Sushant Singh Rajput appeared in Chhichhore. (Image courtesy: instabollywood )
Strong points
- Sushant allegedly fought against alienation and isolation
- Sanjay Nirupam said Sushant lost 7 movies after ‘Chhichhore’
- Shekhar Kapur wrote about the people who dropped Sushant
New Delhi:
Politician Sanjay Nirupam described director Shekhar Kapur’s oblique tweet on Sushant Singh Rajput to be “disappointed” with film fraternity, alleging that Mr. Rajput signed seven films after the success of his 2019 film Chhichhore, to lose the seven in six months. He did not specify which films it was. Mr. Rajput was found dead at his home and the police say he died by suicide. His death sparked strong criticism of the film industry, many of which claimed to be broken. Very few of those who posted actually attended the actor ‘s funeral on Monday, and not a single A – lister was among them. Sanjay Nirupam was at the funeral, as were actors Kriti Sanon, Shraddha Kapoor, Rajkummar Rao and Vivek Oberoi, and filmmaker Abhishek Kapoor who gave Sushant Singh Rajput his break in Bollywood.
In his tweet, written in Hindi, Sanjay Nirupam wrote that the cruelty of the film industry operates on another level and that it killed a talented artist, that is to say Mr. Rajput. Read his tweet here:
##RIPSushant
– Sanjay Nirupam (@sanjaynirupam) June 14, 2020
Sushant Singh Rajput has reportedly struggled with alienation and isolation in recent months. Mr. Nirupam’s words reinforce those of director Shekhar Kapur, who threw Mr. Rajput into the delayed project Paani. In an enigmatic tweet published after the death of the actor, Mr. Kapur referred to “people who let you down so badly that you would cry on my shoulder”.
I knew the pain you were going through. I knew the story of the people who let you down so badly that you would cry on my shoulder. I wish I was around the past 6 months. I wish you had contacted me. What has happened to you is their Karma. Not yours. #SushantSinghRajput
– Shekhar Kapur (@shekharkapur) June 15, 2020
The film industry’s condemnation also came from actor Vivek Oberoi who, after attending the funeral, called Bollywood to “b *** h less and cares more”.
Actor Nikhil Dwivedi and director Abhinav Sinha also called their colleagues, as did actor Ranvir Shorey who posted a thread on how power is exercised by the “Bollywood Guardians. “
Public anger focused on director Karan Johar, producer of the latest version of Sushant Singh Rajput, the Netflix project Drive. Mr. Johar has followed a continuing trend – although he was not named by his colleagues in their denunciations, the dots connect in a fairly obvious way. Mr. Johar, who wrote a self-recrimination note after the death of Sushant Singh Rajput blaming himself for not having been in contact for the past year, did not attend the funeral. Johar and actress Alia Bhatt also criticized online for disparaging Rajput in chat Koffee with Karan, to which Mr. Rajput was never invited.
Sushant Singh Rajput reaches fame at the top of the television series Pavitra Rishtaafter which he made his film debut in 2013 Kai Po Che! He is known for his work in films such as MS Dhoni: The Untold Story, Sonchiriya, Kedarnath and Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!
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