I agree with what Saif said in this article....it is better to take a moment to reflect, to feel sorrow for the departed, but sadly most ppl are busy doing tamasha....there is no sense of dignity in mourning from these people. He's also quite right about the fact that none of them really cared and I don't just mean the bollywood A-listers that everyone is targeting in fury now....this happens on society on a mess level otherwise also. But right now people just want a target to hate on.
I also feel he was pretty bang on about the reality of how little ACTUAL contact there is among people these days....just token messages on birthdays or random occasions, but people are otherwise essentially all in their isolated bubbles. So to now pretend that they all actually cared is deffo hard to buy.
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Sushant Singh Rajput committed suicide on Sunday, June 14. The entire industry, his colleagues, family, friends and fans are heartbroken over Sushantās shocking demise and have been pouring in their heartfelt wishes. Saif Ali Khan reacts to Bollywoodās sudden outburst of love towards Sushant and calls it an insult to the dead...
June 16, 2020 8:25 AM
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Sushant Singh Rajput, 34, hanged himself at his Bandra house in Mumbai. Reportedly, the actor was battling with depression for the last six months and was taking anti-depressant pills as well. His close friends and house help also inform that the actor was disturbed for a long time.
The unfortunate and untimely demise of the talented actor has shattered his friends, family and fans all across the globe. The entire industry, his colleagues, family, friends and fans are heartbroken over Sushantās shocking demise and have been pouring in their heartfelt wishes.
Reacting to Bollywoodās sudden outburst of love towards Sushant, Saif Ali Khan tells Times of India in an interview: āThere are so many people whoāve made comments so quickly. And it just seems to me that people are somewhere gaining some mileage from this poor fellowās tragedy, you know, whether itās to show compassion or to show interest or to show some political stance. So many people are talking rubbish in this nonstop kind of barrage on social media and itās just embarrassing, really, I think.ā
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The Tanhaji actor says that a day of silence would be more appropriate than making comments on social media. āOut of respect for him, for Sushantās tragedy, maybe a day of silence or introspection would be a little more becoming than this outpouring of love ā an outpouring of love from people who obviously didnāt care about him and people who famously donāt care about anybody else,ā he said.
Saif calls the Bollywood industry a ācutthroat line of workā and asserts that anyone pretending to care is āultimate hypocrisy.ā āI mean, we donāt care about anybody. You know, itās a very cutthroat line of work. But to pretend that you do care is like the ultimate hypocrisy and I think thatās an insult to the dead, you know, itās an insult to the soul thatās gone,ā says the actor.
āWe live in an age where people write 10 lines for you on Twitter and will walk past you on the street - wonāt even touch you or shake your hand. You know, you get wished for your birthday, but people donāt actually call you. Thereās no contact,ā he added.
While the news of Sushantās demise is a big shock, many celebrities have now tweeted saying that they were aware of the actorās low phase and that the actor seemed disturbed. Many actors tweeted saying that the industry and the biggies of Bollywood failed Sushant Singh Rajput, that further pushed him to take the drastic step of suicide.
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However, Saif does not completely agree with this. āPeople are failing people constantly. Everyone talking about him, even those saying who failed you or didnāt fail you is, I think, somewhat exploiting his name. To take any stand at the moment, apart from just sorrow, and just saying that Iām really sad that he had no way out except this - any other comment is somewhere manipulating the situation, I feel. You have come across this as an opportunity to take a shot at somebody, and youāre taking a shot,ā he said.
Talking about Bollywood camps, Saif says: āThese are the wrong comments to make now. I mean, you can say, listen, itās just really bad, what happened. Itās really sad that this is the only way he could see out. But to blame anybody or to you know, draw these camps out, this is pathetic. I think itās a function of lockdown plus social media. And itās sad that film people canāt think beyond films. We will all assume that this terrible thing happened to him because of his films. There is more to life. Maybe he was upset about other things in his life. Maybe it was a personal reason. Maybe itās nothing to do with films. If you canāt see beyond that, you will put everything on that ā the movies you do.ā
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Saif Ali Khanās daughter and actress Sara Ali Khan made her Bollywood debut opposite Sushant in the film Kedarnath. Sara and Sushant shared a good bond and talking about Saraās reaction after the latterās untimely demise, Saif reveals that the actress was very upset.
Revealing that Sara was āvery, very, very upsetā by the news, Saif said, āShe liked him very much. She was quite impressed with certain aspects of his personality. She told me he was very intelligent, that he could discuss, you know, Jean-Paul Sartre and he could discuss various aspects of philosophy and engineering and that he had learned how to shoot with a bow and arrow left-handed, and he was very fit as well as very hard-working, and a good actor.ā
Meanwhile, Sushant Singh Rajputās last rites took place in Mumbai on Monday, June 15 2020.
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