Bigg Boss 7: The rise and fall of 'Balika Vadhu' Pratyusha Banerjee

She came, she ruled and she tumbled; that's the story of television actress Pratyusha Banerjee.

This actress came out of nowhere to rule the small screen for few years in a daily soap 'Balika Vadhu'.

The popular show has been running for many years and Pratyusha Banerjee stepped in as the character Anandi in 2010.

In March this year when Pratyusha quit 'Balika Vadhu' all hell broke loose and a barrage of hate messages were unleashed by the huge fan-following that Pratyusha (or Prats) had developed.

This prime-time soap, catapulted Pratyusha's fame to a new height.

Viewers threatened to stop watching the show and rejected her replacement. The sudden exit left the audience extremely disappointed, so much so that fans signed a petition to bring her back.

Emirates24|7 was inundated with comments requesting Pratyusha to comeback and expressing their anger towards the maker of the show.

Contrary to reports that Pratyusha quit looking for greener pastures in Bollywood, the actress told this website that she wanted to spend time with her ailing mother.

Pratyusha had been offered a film by Vikram Bhatt but the television’s favourite star promised to stick to the small screen.

She was due to make a comeback in another TV series which never took off.

Audiences soon gave up their fight to bring back Pratyusha and soon she faded from their memory.

Pratyusha's stint with reality show started with dance reality show 'Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa'. She didn't impress the judges with her moves and her stay was short lived.

She was off the radar for quite some time till she broke-up with her boyfriend and filed a police complaint against him.

Reality show 'Bigg Boss 7' was her next stop. This reality show has the reputation of sheltering fading stars of showbiz.

'Bigg Boss' is the last resort to save their dyeing career and be in front of the camera 24 hours.

But Pratyusha's mission to regain her popularity backfired.

During her stay in the Bigg Boss 7 house, Pratyusha reduced herself as a non-functional member, refusing to perform tasks, drowning in pool of tears and getting into silly arguments every now and then.

Audiences were disappointed to see the immature side of the actor whom they once idolised.

Pratyusha was called the mouthpiece of co-contestant Kamya Punjabi and Gauhar Khan. Even the host Salman Khan pointed out that Prats need to pull her socks up and give her own opinion.

She was often accused of changing her stances on Kamya's insistence.

Whenever there was a tiff in the house, Prats could never retaliate in the right manner.

The fact that she was nominated for six times speaks volumes of her stay in the reality show.

Eventually her non-active juvenile behaviour was too much for fans and they voted her out.

An Emirates24|7 reader commented, "Pratyusha is out, she was so irritating. Listening to her used to make me feel drowsy. So annoying character, she never had an opinion of her own. Pure kid and extremely overconfident about her popularity just because of one show."

Following her eviction from Bigg Boss, Prats has nothing to look forward to as she has dropped out of the serial which was to be aired on Star Plus.

After experiencing unprecedented fame with 'Balika Vadhu' Pratyusha's popularity suffered a huge blow in Bigg Boss.

Coming out of the show, the actress is looking forward to do something new. We wonder what’s on offer for her!

Follow Emirates 24|7 on Google News.