It came as a shocker when Bollywood’s Sushant Singh Rajput was found dead in his Mumbai Apartment where the Police had confirmed that it was indeed a suicide. The 34-year-old actor entered the film Industry with the film Kai Po Che and he has been unstoppable ever since. His wise choice of scripts and his onscreen charisma of each of his character has been irreplaceable. Many from Bollywood have been mourning the loss of one of its finest actors including director/producer Karan Johar, Alia Bhatt, Sonam Kapoor and Kriti Sanon among many others.
However, Karan Johar’s message has not been taken well by the audience and neither has Alia Bhatt’s or Sonam Kapoor’s. Artists from within the industry have pointed finger at the director for promoting nepotism, at actor Salman Khan for not letting newcomers survive in the industry without his consent and all the actors and actresses who have been products of nepotism. Recently, Kangana Ranaut’s interview talking about Sushant’s death has created a stir, however, most of them on social media seemed to have agreed with her. Watch the video:
Following that, director Shekar Kapur, Anubhav Sinha all supported Kangana’s views:
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 Iwas around the last 6 months. I wish you had reached out to me. What happened to you was their Karma. Not yours. #SushantSinghRajput
— Shekhar Kapur (@shekharkapur) June 15, 2020
The Bollywood Privilege Club must sit down and think hard tonight.
PS- Now don’t ask me to elaborate any further.
— Anubhav Sinha (@anubhavsinha) June 14, 2020
However, this did not go well with actors Sonam Kapoor and Swara Bhaskar:
Blaming a girlfriend , ex girlfriend, family , colleagues for someone’s death is ignorant and fucking mean spirited.
— Sonam K Ahuja (@sonamakapoor) June 15, 2020
Parts of India Twitter blaming #KaranJohar and #AliaBhatt for the tragic suicide of Sushant – for some silly game played on a frivolous and pointless chat show (that All those people who are now abusing Bollywood nepotism lapped up) is both the height of idiocy and hypocrisy! 1/n
— Swara Bhasker (@ReallySwara) June 15, 2020
Sushant didn’t leave a note. We don’t know what he went thru. We don’t know the cause. STOP taking out ur frustration using the pain of a troubled person. He didn’t leave a note! Get it? He didn’t want to talk about it. He’s gone. Let him have his peace & his family privacy. 2/n
— Swara Bhasker (@ReallySwara) June 15, 2020
These tweets did not go down well with the netizens:
That may be but it’s still idiotic to hold Karan & Alia responsible for this tragedy – because they made some thoughtless comments. The fact is we don’t know what Sushant was going through nor what the cause was. Everything being discussed is speculation & gossip. It’s not right. https://t.co/UlRkINyWyx
— Swara Bhasker (@ReallySwara) June 15, 2020
Swara it maybe a silly chat show for you & You may have that sense of humour or thick skin to not get affected. But some don’t. And just cause you’re a big producer, you can’t call out people and “rate” them on national TV. Most of us are calling out this hypocrisy & toxicity.
— Zainab Sikander (@zainabsikander) June 15, 2020
Nepotism, ensuring that talent is killed by slow posioning and promoting gang . So sad..Shedding tears after destroying lives coz they don’t fit in ur club..You targeted kangana but she is too strong a woman
— Jawed Ansari (@J_ansari00) June 15, 2020
I am Anil Kapoor’s Daughter and I’ve got everything i want.
I have born with a silver spoon in my mouth.Is this not #nepotisminbollywood? pic.twitter.com/r0B9Mu90xV
— Sachin पंवार
(@LazyLion_95) June 15, 2020
It has also been reported that Sushant was in fact kicked out of six out of the seven films the actor had signed by various producers including Yash Raj Films, Dharma Productions, Sajid Nadiawala among others.