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Nanha committed suicide..!

Monday, 2 June, 1986

Nanha committed suicide..!

Pakistan lost one of its main film comedian, when a disparate Nanha committed suicide on June 2nd after his One-Way love story with dancer/actress Nazli ended as a failure. Other reasen was that his glorious period of heroship was over and he was forced to accept ordinary comedy roles..

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