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Raima Sen, Swastika Mukherjee and Parno Mitra in Ami Aar Amar Girlfriends (Girlfriends and I) (2013) directed by Mainak Bhaumik

The May 2014 incident

The curious case of Swastika and Suman Mukhopadhyay

The Times of India TNN | May 27, 2014 Swastika Mukherjee did not attempt suicide, but hurt herself in a fit of rage, claim her close friends

There should be a limit on the number of times you can fall in love because heart needs to rest. — Swastika Mukherjee's Facebook post on May 21. 2014

Just over a day after this, when Swastika Mukherjee is believed to have checked into a five-star property little would she have known how the next few, hours would unfold. A tryst with director Suman Mukhopadhyay allegedly turned ugly, leaving the actress bleeding. She had to be admitted to hospital and needed plastic surgery. Though Swastika's friends say that she's always had anger management issues, they're clear on one point-she did not try to commit suicide on Saturday morning, but cut her arm with a broken bottle in a fit of rage.

On the sets, too, Swastika's irritable behaviour has left directors in a fix. Friends, it is heard, have even advised her to see a psychiatrist. In fact, even as she was recuperating in hospital, Swastika was reportedly guilty and kept asking if her relationship with Suman would work out. "This time too, I'll be left heartbroken," she is believed to have lamented to friends. Her parents and sister too are no less worried, since they've seen over the years how vulnerable she would be after every broken relationship.

Here's a blow-by-blow account of what is believed to have transpired between Swastika and Suman on Friday night. It has been pieced together from accounts of reliable sources who refused to go on record.

— Suman, who was in the US for work, had told friends that he would be back on the night on May 24. Swastika, on her part, told family and friends that she was leaving for Mumbai on May 22. The duo, it is believed, checked into a city five-star hotel on May 23.

— The couple reportedly stayed up all night and were engaged in a conversation that gradually got heated.

— Around 4 am, their tiff probably took a violent turn and Swastika, who was in an insane rage, asked Suman to leave. The director is believed to have gone straight home.

— Around this time, Swastika allegedly broke a glass bottle on her wrist, cutting herself and bleeding profusely . It is not clear if this happened before or after Suman left. It seems Swastika then called up a close friend. Since he was sleeping, he could not take her call and Swastika lay in that state alone in her room. When the friend woke up and saw the missed calls, he rushed to the hotel. The hotel authorities and her family had to be informed and she was taken to hospital sometime after 7.30 am.

Filmography

As an actress

2003 Suna Sankhali

2006 Kranti

2007 Bandhu

2007 Kali Sankar

2007 Pitribhumi

2008 90 Ghanta

2008 Hello Kolkata

2008 Partner

2008 Shibaji

2008 Tollywood Focus

2009 033

2009 Janala

2009 Lakshyabhed

2010 Byomkesh Bakshi

2011 Bye Bye Bangkok

2011 Mumbai Cutting

2012 Abar Byomkesh

2012 Bhooter Bhabishyat

2012 Tabe Tai Hok

2013 Aborto

2013 Ami Aar Amar Girlfriends

2013 Maach Mishti & More

2013 Mishawr Rawhoshyo

2013 The Last Poem

2014 Jaatishwar

2014 Take One

As a singer

2008 90 Ghanta