It’s been three years since beloved Indian film actor Sushant Singh Rajput passed away on June 14, 2020. He would have turned 37 this. The news of his demise came as a shock to many. The actor had always seemed to be a jovial, humble and kind person in his interactions with fans and during interviews. While cinema was his profession, he was a highly educated and incredibly well-read person among a sea of Bollywood stars. Sandeep Singh, who had claimed to be the actors’ close friend recently revealed during a film promotion whether he would be bringing Sushant’s life onto the celluloid.
When he was posed with that question, Sandeep Singh promptly replied, “Not at all. I think people should let him rest in peace. I will never make a film about his life. People have offered me a lot of money for the same. They don’t realise what his family, friends and relatives must have gone through. I didn’t see SSRians (his fans) at his funeral. They were not there earlier, not at his house, nor the hospital. I was standing there alone. People should have stood by me but they made an issue out of it, and for what? People were targeting me and others just to gain popularity on social media. The saddest thing was that his family never came in support of me. They could have given one statement and my life would have changed. but they made me struggle again.”
He further shared, “This year is my restart. One journalist sent me a voice message saying, ‘Sandeep ji ab aapka yahan kaam khatam. Ab aap wapas gaon jaao ya toh jail chale jaoge. Log aapke munh pe thookenge (You are done here, go back to your village or you will end up in jail)’. I still have that voice note saved. I was very low. For six months, media was standing outside my building.”
On June 14, 2020, Sushant Singh Rajput was found dead in his Bandra flat in Mumbai, with the Police ruling it a suicide. His fans and family suspected foul play and demanded a CBI investigation, which was granted by the Central government. The CBI is still investigating the case.
Sushant became a household name with the Ekta Kapoor TV series, Pavitra Rishta. Later, he took part in various dance reality shows like Zara Nachke Dikha and Jhalak Dikhla Jaa. His film career blossomed after he was cast in the critically and commercially hit film ‘Kai Po Che!’ which was released in 2013.
Sushant’s popularity soared once he starred as cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni, in the biopic, M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story. He achieved resounding success again with Chhichhore (2019), but his box office popularity had begun to dwindle. Dil Bechara (2020) was his last film that was released posthumously.
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