Vaibhavi Upadhyaya dies in a car accident

Popularly known for her character Jasmine in the Sarabhai VS Sarabhai show, Vaibhavi Upadhyaya is no more. The 38-year-old actress met with a fatal car accident in Himachal Pradesh on 22nd May. She was on a travel trip with her fiance, Jay Suresh Gandhi. Vaibhavi Upadhyaya's mortal remains were brought to Mumbai and the funeral took place on May 24 and she was cremated at Borivali West.

Travelling in Jay's car, at Sidhwa near Banjar, the vehicle lost control and fell about 50 feet into a gorge. The police were informed immediately and by the time, police arrived at the spot Vaibhavi breathed her last. DSP Banjar Sher Singh said that the couple was visiting the Tirthan Valley Road when this terrible incident happened.

Vaibhavi Upadhyay featured in (Kya Qasoor Hai Amla Ka) TV shows, web series (Please Find Attached) and movies like Deepika Padukone's film Chhapaak. She was very popular in the Gujarati theatre as well.

A look at her Instagram profile and the last post uploaded displays Vaibhavi looking away from the camera. She wrote, Let's all stop and just breathe every once in a while with the hashtag--living in the moment. Vaibhavi added Hinanaaz's Je Raavi Vich Paani Koi Ni song as the background music.

Her post (a long post) goes like this, Just last night in a silent moment of reflection after I’d just finished watching ‘Sound of Metal’, I was reminded of the gifts, the blessings, most of us are born with. And how brutally do we take it all for granted? Our perfect vision, hearing, sense of touch, taste and smell are so basic yet so crucial and instrumental to lead a perfectly healthy, happy and full life. Yet we seldom realise and feel it, let alone be grateful for it.

Then the endless chain of thoughts lead me to remember my favourite sound on earth, the rustling of leaves, I was always drawn to that sound ever since I was a child, being a city kid I was deprived of the sounds of nature, but our yearly school vacation trip to my mother’s native village would bring me these little moments of strange calmness. I couldn’t completely comprehend that feeling then, but I started to understand and appreciate it as I grew older. And has now turned into an ever-growing longing.

Coincidentally today while doomscrolling, Instagram popped this reel of my highlights from my 2019 trip to the mountains. And thanks to that I was able to pen this, it would’ve otherwise gone into that chaotic oblivion of starkly varied thoughts and emotions I feel and experience every day. Blessed are those who wake up with the purest sounds of nature, breathe clean fresh air, have uncomplicated, tiring but stress-free routines, living their simple yet grand lives away from the madness we have come to call ‘the new normal’."

 ‘Basic’ is the new ‘Luxury’. And on that note, I congratulate those who have perfect sensory and bodily health including myself. It is a reminder to be grateful for the most basic but crucial gift of life, OUR HEALTH. Know it, feel it, maintain it, celebrate it. Love and gratitude concluded her post.