On Sunday, Bollywood woke up to another tragic news as the young actor Sushant Singh Rajput passed away due to suicide.
Sushant Singh Rajput, the 34-year-old actor, had made a mark for himself in a short span of time in the industry. The death of the actor has sparked conversation regarding mental health and nepotism in social media. As per many reports, many producers and filmmakers in Bollywood were aware of the struggles Sushant was facing in his professional and personal life. Despite that, none of them came for his help.
An old clip of the actor talking about nepotism has been making the rounds of social media. The video dates back to the International Indian Film Academy Awards ceremony. In the ceremony, Sushant said,
“Well, yes nepotism is there and it’s everywhere. It’s just not in Bollywood. So yeah, you can’t do anything about it but yes, nepotism can co-exist and nothing would happen. But at the same time, if you deliberately don’t allow the right talent to come up, then there is a problem. Then the whole structure of the industry would collapse one day.”
Social Media Users Slam Bollywood
Various social media users responded to the video. One of the users pointed out that Sushant is visibly angry in the clip as he knew this would affect his life. Another user noticed the hesitation in Sushant’s speaking and said that alone says a lot of things about Bollywood. One more user said,
“It’s so clear here that he was struggling to survive in this industry amid all these snobs! Feel like starting a revolution against these heartless creatures that spread nepotism! They would never understand the pain and struggles one has to go through.”
Rajput who started his acting career with the daily soap Pavitra Rishta which was produced by Ekta Kapoor. He then went onto debut in films with Abhishek Kapoor’s Kai Po Che’ which was based on the best-selling novel The Three Mistakes of My Life. The actor was revered for his role of Indian cricketer MS Dhoni in the biopic MS Dhoni: The Untold Story. In 2019, he starred in Sonchiriya which was critically acclaimed. It was followed up with Chhichhore which was a big hit.
Aren't you the same woman who was asked a question about Sushant and you said Sushant Singh Rajput who? And then you and Karan Johar went on to make fun of him because he worked as a TV actor. https://t.co/2OTnL1cgyr
— Phoolwali ? (@Gulmohar__) June 14, 2020
This is the reality of Karan Johar. I dare you guys to boycott all his movies. pic.twitter.com/aCZCMwAO2a
— Harish ?? (@Harish52492759) June 14, 2020
Actors like Ananya Panday, Janhvi Kapoor and Sonakshi Sinha are praised in bollywood because of bloody #Nepotism, literally these star kids have zero fucking talent in them. While on the other hand, deserving actors like Sushant are sidelined. Fuck Karan Johar, such a hypocrite. pic.twitter.com/g8woZYYfCl
— Parul Nigam ? (@ThEnchantedGirl) June 14, 2020
Kangana is amongst few brave outsiders who have the nerve to stand strong in front of Karan Johar 's movie mafia.
She stood for all the outsiders & their rights yet she had to face the consequences of 'cancel culture' from entire bollywood clan..— sheilße (@healmeKR) June 14, 2020
Honestly speaking, reading the so-called’ condolences of Karan Johar, Alia Bhatt, Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh just boils my blood to to an extent that I can’t express. Alia, who made fun of him earlier, DEepika and Ranveer not inviting them to their wedding
— Kashmeera Murthy (@Kashmeerawrites) June 14, 2020
Source: Free Press Journal
