Bollywood Actor Sushant Singh Rajput

Bollywood Actor Sushant Singh Rajput

Bollywood Actor Sushant Singh Rajput, who attract the audiences attention to his performances in films like ‘Kai Po Che’, ‘MS Dhoni: The Untold Story’ and ‘Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!’, was found dead at his Bandra residence on Sunday.

Sushant Singh Rajput’s mysterious death has given rise to various speculative reports that have been doing the rounds on the internet. A recent report in Mumbai Mirror revealed the actor’s last few moments before he finally took the drastic decision to end his life.

According to the reports, the actor began his Sunday as early as 6:30 am. He was served a glass of pomegranate juice soon after he woke up. Sushant then reportedly made his way to the bedroom. An hour later, when one of his staff members knocked on his door to enquire about his lunch, he received no response.

Elaborating further, the report added that the house help continued to act intermittently but there was no response from the actor. His flatmate then called Sushant’s sister. When she arrived, the people in the house broke into Sushant's room to find him hanging from the ceiling with a bedsheet.

The report also revealed that Sushant's
 staff - consisting of two cooks and a housekeeper - are being interrogated about his untimely death. The police are also talking to Sushant's neighbours and relatives.

His untimely and sad quietus has shocked and saddened the entire nation and his Bollywood counterparts.

 Messages of condolences have been pouring in from all sides on social media. One of his cousins reportedly told a news portal that the actor was supposed to get married in November and that they were planning for a private wedding in Mumbai.

Bollywood superstar Salman Khan took to his Twitter handle to mourn the death of the actor. He tweeted, ''U will be missed ... m. #RIPSushant''.

Several B-town stars including Shah Rukh Khan, Anupam Kher, Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh, Anushka Sharma, Alia Bhatt, Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgn and many others shared heartfelt notes for the star.

The star is best known for his titular role in Neeraj Pandey's 2016 release, 'MS Dhoni: The Untold Story', the biopic of former Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

Sushant made his film debut with the 2013 release, 'Kai Po Che'. He is also known for his films like 'Chhichhore', 'Detective Byomkesh Bakshi', 'Raabta', 'Kedarnath' and 'Shudh Desi Romance'.

Sushant's  next film was Mukesh Chhabra's 'Dil Bechara' alongside Sanjana Sanghi.

A highlight of Sushant’s acting career was the way he recreated the MS Dhoni persona for the 2016 biopic. The former cricket captain is one of the most ‘watched’ Indians in the country. Unable to reproduce the same gait or style of play would have made the performance feel hollow. But Sushant rose to the challenge.

Dhoni’s railway colleague Deepak Singh, who spent several days with Sushant during the film’s shooting at Kharagpur, was wondered by what he saw. “The way he was emulating every mannerism of Dhoni, right from his batting stance, the helicopter shot and running between the wickets-…he was a perfectionist,” he recalled.

Sushtant Singh Rajpoot also impressed with his interpretation of Bengali writer Saradindu Bandopadhyay’s detective protagonist, Byomkesh Bakshy.
To prepare for the part, he would move incognito from Lalbazar to China Town to Bosepukur in Kolkata. Those involved with the project remember how he would drop at a roadside tea stall and observe how “Bengalis loved to sit cross-legged with the right leg perched atop the left one”.

Director Arindam Sil, who was the film’s line producer, said, “Initially, I wasn’t too convinced because of his height and smallish face. But (director) Dibakar (Banerjee) asked me to wait and see how he looks like the character…He fit into the character so well.”

Three more roles stand out in his short career: Sarfaraz, the intense Pakistani lover of an Indian girl, in the Aamir Khan blockbuster ‘PK’; the sacrificing Muslim porter of ‘Kedarnath’, and the father in ‘Chhichhore’ (2019), who redefines the idea of a winner to his son and brings him back from the brink.

Yet a career in cinema wasn’t his first choice. A bright student from Patna’s St Karen’s High School—he won a national physics Olympiad contest—he was ranked 7th in AIEEE.

An astronomy enthusiast, Sushtant Singh Rajpoot took admission in Delhi College of Engineering in 2003.

Chunnu Singh, a cousin, said the family settled in Delhi after the death of his mother in Patna in 2002.

"His father Kamal Kishore Singh, a retired government employee, stayed with Sushant in Delhi when he went there for higher studies,” he said. But Sushant never finished the course. He first joined Shiamak Davar’s dance troupe and later Barry John’s drama classes.

Success in television came in the role of a mechanic in ‘Pavitra Rishta’. His energy was more noticeable in dance shows like ‘Jhalak Dikhla Jaa’, which paved the path for Bollywood.

On the Bollywood firmament, Sushtant Singh Rajpoot flashed like a meteor. He had so much more to offer. (Inputs from Mohua Das in Mumbai, Ramashankar & Faryal Rumi in Patna, Amaghna Banerjee & Sujay Khanra in Kolkata & Kharagpur, Priyanka Dasgupta).

The 34-year-old actor Sushant's  Bollywood career barely stretched to seven years. But his impact and imprint were distinct, even as a person. In a tweet, Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan recalled his support during Kerala floods.