Actor Jayasudha’s husband Nitin Kapoor allegedly commits suicide in Mumbai

Kapoor, a film producer and cousin of Bollywood actor Jithendra, married Jayasudha in 1985 after two years of courtship. The couple is survived by two sons, Nihar and Shreayan, according to The Times of India. They maintained a low-key profile in their 30 years of marriage and only appeared in key public events, the newspaper noted. Hyderabad-based newspaper Deccan Chronicle noted that Kapoor was rumoured to be suffering from “severe depression” and had sought psychiatric help.

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Jayasudha was a Congress MLA from Secunderabad before she joined rival party Telugu Desam Party in 2016. In 2014, she failed to retain the Secunderabad seat, losing TRS candidate T Padma Rao. She was a leading actor in the 70s and 80s. Jayasudha acted in several movies opposite Tollywood legend Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, who went on to become chief minister of united Andhra Pradesh. She also starred opposite Tollywood ‘Mega Star’ Chiranjeevi, and NTR’s son and TDP minister Nandamuri Balakrishna.