Before bidding his final adieu to the world, Sushant Singh Rajput was going to do a film with rumoured girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty. According to a report in Times Now, the duo was supposed to come together for their first film. The actor was gearing up for a film with Rumy Jafry along with rumoured GF Rhea and the script was also locked and they were going to kick-start shooting in May while wrapping it up by November but couldn’t do so due to the Coronavirus lockdown. But before everything could fall into place, Sushant, who was battling depression since the past six months, told the director that he wanted to quit acting.
While talking to ABP News, Rumy told the portal how the lockdown was making his uneasy. He was quoted saying, “After the relaxation in lockdown, Sushant advised me to make another film on small scale. The talented actor told me that we should start a new film with a unit of 20-25 members, keeping in mind the lockdown guidelines. I was thinking of working on a new script after Sushant’s advice."
“Sushant, who was battling depression for the past six months, told me that he didn’t wish to work in films. He wanted to quit acting. The ‘Raabta’ actor didn’t reveal the reason despite my constant questions. He often used to say that he wanted to do farming. Sometimes, he said, ‘I want to plant one lakh tree across the country and invent new things like a scientist’. He wished to invent something like a scientist,” Jafry added.
The director also said that he messaged Sushant after he came to know about his former manager Disha Salian’s suicide. “I asked him to take care of himself. In response to my voice note, Sushant said that he would. I never knew he would take such a drastic step and leave us forever,” Rumy said.
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