Pratyusha Banerjee would have been 25 today: Kamya Punjabi, Adaa Khan remember Balika Vadhu star, see pics

Bing Pratyusha Banerjee’s 25th birthday today, her close friends Kamya Punjabi, Adaa Khan took to their social media again to express their love for the TV’s original Anandi.

Balika Vadhu actress Pratyusha Banerjee’s sudden demise on April 1 this year shook up the television industry to the core. After Pratyusha’s suicide, her close friends were seen posting on their social platforms about the challenges and fears they face every day and why it is important to love life more than anything. But with time the buzz and pain passed out of limelight and so did the actress. But being her 25th birthday today, her close friends took to their social media again to express their love for the TV’s original Anandi.

Kamya Punjabi and Adaa Khan still miss this starry-eyed girl from Jharkhand who couldn’t contain her excitement about being selected to play the grown-up Anandi in the very popular series Balika Vadhu. Kamya, shared a picture of hers with Pratyusha on Instagram which she captioned as: Tu nahi hai teri preet hai…. Happy birthday my chhotu.

Kamya was one of Pratyusha’s closest friends. Kamya had raised suspicions over her good friend Pratyusha Banerjee’s suicide in April. Addressing the media after completing the last rites of Pratyusha, Kamya had said, “We don’t know whether it is suicide or not. But there were injury marks on her nose and cheeks. Now whether is it is suicide or not is something that police will disclose.”

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TV actress Adaa Khan, who was last seen on screen as a naagin in hit TV show Naagin, too shared an image with her ‘Piyu’. “Happiest bday piyu …..,” Adaa wrote along the image.

The Balika Vadhu fame actress was found hanging at her residence in Goregaon, Mumbai on April 1 and was rushed to a hospital by boyfriend Rahul Raj Singh where she was declared dead. A case was later filed against Rahul on a complaint by Pratyusha’s parents.