Sushant Singh Rajput and I cried a lot when ‘Paani’ got shelved: Shekhar Kapur

It is known to most of us that filmmaker Shekhar Kapur was supposed to direct Sushant Singh Rajput in the movie ‘Paani’. But the movie got shelved as the producers (Yash Raj Films) backed out of the ambitious project. In a live session with Manoj Bajpayee, Shekhar Kapoor recalled his fond memories with Sushant.

Shekhar said that when he met Sushant for the first time, he felt like he was  ‘meeting a child’. The filmmaker said, “He was bouncing up and down, so excited that he was going to work with me and do ‘Paani’. The great thing about Sushant that I noticed was that acting did not stop with rehearsing the lines or reading the script or doing the movements. His interest went way beyond… Every time I had a meeting with the production designer or the DOP or VFX team, he was there.”

Shekhar said that Sushant’s character was Gora and he was so into it that he would sometimes call him at 2 or 3 in the night to discuss the smallest details. He said that he fell in love with Sushant while prepping for ‘Paani’ for three months.

Kapoor also said that when ‘Paani’ got shelved, both were heartbroken and Sushant cried a lot and so did he. He said, “’Paani’, producers told that they won’t do the movie with Sushant. I was angry at that time when the producers said no and went out of India.”

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Sushant left for his heavenly abode on June 14 by hanging himself at his residence in Bandra.

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