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Pratyusha Banerjee's on-screen mother-in-law Smita Bansal remembers her laado

Sumitra and Anandi were inseparable on Balika Vadhu, on screen as well as off it. Smita Bansal opens up about the Pratyusha Banerjee she knew in an exclusive interview.

She called her laado, and portrayed one of the most loving mothers-in-law we have ever come across on-screen. Sumitra and Anandi were inseparable on Balika Vadhu, on screen as well as off it.

Smita Bansal, who played Sumitra--Pratyusha Banerjee's doting mother-in-law on Colors' popular show Balika Vadhu, is shell-shocked with the news of her suicide, as she remembers her as a "happy and loving girl" who adored life. "It's beyond me; what could have lead her to take such a drastic step," she tells us in an exclusive telephonic conversation, as she struggles to come to terms with her sudden departure. "We were good friends. We (Pratyusha, Neha Marda and I) used to spend every minute with each other, while being on the sets and even used to go out together," she says, adding, "Pratyusha never showed any signs of depression at that time."

"Pratyusha liked being happy. She wanted happiness in her life. She didn't like being low. She would snap out of it even if she felt low at times," says Smita. In an exclusive conversation with India Today online, Smita Bansal opens up about the Anandi she knew.

Pratyusha literally grew up in front of us
Pratyusha was absolutely new when she joined Balika Vadhu. She literally grew up in front of us. . It was her first major show; she had come from a small town. She was very loving. For us (Balika Vadhu team) the transition was a little tough, with new Anandi coming in, after Avika Gor's exit. Avika was very popular and the expectations were very high from the new Anandi. But she met all the expectations and in fact rose above all of them. She was a good performer, she made herself Anandi which was commendable. We spent a lot of time together in all these years. We had a nice on-screen chemistry. And naturally so because w
Pratyusha liked being happy

She was a very happy and loving child. And when you are happy and loving, you attract happiness also. We were working together for 20 hours in a month and spent so much time in the make-up room. Neha Marda (who played Gehna), Pratyusha and I particularly shared a very good bonding. I was the senior-most, but they never made me feel like a senior. Pratyusha used to say--let's go out together, and all three of us hung out a lot of times.

Pratyusha liked being happy. She wanted happiness in her life. She didn't like being low. She would snap out of it even if she felt low at times. People are saying, she had depression, but when she was working with me, I could not see any signs of depression. She couldn't have hidden it. She used to discuss all the details with us. She wasn't the kind of person who would hide her woes. Even if she had a small argument with somebody, she used to discuss it and get her out of the system. It is difficult to believe that she had depression. But as they say, anybody could get a depression. It could be possible agar usey suddenly ho gaya ho. But she wasn't depressed at all and a happy person when she was working with me.we were very good friends off screen also.

She loved life
I never thought she would do something like this. I would not like to comment whether she could or could not have committed suicide. Because I have come to believe that anybody can do anything. But there has to be some reason behind it. She loved life. She was the kind of person who used to start singing out of the blue. She was always updated about the latest movies and songs.

I left Balika Vadhu two years back, and Prayusha left the show way before. We were in touch on and off, but not constantly. In our industry, as we move on to other soaps, we don't have much time to hang out with friends. Even when we talk, we don't really discuss our lives in detail. I don't know how her nature has changed in all these years.

Maybe it was a moment
I considered her a very good friend of mine. She didn't give me any hint about it. If she would have made that one call to any of her good friends who could have put some sense into her. Maybe it was a moment and later she also must have thought--what the hell I am doing.

I knew Kuljeet Randhawa (another TV actress who committed suicide) and I had also worked with her. I had done a show with her and had spent a lot of time with her also. It wasn't the same like Pratyusha, but we shared a good equation. I never felt that she could commit suicide. But as we see in the past two-three cases, it comes from the most unexpected people.


Don't think there was any financial trouble
I don't think she had monetary trouble. I have been in the industry for 20 years. Paisa to aata hi rahta hai. She was constantly working. She did so many shows. After Balika Vadhu, she did Bigg Boss, Sasural Simar Ka, Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa etc. She used to do events also. How could she have no money? Even if you are doing one event in a month, there's enough money for a month. She was a very big name, she wasn't a nobody.

Pratyusha was excited about her wedding

She was offered a lead role in &TV's show by Vikas Gupta, but she rejected it. You don't refuse work, if you have financial trouble. She wanted to take a break, get married and that's the reason why she didn't want to do another show probably. The last time I spoke to her, she was discussing what she wanted to wear on her wedding. Kahan par karenge..kaise karenge..wo bhi Jamshedpur ka hai, main bhi Jamshedpur ki hoon and all that. She wasn't the type who would get depressed about work. She wasn't insecure. And why would she be? She saw the heights of success. She became a star overnight.

Pratyusha was very close to her mother
She was loved by her mother. I have seen them together. She was so close to her mother. And she didn't even call her before she took that step. I find it very strange. What mental condition she must have been, is beyond me.

Message for actors: it is most important to be sane in life
But there is a message I want to give to the new breed of actors. Work is important, money is important. But it is most important to be sane in life. A family keeps you grounded and bounded. I am saying this because I feel sad. Our families are very important. I have been married for 14 years and even then if I have the slightest of problem, I call my mother. In Pratyusha's case, I never saw it coming. I have spent so much time with that girl.

Only if she had been with the right people...
I read in a paper that Sara Khan said she tried to commit suicide two times earlier too. If somebody knew about it, somebody should have done something about it. If she had been with the right people, this day wouldn't have come.

She was cut off from the world when she was dating Rahul
A lot of my industry friends were telling me that after Rahul came into her life, she was cut off from the world. Though I understand that when somebody is in love, it happens, you tend to distance yourself from others.

Need for a proper investigation
There should be a proper investigation in her case. There was no suicide note, nor any last messages found. In cases of suicide, generally there is at least one last message, in her case there was nothing, no message, no note."



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Posted: 9 years ago
Thanks to my friends for the link and WU .
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVdqo7DV_FQ[/YOUTUBE]





Here is the WU of Prats' parents interview on India TV:

Prats' mom wants him to get the severest punishment, so that no other girl meets her fate. Father does most of the talking, he says he will not blame the Court for not doing its duty, the problem is with the police who has not put up proper evidence to the court. Her time of death as given by the police, before that there was a conversation between her and Rahul where she calls him a cheater, accuses him of separating her from her parents, accuses him of death threats to her and her parents, why was this not considered? the police report itself proclaims that Rahul is a drug addict and possibly a drug peddler too, he takes her cell phone and runs away, must have deleted a lot of other evidence, moreover, the police has only taken one phone of Rahul's, nowadays youngsters have more than one phone!

Also, he would tap Prats' phones, she would call up her parents and ask, why do I feel as if the CBI is after me, everyone knows what I am talking, she meant Rahul would get to know her conversation with others, so he would have been tapping her phone calls. And it is not he alone, there are others too who are with him in this deadly act because all those from the industry and her family and friends who testified against him, are receiving threatening calls.

If Prats does not get justice, we will kill ourselves or file a petition in the Supreme Court seeking euthanasia rights, to kill ourselves!

Her mother sobbingly narrates, he told lies and came into her life, when i saw he was lying, I tried to caution her, neither Prats or we knew he was married earlier,his friend, Saloni sharma, tortured and hit Prats lots, he asked Prats to ask me to go from the house for now, we will call you later during the marriage, the conditions were not right for me to stay in the house, so on January 12th I left.

He is now questioning, why we did not file an FIR against him on the first day itself, I had left behind a living child and you give me her dead body, we were so devastated, and he expects us to file an FIR on the day of her death! We hate the name Rahul too, though there must be many good children with that name.

Regarding her abortion, we got to know of it only on April 12th or later, when it was reported in the Times of India. Back home, we run a charitable institution for underprivileged children and have brought up so many children, so why would we not take care of our own blood, he did not let it live too!

We never met his family but his father was claiming on television that she had loans over 50 lakhs, the truth has emerged from that she actually had loans of about 10 to 15 lakhs which was a small sum for one of the highest paid actresses in television industry. I know Rahul and his family took a lot of loan from others, so they were trying to put that too on Pratyusha.

The whole world is shocked at her death, a girl so much in love with life cannot commit suicide, this is murder and it should be probed!
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Please, I have a big request to you, in the name of justice, please sign the petition. In this way you will help the truth and justice! Thank you for your 5 minutes. Please share this petition among your friends ... Justice for Pratyusha Banerjee!Thank you on behalf of Pratyusha's parents.

Please, it is necessary to 112 signatures yet!


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Originally posted by: ahilajkula

Please, I have a big request to you, in the name of justice, please sign the petition. In this way you will help the truth and justice! Thank you for your 5 minutes. Please share this petition among your friends ... Justice for Pratyusha Banerjee!Thank you on behalf of Pratyusha's parents.

Please, it is necessary to 112 signatures yet!



Justice for pratyusha means exactly what ?

Put Rahul behind bars and hang him till death ?

I watched her parent's video posted in this thread. They said if justice is not done, they will go on hunger strike till death... this is like dictating the court and blackmailing the judge.

First of all they had severed ties with their daughter. They did not know what was happening in her life nor did she tell them that she was being tortured... so on what grounds they make such claims that it was a cold-blooded murder?

Even the advocate Nilesh Pawaskar does not call it a murder. He says abettment to suicide... the parents are talking baseless things and making the case weak.

How this petition is going to help?
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Posted: 9 years ago

Originally posted by: Shinya


Justice for pratyusha means exactly what ?

Put Rahul behind bars and hang him till death ?

I watched her parent's video posted in this thread. They said if justice is not done, they will go on hunger strike till death... this is like dictating the court and blackmailing the judge.

First of all they had severed ties with their daughter. They did not know what was happening in her life nor did she tell them that she was being tortured... so on what grounds they make such claims that it was a cold-blooded murder?

Even the advocate Nilesh Pawaskar does not call it a murder. He says abettment to suicide... the parents are talking baseless things and making the case weak.

How this petition is going to help?


"In vain deaf man whisper, in vain blind man winking!"






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Please, I have a big request to you, in the name of justice, please sign the petition. In this way you will help the truth and justice! Thank you for your 5 minutes. Please share this petition among your friends ... Justice for Pratyusha Banerjee!Thank you on behalf of Pratyusha's parents.



Missing another 53 signatures (out of 500 needed) order to the petition presented by India's government.


Would you please ask and your family members to sign this petition! Pratyusha it deserves, as well as any person in this world.🤗


Edited by ahilajkula - 9 years ago
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Posted: 9 years ago
I signed just now.
A girl named Jazz is saying that Pratyusha must have been trying to play a prank on Rahul; the prank went wrong and she accidentally died.
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Originally posted by: akhl

I signed just now.

A girl named Jazz is saying that Pratyusha must have been trying to play a prank on Rahul; the prank went wrong and she accidentally died.



Thank you ❤️

Missing another 50 signatures!
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Posted: 9 years ago

supreme court accepted to hear pratyusha banerjee case




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