Pratyusha Banerjee was an Indian television actress who started her career with Balikavadhu as Anandi which was very successfull and popularly known as Anandi to the audience. She was also a competator on Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 5 and was one of the participants in BiggBoss7. She signed as a host with reality-based crime saga Savdhann India for the segment on women against crime and She also worked in Pyaar Tune Kya Kiva series in 2014 and was last seen in Hum Hani Na as the main female lead. later, she was contesting in Power Couple with beau Rahul. She has committed suicide on April 1, 2016 due to some issues in her personal life.
Hear are some facts about Pratyusha Banerjee’s life:
1. Pratyusha Banerjee was just 16 years old when she made her debut on small screen as Anandi for ‘Balika Vadhu’. She was born on August 10, 1992.
2. Hailing from Jamshedpur, Pratyusha Banerjee had to out do almost 70 girls to become the face of ‘Balika Vadhu’, back in 2010. A friend on social networking website Facebook told Anandi that a popular TV show was hunting for a fresh face and that’s how Pratyusha has been selected.
3. The role of Anadi came to Pratyusha while she was contuining her studies. Then aspiring actress apparently completed her studies through distance education. TV and Bollywood dreams didn’t seem to have hampered her education.
4. Pratyusha’s love life was always a difficult one. Back in 2013, this TV actress had alleged her then boyfriend Makrand Malhotra of death threats and verbal abuse.
5. In response to Pratyusha’s FIR, Makrand had then stated that Pratyusha had been cheating on him.
She committed suicide by hanging herself at her residence in Mumbai and passed away at Mumbai’s Kokilaben Ambani Hospital.