‘IT ALMOST FEELS LIKE SUSHANT’S CHARACTER ASSASSINATION’
Those who have collaborated with late actor Sushant Singh Rajput mostly have nice things to say about him. And Rajput’s Chhichhore (2019) co-star Saanand Verma is no different. He says we rarely see performers like Rajput who have the quality to become every role they portray.
“There was a method to his passion and performance. In Chhichhore, he was this happy and excited college goer, who later was shown as a father, worried about his child. Much like the character’s transition, you could also see the change in him in real life too, till he was playing the role. I think no one would’ve played Dhoni (MS Dhoni: The Untold Story; 2016) as perfectly as he did,” says Verma.
While working in Chhichhore, Verma adds that Rajput was “energetic and fun loving throughout”. “I’m not getting these talks around his mental health. Till the time I saw him, he was absolutely perfect. I never saw him behave in a certain way,” he shares, adding, however, that something was amiss in Rajput’s life. “You could feel that a phenomenal actor like him, who deserved much more, wasn’t getting his due.
Something may have happened between him and some influential people in Bollywood. But still he had ample work opportunities,” says the actor.
There’s some unknown territory as far as Rajput’s death case is concerned, feels Verma. But, the focus seems to be shifting.
“Sad that some are using it to gain mileage, publicise their agenda, get TRPs… What’s happening right now is almost his character assassination. It’s being portrayed that he was into drugs and all. I’ve worked with him but never felt or seen anything... I feel efforts are being made to hide something else. I just hope the investigation finds out the truth,” he ends.