The year 2016 is almost over. It was full of surprises, good news, celebrity weddings, breakups and celebrity deaths. We lost many popular and talented celebrities from Bollywood, television industry and other fields. While actress and politician Jayalalithaa lost the battle to ill health small screen actress Pratyusha Banerjee ended her life by committing suicide. Take a look at the list of Indian celebrities who left the world for forever in 2016.

Pratysha Banerjee

Pratyusha Banerjee, who became a household name by playing the lead role of Anandi in Color channel’s popular show ‘Balika Vadhu’ finished her life by hanging herself from the fan. She committed suicide at her Mumbai flat on April 1, 2016. As per the news reports, she was in depression due to her bitter relationship with her boyfriend Rahul Raj Singh.

Razak Khan

Popular for his acting and comedy skills, the actor Razak Khan left the world of June 1, 2016 due to a heart attack. Some of his memorable comic and supporing roles were in films like Hello Brother, Baadshah and Ankhiyon Se Goli Maare. Ninja Chacha in Hello Brother and Nadi Didi Changezi in Ishq are some of his memorable roles. The actor who worked in around 90 movies also made his TV debut with ‘Comedy Nights With Kapil’ as Golden Bhai.

Jayalalithaa

Tamil Nadu chief minister, J Jayalalithaa died on December 5 due to cardiac arrest. Yesteryear’s actress and a very successful politician, J Jayalalithaa was undergoing treatment in Apollo Hospital for around 75 days before bidding goodbye to the world.

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Mukesh Rawal

The actor had worked in many TV serials and rose to fame after playing Vibhishan in epic mythological show Ramayan. Mukesh Rawal was found dead on the tracks between Borivali and Kandivali railway stations on November 15, 2016.

Suresh Chatwal

The year 2016 was full of celebrity demises and one among them was highly talented actor Suresh Chatwal. Popular ‘FIR’ actor lost his battle to prolonged illness and bid adieu to the world for forever on May 28. He had acted in numerous TV serials and movies. Some of his memorable movies are Koyla, Karan Arjun and Munna Bhai MBBS.

Sulabha Deshpande

Veteran Bollywood, theatre and TV actress Sulabha Deshpande died on June 4 due to prolonged illness. The actress had worked over 73 mainstream Bollywood movies like Virasat and English Vinglish. The 79 years old actress was considered to be one of the pioneers of the experimental theatre movement.

Rajesh Vivek

Rajesh Vivek died on January 14, 2016 due to a massive heart attack while shooting for a movie in Hyderabad. The 66 years old actor has given the industry various memorable characters like Guran in ‘Lagaan’, postmaster in ‘Swades’ and the father of the two sons; Ramesh and Suresh in Cadbury 5Star’s ad series.

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