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| Odd modelling assignments and even a brief stint in Big Boss 7 failed to give Pratyusha Banerjee's career a boost. |
April 2, 2016, NewsCrunch
TV actor Pratyusha Banerjee, best known as Balika Vadhu's Anandi, who allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself on Friday, was reportedly in heavy debt and desperate for work.
Despite becoming a household name with Balika Vadhu, work offers remained limited. Bollywood personality Kamal R Khan tweeted on Friday evening saying she had called him asking for work a few months ago.
The untimely death of Pratyusha Banerjee shows the plight of actors in the ultra-competitive TV industry where no combination of looks and talent can keep you afloat unless you have a godfather to mentor your career.
A small town girl from Jharkhand, Pratyusha Banerjee was without one. Odd modelling assignments and even a brief stint in Big Boss 7 failed to give her career a boost.
Add to that the burden of keeping up with the appearances of leading a lifestyle befitting a top TV star.
Pratyusha Banerjee had borrowed money from her friends and was struggling to pay back.
Sanyukta Iyer of Mumbai Mirror spoke to her friends who said "She was in a financial mess and unable to make ends meet."
Pratyusha Banerjee had reportedly thrown a house party-turned-all nighter recently and was unable to pay for it.
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| Despite becoming a household name with Balika Vadhu, work offers remained limited for Pratyusha Banerjee. Bollywood personality |
In January Pratyusha Banerjee was in news when she filed a complaint against eight persons, who had barged into her flat and misbehaved with her. Though the details of the case were sketchy, the men seems to have paid a visit to recover the loaned vehicle.
There was also trouble on the domestic front as well. She had reportedly split from her boy friend of two years, Rahul Raj Singh, with whom she had living together for a year.
Police sources told Mirror that they were probing the tragedy and it was too early to come to any conclusion.
Kamal R Khan tweets on Pratyusha Banerjee's suicide
Pratyusha Banerjee called me few months back. she was depressed coz of no work but she didn't tell me at all that she will commit suicide.— KRK (@kamaalrkhan) April 1, 2016