Was Jungle Jackie Rajesh driven to death?

Jungle Jackie Rajesh died !! Sun Nov 03, 2013 8:43 am. Jungle Jackie Rajesh died after falling from 3rd floor 

Rajesh with Aishwarya

Rajesh, a young  tribal talent who shot to limelight through a reality show of a Kannada TV channel  has  met a tragic end on November 3, Sunday afternoon. He reportedly died from the third floor of the building of a hospital where he was undergoing treatment.

Rajesh who belonged to the Jenu Kuruba tribe and a resident of HD Kote taluk had  bagged a cash award of Rs 10 lakh  in the Halli Huduga Pyateg Banda reality show. He had then bagged a role of a hero in Jungle Jackie.

He was hospitalized after he suffered a mental breakdown owing to mysterious reasons. Even though his film Jungle Jackie got released, it did not gain much succes.

Tribal boy Rajesh, who was literally picked from the jungle and introduced to the outside world, which was in stark contrast to what he had been used to all his life, with a reality show and subsequently made it to Kannada cinema, died on Sunday, after falling off the third floor of the building he lived in.

In the time since his rise to fame, after winning the reality show, Rajesh has been institutionalized several times after suffering mental breakdowns. A doctor who had attended on the actor during one such episode had told TOI that he was very violent, and could not handle the presence of people.

Despite this, Rajesh continued to be in the glam industry, and he was often invited on TV shows, including the Kannada Bigg Boss. While the makers had allegedly claimed that they wanted him to be a participant, following news of his failing mental health, it was instead decided to host him for just two days. Contestant Arun Sagar had apparently even said that Rajesh was better off in the peace and quiet of the jungle.

Says a source, "During his Halli Hyda Pyategebanda days, the channel took care of Rajesh, including giving him a makeover, introducing him to the glam world, as well as financially. Once that was over, though, he was on his own, unable to return to his earlier life. In the time since, he has done two films, and rumours suggest that the makers of his first had allegedly cheated him of his remuneration. Apparently a cheque that was given to him recently bounced. In between all this, he had even got married, but there was trouble in the marriage very early on. His wife is back with her folks now. Despite all this, TV channels continued to hound him. While his death, and that too in these circumstances, is unfortunate, it would have happened sooner or later. "     -Prathibha Joy, TNN |

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