Ex VJ-actress Sophiya Haque passes away

In a sad news, ex-VJ and actress Sophiya Haque today breathed her last in the British capital. The star, who was last seen in Salman Khan starrerWanted, was reportedly suffering from cancer for a long time. Sophiya, who first shot to fame by becoming one of the most popular VJs of Channel V in the 1990s, later became an international actor by working in West End productionsThe Far Pavilionsand also featured in British TV seriesCoronation Street.

While the senior actress’ mother was of British origin, her father was from Bangladesh. Expressing condolence on Sophiya's death, actor-director Pooja Bhatt tweeted, “Tragic news about Sophiya Haque. One of the most gorgeous women to have walked this planet... Shine on where-ever it is you now are luv...”, whereas filmmaker Ken Ghosh wrote,”Just heard sad news of the passing away of the live wire ex vj of channel v, sophia haque(sic)”.