Sidharth Shukla death: Pratyusha Banerjee, Surekha Sikri - Balika Vadhu actors whose sudden death left fans mourning!

Television actor and Bigg Boss 13 winner Sidharth Shukla has died of a heart attack at the age of 40. He had won a million hearts with Balika Vadhu. He died on Thursday, an official at the Cooper Hospital told PTI. He suffered a massive heart attack in the morning it is learnt. He is survived by his mother and two sisters.

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Veteran actress Surekha Sikri, who is popular for playing matriarch Kalyani Devi in Balika Vadhu had died on July 16, 2021. The actress had suffered a cardiac arrest. Surekha was 75 years old and was surrounded by her family when she passed away.

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Pratyusha Banerjee who played Anandi Jagdish Singh in Balika Vadhu died on April 1, 2016, and her shocking demise left her family, friends and fans grieving. The actress was found hanging in her Mumbai apartment. 

Her parents Shankar and Soma had reportedly filed an FIR with the local police station in Mumbai alleging that Rahul Raj who was in a live-in relationship with their daughter had mentally and emotionally tortured the actress and drove her to commit suicide. Her parents were supported by TV actress Kamya Panjabi and producer Vikas Gupta.

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In the show, Sidharth played the role of  District Collector Shivraj Shekhar in Balika Vadhu. He was paired opposite late actress Pratyusha Banerjee.

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The popular show Balika Vadhu began in 2008 and was aired on Colors TV. The plot revolves around the experiences of a child bride as she shifts from adolescence to adulthood against a rural Rajasthan backdrop.

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