MUMBAI: Actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s has prompted a shocked Bollywood to introspect on why outsiders find it so hard to get a foothold into an industry which many directors and actors say is ruled by its own people.
Rajput was found hanging in his Bandra apartment on Sunday. He was 34.
A complete outsider, who studied to be an engineer, the Patna-born actor rose through the ranks from a background dancer to a television star and finally, got his Bollywood debut with “Kai Po Che!”, which released only seven years ago.
Rajput had his fair share of further success in films like “M S Dhoni: The Untold Story” and “Chhichhore”.
His tragic death has made many industry members dwell upon their own struggles while others pointed spoke about the “privileged group” and “camps” in the industry.
Filmmaker Shekhar Kapur hinted in his recent post that Rajput was let down by his industry peers. The director and the actor were trying to work on their ambitious project “Paani” but it got shelved.
“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 I was around the last 6 months. I wish you had reached out to me. What happened to you was their Karma. Not yours. #SushantSinghRajput,” Kapur tweeted on Sunday.
Dibaker Banerjee, the director of Rajput’s 2015 detective drama “Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!”, also talked about how outsiders need double the talent and hard work to make a name in the industry. (AGENCIES)
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