Bollywood actor Arya Banerjee, who made her debut in Dibakar Banerjee’s Love Sex Aur Dhokha in 2010, and later acted in The Dirty Picture in 2011, was found dead in her house in posh south Kolkata.
Banerjee, aged 35, was the daughter of late sitarist Pandit Nikhil Bandyopadhyay.
As per a report on PTI, it was Arya Banerjee’s domestic help, who alerted the neighbours after the actor did not respond to door bells and phone calls. They informed the police, who broke open the door and found her dead body.
The domestic help shared that the actor did not interact much and used to keep to herself. The police informed that a forensic team collected samples from the room and Arya Banerjee’s body was sent for post-mortem. Arya Banerjee was the daughter of late sitarist Nikhil Bandyopadhyay.
The news was mourned by her Love Sex Aur Dhokha co-star Anshuman Jha. The actor tweeted that he was ‘extremely shocked, saddenned’ by the news. He recalled fond memories of their shooting, and expressed condolences to her family.
