It is an undeniable fact that death is inevitable. Recently, a lookalike of Ranbir Kapoor named Junaid Shah passed away due to cardiac arrest on 17th July 2020. He was a 28-year-old model who had reportedly enrolled at Anupam Kher’s acting school in Mumbai. Junaid Shah became an overnight sensation in 2014 after late actor Rishi Kapoor discovered one of his pictures and shared it on social media.
Junaid Shah was born in 1992 in Ellahi Bagh area of Srinagar, Kashmir. He was also known as the Ranbir Kapoor of Srinagar.
Pakistan journalist Yusuf Jameel confirmed Junaid’s death in a tweet, saying: “Our neighbour or Nissar Ahmed Shah’s son Junaid passed away due to massive cardiac arrest overnight. People say he was a lookalike of Bollywood actor Ranbir Kapoor. I say he was a big hope, strength & salvation of his ailing father and his mother & that of whole Kashmir. Magfirah!”
Our old neighbor Nissar Ahmed Shah's son Junaid passed away due to massive cardiac arrest overnight. People say he was a lookalike of Bollywood actor Ranbir Kapoor.I say he was a big hope, strength & salvation of his ailing father and his mother & that of whole Kashmir. Magfirah! pic.twitter.com/uVVH3UGtnJ
— YusufJameelیوسف جمیل (@jameelyusuf) July 17, 2020
Jameel added that Junaid was a 28-year-old model who had reportedly enrolled at Anupam Kher’s acting school in Mumbai. “I’m told 28-year-old Junaid Shah and his parents had about a month back returned home from Mumbai where he would do modelling awerewas also reportedly enrolled in @AnupamPKher ‘s school of acting. He had no history of heart ailment,’ he tweeted.
In 2015, late actor and father of Ranbir, Rishi Kapoor had tweeted a picture of Junaid, saying: “OMG. My own son has a double!!! Promise cannot make out. A good double.”
OMG. My own son has a double!!! Promise cannot make out. A good double pic.twitter.com/iqF7uNyyIi
— Rishi Kapoor (@chintskap) April 16, 2015