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After Pratyusha's suicide, Hema Malini receives flak for her tweets

| | Apr 06, 2016, at 02:54 am
Mumbai, Apr 5 (IBNS): Actor-turned- politician Hema Malini on Tuesday received flack for her tweets on the suicide case of TV series 'Ballika Vadhu' famed actress Pratyusha Banerjee.
Hema Malini tweeted: "All these senseless suicides which achieve nothg! Life is God's gift for us to live not for us to take at will. We have no right to do that."
 
"One must learn to overcome all odds & emerge successful,not succumb under pressure & give up easily.The world admires a fighter not a loser," she posted.
 
Pratyusha Banerjee committed suicide in Mumbai on Apr 1.
 
She was known for her performance as Anandi in TV serial ‘Balika Vadhu’.
 
The actress was taken to Kokilaben Hospital where she was declared dead.
 
She was 24 when death came.

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