The time was
right to talk to Neerushaa Nikhat, a very low profile woman, who set out to
make a film titled Hum Kuchh Kahe Na Sakey- which she says
incidentally bears an uncanny resemblance to Pratyusha Banerjee's life.
We called her up
this evening and skeletons tumbled out as she spoke in a voice filled with
anger and grief.
Excerpts:
We hear, TV
actress Sahila Chaddha called you today...
Yes, she did.
Why had she
called?
I don't know. She
is Rahul Raj Singh's friend (Pratyusha's boyfriend) and that is for sure.
Image Source: Instagram/Pratyusha banerjee
So what did she
say?
She was polite
but she just kept hammering that Kamya (Punjabi) was launching this film only
to ruin Rahul. Now, this is just not done (pauses).
Please
continue...
The film has been
made by me, not Kamya. Kamya is just an actress in it who happens to be there
because I couldn't get the right expressions from an actress who shot for me
earlier for the same role.
What was your
experience of working with Pratyusha? Did she tell you that she was suffering?
I came to know on
the night when I shot with her. She was very upset. Kamya was still not a part
of the film. Once Kamya arrived on the set, Pratyusha started howling. She was
very confused about a lot of thngs about her boyfriend Rahul Raj Singh. She had
stopped trusting him but was still madly in love with him, the bottomline was
that Pratyusha was not happy with Rahul; her relationship with him was not
working out.
One day, she stated vomitting blood. I summoned for a
physician.
Can we know the physician's name?
Dr Abhay Vispute, he functioned from a hospital in Andheri in those days, now
he practises at SRV Hospital in Goregaon.
What did he diagonise?
He said that Pratyusha was undergoing immense stress and her internal system
was not supporting her. In fact, he wanted her to stay in the hospital but she
was not keen. It was a type of 'forced discharge'.
Image Source: Instagram/Pratyusha banerjee
How was Pratyusha
when you shot scenes with her?
There were times
when she was not able to stand properly. And then...
And then what?
I remember Kamya
and I were sitting once with a group of friends when she dropped by. I will
never forget that visit. Pratyusha kept saying that she wanted to committ
suicide.
Were you
surprised when she passed away on April 1, 2016?
I dont know what
to say. I was consequently admiited in a hospital with shock. I came after the
post-mortem with a glucose-drip still injected in my body.
Pratyusha was a
very strong person. I never expected she will commit suicide.
Do you suspect foul play in her death?
100 per cent.
There is nothing right in this case.
I am also
appalled by Rahul's recent statements to people around him saying that Pratysha
wanted to fool him with her death since it was April Fool's Day that day. How
childish!
But you just said
that she was not the one who would end her life...
Yes, but Rahul is
definitely morally responsible for her unnatural end.
All said and done, I have faith in legal system. But yeah, let me tell you one
more thing...
Sure...
Pratyusha wanted
the hero's name in Hum Kuchh Kah Na Sakey to be Rahul, he was actually supposed
to be called Shaan.
Thumbnail Image Source: Instagram/Pratyusha banerjee