Alphonsa (actress): Difference between revisions

Alphonsa had lived with an upcoming actor, Vinod, in a live-in relationship for two years, before he committed suicide in 2012. Alphonsa also then attempted suicide in March 2012 by consuming excessive sleeping pills, but was saved.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/mar-12-01/alphonso-vinoth-kumar-05-03-12.html|title=Former item girl attempts suicide|work=Behindwoods}}</ref> Reports initially emerged casting suspicion over the actress's involvement in Vinod's death.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/article341421.ece|title=Actor attempts suicide after friend kills self}}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120307223537/http://www.sify.com/movies/boyfriend-found-hanging-actress-attempts-suicide-news-malayalam-mdgkvtcjcbi.html sify.com]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://tamilwire.net/30337-relief-alphonsa.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=26 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202131644/http://tamilwire.net/30337-relief-alphonsa.html |archive-date=2 February 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> She later insisted that such allegations were baseless. She stated that Vinod had played the lead in a movie called ''Kavasam'', alongside [[Murali (Tamil actor)|Murali]], which was put on hold because of financial problems, and that the failure to make it as an actor in films despite half a decade of hard work had him feeling depressed enough to commit suicide.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140202191600/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/lovers-suicide-alphonsa-ends-her-silence/245746-8-68.html ]</ref>