Junaid Shah, who hit headlines for his striking resemblance to
Bollywood actor
Ranbir Kapoor, has passed away. According to a news portal, the Kashmiri model passed away due to cardiac arrest at his residence in Srinagar. Veteran Kashmiri journalist Yusuf Jameel, who stated that he was Junaid’s neighbour, had shared on Twitter, "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!”
It was also revealed that Junai was 28 years old and had recently returned from Mumbai, where he was pursuing a career in modelling and had also reportedly enrolled into
Anupam Kher's acting school.
Junaid’s resemblance to Ranbir Kapoor had received acknowledgement from the actor’s father too.
Rishi Kapoor had expressed his surprise over Junaid’s similarity with Ranbir and had tweeted in 2015, “OMG. My own son has a double!!! Promise cannot make out. A good double”.