Rhea Chakraborty faced some turbulent times after the death of her ex, actor Sushant Singh Rajput, in June 2020. She was also in judicial remand for a while before being cleared of all charges. In an interview with Humans of Bombay, Rhea said that she was a ‘delusionally optimistic’ person before all this.
She also added that she was the kind of actor and person who always wanted to enjoy her work, be independent, without having any goals. She said, “I definitely could never imagine that the whole country could have any opinion on me, forget good or bad – any at all! Even as an actor, my ambition was never to be number 1, I started enjoying acting as a craft. That was about it, there were no goals. No one prepared me for what was to come. They call me names like chudail, kaala jaadu karne waali, naagin etc, but I really don’t care. It used to upset me earlier.”
Following Sushant’s death in 2020, Rhea was accused of abetting his suicide. She and her brother Showik were questioned by the Enforcement Directorate [ED] on charges of money laundering.
She was arrested by the NCB along with her brother after the CBI took over the case on the basis of a complaint by Sushant’s father that she and others had abetted his suicide by supplying marijuana to him. The Bombay High Court discarded the NCB’s theory of Rhea financing and harbouring Sushant’s alleged addiction.
