kapoor have had their share of death hoaxes. The trend is not anything different in the west. Rumours of death of Morgan Freeman and recently, Rowan Atkinson gained traction on social media, only to be rubbished by the mainstream media who got it confirmed from the horse’s mouth.