For those who don’t know, other than being a brilliant actor, Sushant Singh Rajput was a brilliant student as well. He had ranked seventh in the DCE Entrance Exam in 2003 and secured admission in the Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) class in Delhi College of Engineering. In fact, he was also offered a scholarship at Stanford University. He completed only three years of the four-year course before dropping out to pursue an acting career. After becoming an actor in the Bollywood industry, the actor had given a speech to IIT Bombay students about life, money, recognition and success. His words of wisdom were not only inspiring but heart moving too.
In the long video that was shared by Brut India’s Facebook page, Sushant was heard saying that after finding recognition and money then he said that something unusual happened, "I got used to everything. And I felt cheated. I stayed with all these dreams for 10 and 15 years of my life. I was promised happiness and I was promised success, but all these things stayed with me just for a few days. And I am punctuating me because O started from zero money and zero recognition. So I was not happy. How can that be?" He further continued, "I didn't like this version of success, and the future me again was living the present me. But this I decided...otherwise. I would something else. I would do something else.
He then explained the true meaning of success as he further quipped, "I was alive in true sense when I was performing. And for the first time, trust me, in a long time, I understood the true meaning of success which was not money plus recognition, but it was now plus excitement. This realization happened in 2011 and it has been five years."
"So here I am right now. Five years down the line, money and fame all this still could now earn back the reputation in my life. But let me assure one thing that I have much more of them than I had ever planned.” He signed off saying a small incident he shared with one of his professors. ALSO READ: Sushant Singh Rajput Demise: Mumbai Police To Probe ‘Professional Rivalry’ Angle Behind His Death, Says Maharashtra Home Minister
Meanwhile, much to everyone’s dismay, Sushant Singh Rajput is no more between us as he ended his life on June 14 by hanging himself after suffering from depression. The funeral for the late actor was performed yesterday where we saw a bunch of Bollywood celebs in the crematorium. ALSO READ: Sushant Singh Rajput Funeral: Shraddha Kapoor, Rajkummar Rao, Kriti Sanon, Ekta Kapoor, Ranvir Shorey Pay Their Last Respects
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