Kolkata’s Tollytown has been left devastated at the unexpected demise of actor Rahul Arunoday Banerjee, who tragically lost his life on Sunday, March 29, 2026, by drowning in Talsari, Digha. The suddenness of his death has left the entire Bengali industry in shock, given that Rahul had just finished shooting his scene for bengali soap, Bhole Baba Paar Karega.
The actor-writer-producer’s death at age 42 has left his fans and colleagues devastated, and it has been especially traumatic for Rahul’s co-star, Sweta Mishra, who had been with him in his final moments. Reports suggest the actor died in a bid to save Sweta.
What happened on Talsari beach?
The incident reportedly occurred around 5:30 p.m. during a television shoot at Talsari beach near the Odisha-Bengal border. Eyewitnesses have said that the cast and crew were filming in what appeared to be shallow, knee-deep water when things suddenly took a hazardous turn, though none could have expected it would prove fatal. A female co-actor, later confirmed to be Sweta, suddenly lost her balance and slipped into a depression in the seabed.
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