MUMBAI: Yesterday, the entire nation woke up to the shocking news of Sidharth Shukla passing away due to a cardiac arrest.

His fans, family, and friends are still in shock and do not know how to react.

The actor had become the heartthrob of millions of fans across the world. His popularity doubled after winning Bigg Boss 13. He enjoyed a massive fan following. Fans used to go berserk on seeing his posts on social media.

Before starting his journey as an actor, Sidharth began his career as a model and had taken part in an international pageant where he was crowned World’s Best Model in Turkey.

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Sid participated in one of the prestigious modeling contests in Turkey and emerged as the winner of the show. In 2005, a 25-year-old Sidharth beat 40 other participants from across Asia, Latin America, and Europe and won the World’s Best Model title.

This title hasn’t been won by any other Indian model and actor.

Well, post that, he did a lot of modeling and struggled as an actor until Balika Vadhu happened, after which he slowly began to get stardom, but the major turning point was Bigg Boss 13, where professionally things completely changed for him in a better way.

Today, he has left a legacy of work behind and will always remain alive in the hearts of his fans.

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