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Have been reading articles on Pratyusha. It was such a shocking and sad news. It is nice that her friends are standing up for her. Hope her parents get justice.
RIP Pratyusha.
Veteran filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt says top most film and TV actresses talk about women empowerment in public but in private suffer far more than what a domestic help would. TV actress Pratyusha Banerjee's death, suspected to be a suicide due to relationship problems, has opened up the old debate on successful women falling weak when it comes to their partners.
Bhatt believes professional success cannot be an equivalent of emotional freedom in the world of showbiz. "It is indeed a tragedy. There was a time when I used to think economical emancipation would liberate women from the abuse of their intolerant spouse.
"... In the entertainment industry, I have seen innumerable actresses who have unimaginable wealth at their disposal, inspite of being immensely articulated and having enlightened opinion on things, you call them they will give you best of the quotes on women empowerment, but privately put up with such atrocities which perhaps your domestic help wouldn't put up to," Bhatt told reporters here.
"I have seen women who are economically very weak but they refuse to put up with their bullying husbands. They would openly walk out of the relationship," he added. The "Arth" director said many female stars are today leading the world but there is no dearth of those, who choose to stay in "doomed" relationships.
"In our entertainment world while there is no denying that there are women who have blazed ahead and are doing things which were inconceivable by our predecessors, there are many who still choose to stay in doomed relationships."
Bhatt was speaking at the press meet organised for his upcoming production "Love Games", which will hit theatres on April 8. Echoing Bhatt's sentiments, film's director Vikram Bhatt said, "I think somewhere the women, who are battered by their men, their mind is completely boggled by those men. These men are emotional manipulators. They will beat the women today and then go on their knees the next day... They will make the women feel guilty but it's never the woman's fault."
Vikram also feels it is the fear of loneliness that forces actresses to suffer abuse.
An FIR was filed on Tuesday against late television actor Pratyusha Banerjee's boyfriend, Rahul Raj Singh, following Pratyusha's parents, Soma and Shankar Banerjee, visiting Bangur Nagar police station to record their statement. Sources said they informed the police that Rahul used to torture, assault and abuse their daughter, and had taken away all of her money.
A senior official from the police station confirmed that a case had been booked against Rahul under Sections 306 (abetment of suicide), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) of the IPC. While no arrest was made till Tuesday evening, Pratyusha's father demanded either life imprisonment or death for Rahul.
Meanwhile, Rahul's lawyer told The Asian Age, "Rahul is still critical and on Tuesday morning, he has again been shifted to the ICU of Shri Sai Hospital in Kandivali (east). As of now, it is not possible for him to go to the police station.
On Wednesday morning, we will get anticipatory bail for him as he is unwell." Rahul has been hospitalised since Sunday morning after he complained of chest pain and low BP. Doctors from the hospital said he is in deep trauma and depression.
Mr Banerjee, who spoke to the media immediately after the FIR against Rahul was registered, said, "We have informed police about the pain our daughter went through. The soul of my daughter will rest in peace only after Rahul is punished, and punishment for Rahul will be a lesson for others as well." Mr Banerjee told media that they had informed the police about Pratyusha and Rahul's relationship problems and his behaviour towards her and the truth would soon come out.
While recording their first statement on April 2, Soma and Shankar Banerjee had requested police officials to do a detailed investigation of the case. Ms Soma had even commented, "Rahul should be jailed and never released. He tortured my daughter a lot."
Soma Mukherjee, the mother of model-actress Pratyusha Banerjee, who committed suicide, has said in her police complaint that her daughter's boyfriend Rahul Raj Singh used to beat Pratyusha often and that he had lied to her about having a huge bank balance and properties.
Soma said Pratyusha was a top star before Rahul entered her life but that the "very day Rahul entered her life, her life became miserable." Pratyusha, who is famous for her role on the Balika Vadhu television serial was staying in Oshiwara area at that time but later moved to Kandivali, her mother said. Soma used to stay with her often, but when Rahul entered Pratyusha's life, he warned her to stay away from her parents, after which Pratyusha sent her mother back to Jamshedpur, the complaint said.
Soma also told officials that Rahul had met Pratyusha at a party in Jamshedpur and they both eventually fell in love.
Rahul told Pratyusha that he had a good relationship with few political leaders and had a huge bank balance and property in Ranchi, his home town. But all these claims later turned out to be fake, due to which Pratyusha got very disheartened. But as she wanted to save her relationship with Rahul, she continued staying with him, Soma said.
A day before her death she had called her uncle and father to inform that her life was very difficult, Soma said.
According to police sources, officials also came to know that in Kandivali where Pratyusha and Rahul were staying together before, locals had once heard Pratyusha screaming after Rahul had pushed her.
Meanwhile, actor Rakhi Sawant, a close friend of Pratyusha, has said the Balika Vadhu star was "tensed" about her relationship with Rahul.
Ms Sawant on Tuesday alleged that Rahul's ex-girlfriend had forwarded an intimate video of him and herself to Pratyusha. Ms Sawant said Pratyusha was upset because of the video, and it might have led her to commit suicide.
Meanwhile Geeta Rajpal, another of Pratyusha's friends, has claimed that Rahul used to monitor Pratyusha's mobile phone and every time she wanted to speak to a friend, she had to go out to make the call.
On Tuesday some actors organised a prayer meet for Pratyusha and after the meet they told the media that Rahul had physically assaulted her and she never faced financial problems.
Originally posted by: libsrocks
No offense but what kind of punishments should Pratyusha's parents get for never taking firm steps to protect their daughter? They knew what a liar Rahul was and troubles Pratyusha was going through but never did anything for her. Saying that Pratyusha stopped them from doing anything is a lame excuse. This is India! Parents can barely be stopped from abusing their child, and here, the parents could be stopped from helping their own child? The least they could do was shift with her to Mumbai and live with her. Who was Rahul? Son of our Prime Minister or President? People did not even know Rahul before Pratyusha entered in her life!
Rahul tortured Pratyusha: yes he should be arrested for it!
Pratyusha let him torture her: she should be blamed for it at some level! It feels wrong to say such things about a departed soul but Pratyusha should have taken serious steps! If nothing then she owes it to the role that always preached about women empowerment!
Pratyusha's parents stood by and let it happen: Clearly their cries for sympathy look idiotic to me now! They should be punished for standing aside and letting Rahul do whatever he did with Pratyusha. Now their complains look so fake and just cries of attention to me! For God's sake, the girl was their daughter! Not some neighbor or distance relative in whose life they could not interfere! 😡
Originally posted by: BeingAnonymous
How do u know they didnt try may be they did but Prats might have warned them or asked them not to interfere she even cut off from her friends
Look blaming parents is very easy , but when children dont listen there is only so much parents can do , 24 is not so young i am that age and can tell u my parents do try and interfere but they cant beyond a pointOriginally posted by: libsrocks
The parents confessed that they knew few parts of this relationship like he used to trouble her or has lied to her.
That's the point: Pratyusha was only 24 years old! If your 24 years old daughter, living alone in Mumbai, faces such major issues but still tells you to back off, would you? As adults and most importantly, as parents, it was their utmost responsibility to ensure Pratyusha was safe in the relationship and if she was facing such troubles, they should have shifted with her to Mumbai rather than let her live with the man who lied to her and had been harassing her so long!
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