[2] She studied Political Science at Elphinstone College, which is affiliated with Bombay University in Mumbai.
She had married a sports writer and public relations professional Hemant Kenkre but the couple divorced in 1998.
She had a history of depression, exacerbated by the death of a close friend, and underwent psychiatric treatment.
On 9 September 2008, she reportedly attempted suicide by taking an overdose of prescribed medicine, after which she was admitted to Mumbai's Jaslok hospital.
[1] Her body was discovered by her mother's driver and maid in a pool of blood on the sofa in her home.