When Shekhar Suman went through the ‘greatest tragedy’, son Ayush’s death: ‘Heartbreaking’

Shekhar Suman has often described himself as fortunate to have found success in the entertainment industry with relative ease. His very first film was Utsav, in which he shared the screen with Rekha, and his career took off soon after. However, just a few years into his rise, tragedy struck. His elder son, Aayush, was diagnosed with a rare heart ailment. Doctors reportedly gave him just eight months to live, but Aayush survived for another four years. When he died in 1995 at the age of 11, Shekhar and his wife, Alka, were left devastated. The loss pushed both of them into a prolonged period of grief and depression. In an Instagram post last year, Shekhar reflected on the difficult years that followed Aayush’s death.“We had just come out of the greatest tragedy of our lives, having lost our