Fatal fame: Eijaz Khan throws light on the darker side of celebrity life

Mumbai: The entire country fell into sudden shock when news about TV actress Pratyusha Banerjee committing suicide broke out. It took some time for people to accept the fact as it was hard to believe that Pratyusha, who was always so full of life, would take such a drastic step.

Many celebrities paid their last tribute to the ‘Balika Vadhu’ actress by visiting her at Kokilaben Hospital, while others expressed their sadness on Twitter.

Pratyusha Banerjee's friends suggested that the actress, who committed suicide by hanging herself, was going through depression after she recently separated from her boyfriend of two years.

On this note, another TV celebrity, Eijaz Khan, who was seen in ‘Tanu Weds Manu Returns’, has opened up and revealed the dark side that fame bestows upon the actors. In his post, Eijaz mentions how living under a public microscope adds pressure to act a certain way and pretend to have a perfect life.

“TV actors are amazing. Overnight success. Overnight fame, fortune, adulation. You have to start taking yourself very seriously. You are sure that the higher you get, the lesser people understand you. I, me, myself take precedence over family and true friends. You feel entitled to a unique set of yardsticks. The fact that you have started living under a public microscope adds pressure to live that perfect life. This happens so fast that no amount of training can actually ready you. The pressure leads to insecurity. Insecurity of losing or keeping up with all you have. And when all of this is coupled with a heart break or lost love it gets dangerous. What coping mechanism can one resort to? Mostly ESCAPISM. Which in turn leads to self-doubt, lack of self worth… depression. Hardly a week goes by without a celebrity ‘opening up’ about their Struggle,” Eijaz writes in his post.