More than a month after ‘Kai Po Che’ actor Sushant Singh Rajput was found dead in his Mumbai apartment, his former girlfriend and co-actor Ankita Lokhande has opened up about the actor’s death.
Lokhande, in an exclusive interview given to Republic TV, rejected the theory that Rajput was depressed. “He could not have been depressed,” she said.
“Sushant was not the guy who could commit suicide. We have seen worse situations when we were together. He was a happy-go-lucky guy,” she added. The two crossed paths on the set of Ekta Kapoor’s ‘Pavitra Rishta’ and later went on to date each other for six long years. The much-loved couple broke up in 2016, however, the reason for the split is still unknown.
Ankita went on to say, “How much ever I know him, he wasn’t a depressed guy. I have not seen a person like Sushant, a guy who used to write his own dreams, he had a diary… He had his 5-year plan — what he wants to do, how he will look, etc. And exactly after 5 years, he had fulfilled them. And when things like ‘depression’ are used after his name… it is heartbreaking. He might be upset, anxious, yes, but depression is a big word. Calling someone ‘bipolar’ is a big thing.”
“The Sushant that I know — he came from a small town. He established himself on his own. He has taught me so many things, he taught me acting. Kisi ko pata bhi hai Sushant kaun aur kya tha (does anybody even know who the real Sushant was)? Everyone is writing their own portrayal of how ‘depressed’ he was, it hurts reading all of this.”
Lokhande said she doesn’t want people to remember Sushant as a depressed person. “He found happiness in small things. He wanted to do farming, I know this for sure… he told me agar kuch nai hua to main apni short film bana lunga (if nothing else works out, I will make a short film). He was not a depressed guy, not at all. I don’t know what the situation was… but I will keep repeating this. I don’t want people to remember him as a depressed guy, he was a hero. He was an inspiration.”
The ‘Manikarnika actress recently gave her statement to Bihar police. Her revelation that ‘Sushant was harassed by Rhea and wanted to leave her’ went viral on social media, giving a new turn to the actor’s death mystery.
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