Ravi Shankar Alok (Screenwriter)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Ravi Shankar Alok

• Did Ravi Shankar Alok smoke?: Not Known

• Did Ravi Shankar Alok drink alcohol?: Not Known

• Ravi Shankar Alok was a Bollywood screenwriter and an assistant director of Nana Pataker’s starring movie ‘Ab Tak Chhappan’ (2004). 

• He was basically from Patna.

• He started his career at the age of 18. 

• On 11 July 2018, his body was found in a pool of blood outside his apartment at 2 pm.

• According to the sources, he allegedly committed suicide by jumping off from the roof of his seven-floor building. 

• His body was first noticed by a guard of an adjacent building and revealed that the terrace of the building is usually locked and nobody knows that how Alok gained access to the area.

• He used to live with his elder brother, who was not present at the home during the incident, whereas, his parents moved to Patna just a couple of days before his death.

• He was suffering from depression and was undergoing psychiatric treatment for over a year.

• As per media, the reason for his suicide was that he was unemployed for over a year and didn’t have sufficient money to pay his rent and bear all his other expenses & needs.