Pratyusha Banerjee

Pratyusha Banerjee (August 10, 1991 – April 1, 2016) was an Indian television actress.

She started her career with Balika Vadhu as Anandi which was very successful. She was popularly known as Anandi by her audience. She was also a contestant on Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 5 and was one of the participants of Bigg Boss 7.

She had signed as a host with reality-based crime saga Savdhaan India for the special segment on "women against crime" with Hiten Tejwani and Sushant Singh as co-hosts. She had worked in Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya (TV series) in 2014 and was last seen in Hum Hain Na as the main female lead. Citing personal reasons, she committed suicide on 1 April 2016. She was declared dead at Kokilben Ambani hospital in Mumbai after doctors failed to revive her. Of late, she was contesting in Power Couple with beau Rahul.