Sushant Singh Rajput, who hailed from Bihar, was one of the few actors who made it big in the movies after starting their career in television shows. His untimely death has shocked everyone and many raised eyebrows when many spoke about mental health awareness and the persistent nepotism that doesn’t whole-heartedly accept actors who are not from the film background.
Unlike other celebrities, the posts of the 34-year-old actor are a blend of “self-musings” and “meditations”. There are several posts about the galaxy, planets, moon, dark matter and even of him peering into his telescope pointed at the dark sky. Well-read and with a scientific bent of mind, he had plans to visit NASA as part of training for the role of an astronaut in a now-shelved project. At the age of 18, he quit engineering to become a dancer and soon turned his focus to acting. It’s tragic that he was on the peak of his career when he suffered this much.
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Many Bollywood celebrities said that that they saw the warning signs but none of them help him. Director Mukesh Bhatt said that he “saw it coming”. As now most of the celebrities are posting comments about how they feel sorry and wish they could be there for him, when he needed support.
Mumbai based hairstylist Sapna Bhavnani took to Twitter and shared
It’s no secret Sushant was going through very tough times for the last few years. No one in the industry stood up for him nor did they lend a helping hand. To tweet today is the biggest display of how shallow the industry really is. No one here is your friend. RIP ✨ pic.twitter.com/923qAM5DkD
— (@sapnabhavnani) June 14, 2020
Director Anubhav Sinha also made a strong statement and tweeted
The Bollywood Privilege Club must sit down and think hard tonight.
PS- Now don’t ask me to elaborate any further.
— Anubhav Sinha (@anubhavsinha) June 14, 2020
Didn’t know him at all. Never met him I think. But was tossing and turning all night. I’ve seen Patna and I’ve seen Bandra. It’s a long journey in 34 years. Can’t fathom what hurt him so hard. Sleep well boy!!!
— Anubhav Sinha (@anubhavsinha) June 15, 2020
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Producer Nikhil Dwivedi also gave out a statement that hints at industry leaving people when bad times fell on them
At times our movie industry’s hypocrisy gets to me. High &mighty announcing they shud ve kept in touch wth Sushant..
Cmon u didn’t! &thts coz his career dipped. So STFU! R u in touch with Imran Khan, Abhay Deol &others? No!
But u were, whn they were doing well#SushantSinghRajput— Nikhil Dwivedi (@Nikhil_Dwivedi) June 14, 2020
Director Shekhar Kapur mourned his death and revealed that he used to cry on his shoulder
Dear Sushant, there was so much more you had to offer. Perhaps the world was not up to your beliefs.. you should not have gone like this …but then you were an old wise soul in a restless young body. Often the heavens cannot handle that .. pic.twitter.com/OJG4IzotRk
— Shekhar Kapur (@shekharkapur) June 14, 2020
I knew the pain you were going through. I knew the story of the people that let you down so bad that you would weep on my shoulder. I wish Iwas around the last 6 months. I wish you had reached out to me. What happened to you was their Karma. Not yours. #SushantSinghRajput
— Shekhar Kapur (@shekharkapur) June 15, 2020
If reports are to be believed Sushant Singh was taking treatment for depression. The actor has a fallout with Aditya Chopra, which whom he had signed a multi-million deal. It is being said that the actor felt sidelined. He also also upset after YRF backed out of Shekhar Kapur’s Paani, his ambitious project on which he worked for months.
In an interaction with a fan on Instagram, Sushant Singh reply also raises some question about the B town
Back in February KRK had tweeted
According to our sources #Dharma #SajidNadiadwala #YRF #TSeries #SalmanKhan #DineshVijan #Balaji have banned #sushantsinghRajput! So now he can do web series or TV serials only. Superb!!
— KRKBOXOFFICE (@KRKBoxOffice) February 27, 2020
Kangana questioned why Sushant movies were not acknowledged at award shows?
#KanganaRanaut exposes the propaganda by industry arnd #SushantSinghRajput‘s tragic death &how the narrative is spun to hide how their actions pushed #Sushant to the edge.Why it’s imp to give talent their due &when celebs struggle with personal issues media to practice restraint pic.twitter.com/PI70xJgUVL
— Team Kangana Ranaut (@KanganaTeam) June 15, 2020
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When Alis Bhatt said “Sushant who” in KWK episode
Well who knew #AliaBhatt would manage to act via twitter too?
When asked about Sushant on koffee with karan she said “sushant who” then she and #KaranJohar followed it by joking about him .
Hypocrites and insensitive to THE CORE. Be a smart audience. Do not watch his movies. pic.twitter.com/ahADsLKTgU— EurusJr. (@Eurus_jr) June 14, 2020
Nepotism in indistry
#KaranJohar @karanjohar did you think anytime what will happen if one day your love for star kids make people angry and if people decides not to watch your movies ???
Where would you go and your star kids ? pic.twitter.com/yTTr1RuXpI— Shivam yadav (@Shivamy93527382) June 15, 2020
How uncomfortable he was?
How uncomfortable he was?
Maybe Nepotism killed him. He was leftover alone.#ShusantSinghRajput #KaranJohar #Alia #ranbir #RIPSushant pic.twitter.com/WLsoDQxqSr— Pradeep Poonia (@pradeeeppoonia) June 15, 2020
About nepotism Sushant had once said, “if you deliberately don’t allow right talent to come up, then there is a problem”.
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