Actress Kangana Ranaut refuses to label late actor Sushant Singh Rajput as a “mentally weak” person. She says his deserving films and work were never acknowledged at award ceremonies.
Sushant was found hanging in his residence by his maid on Sunday morning here. Following the news of his suicide, the entertainment industry was left in shock.
In the 2-odd-minute video, shared by the official Instagram handle of Team Kangana Ranaut, Kangana says, “Sushant Singh Rajput ki maut ne humein jhinjhor ke rakh diya hai, magar kuch is mein bhi ek parallel narrative chala rahe hai. Woh ye ki jinka dimaag kamzor hota hai woh depression mein aate hai aur suicide kar lete hai. Jo banda Stanford ki scholarship…woh rank-holder hai apne engineering ke entrance ki, uska dimaag kamzor kaise ho sakta hai? (Sushant Singh Rajput’s death has left all of us devastated, but some are looking for a parallel narrative even here. That whoever has a weak mind, they slip into depression and kill themselves. A guy who has a scholarship from Stanford… he is a rank holder of his engineering entrance, how can his mind be weak?)”
She goes on to add that some of Sushant’s last posts prove that he had been literally begging people to watch his films. “Aap agar unke last kuch posts dekhe, woh clearly keh raha hai, logon ko beg kar raha hai ki please meri filmein dekho, mera koi Godfather nahi hai, mujhe nikal diya jayega iss industry se. Apne interviews mein woh yeh zahir karta hai ki mujhe yeh industry kyu nahi apnati hai? I feel like a leftover (sic). Toh kya iss haadse ki koi buniyaad nahin hai? (If you look at his last few posts, he is clearly saying, begging people to see his films, that I don’t have a Godfather, I will be thrown out of this industry. Even in his interviews, he says why doesn’t this industry make me its own? I feel like a leftover. So doesn’t this incident have any reason?)”
Talking about Sushant’s films, Kangana said, “Unko unki debut film Kai Po Che ke liye koi acknowledgement nahi mila, ya MS Dhoni: The Untold Story, ya Kedarnath ya Chhichhore. Gully Boy jaisi ek wahiyat film ko saare awards milte hai, Chhichhore is the best film and by the best director, par unki film ko koi acknowledgement nahi. (He didn’t get any acknowledgement for his debut film, Kai Po Che, or MS Dhoni: The Untold Story, or Kedarnath, or Chhichhore. A bad film like Gully Boy gets all awards, Chhichhore is the best film by the best director, but his film gets no acknowledgement.)”
Sushant Singh Rajput started his acting career with television shows and then made his Bollywood debut in 2013 with Kai Po Che!. Subsequently, he starred in the films Shuddh Desi Romance, PK, Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!, M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story, Kedarnath and Chhichhore. He was last seen in 2019’s Drive, co-starring Jacqueline Fernandez. The film was released on Netflix.
Sushant Singh Rajput will be cremated at the Vile Parle Seva Samaj Crematorium in Mumbai on Monday afternoon.