Kumkum Bhagya actress Sanchita Ugale passed away due to suicide at the age of 22, leaving the entertainment industry and her close ones deeply shocked. The actress allegedly took her own life in her Mumbai apartment. TV star Smita Bansal has now reacted to Sanchita’s demise in an interview with the Free Press Journal.
Smita Bansal's Perspective on Industry Pressure
Smita reacted to the heartbreaking incident and shared her perspective. She mentioned how one needs to be thick-skinned to survive in the industry and the kind of pressure one has to deal with. Smita said, “You have to be very thick-skinned to survive this industry. I won’t blame the people around her. It is like saying that if those people around her knew, they should have stopped it. But it doesn’t happen like that. What has happened is very sad and it should not have happened.”
Mental Space and Prioritizing Life
She further added, “I feel that when I hear these kinds of things, I just feel that yes, our industry is very pressurising and you have to live up to certain things. You have to deal with a lot of things. So, just being thick-skinned also is not the only thing. I think that mental space is important. Whatever it is, ‘I will live’ - that should be the priority.” The actress later said, “I have seen some known people also end their lives, and I just feel that they make life about very small things. Life is much bigger. Life is much larger. You know, when we came to the industry, you were also young. I was also young. So, we dealt with a lot. If something happened, it used to affect us a lot. But now, when we look back, does it matter? No. It does not matter. So, life is so much more. It is so beautiful. And there are so many things to look forward to.”
Don't Give Up Life for Others
Smita concluded by saying, “Ending life is the last thing that anyone should have on their mind. It’s one thing to do because of professional pressure, but for some guy? That’s unacceptable. Sometimes women feel that the man is their identity. So, that is not the case. We are our own identity. So, why give up your life for somebody else?”
