Manoj Bajpayee recalls WARNING Sushant Singh Rajput about industry politics; says, “Yeh jaan maar denge tumhari”

Manoj Bajapyee is regarded as one of the finest actors of his generation. After multiple rejections and years of struggle, films like Bandit Queen and Satya got him recognition. Manoj Bajpayee recently recalled being thick-skinned to rejections and advised the same to his Sonchiriya co-star Sushant Singh Rajput. He also called him intelligent and recalled being sad for 3 months post his untimely demise.

Manoj Bajpayee remembers Sushant Singh Rajput

While talking to Mid-day, the Bhaiyyaji actor recalled his conversations with Sushant. He shared, “Nobody knows what happened to him. All of us are only presuming and guessing things. I have worked with him, and I can say he wasn’t a mad guy. He was fairly well-versed in too many things. He was a voracious reader. I found him reading all the time, both on the set and off the set. He had great knowledge about quantum physics. He used to talk to me about spiritualism and compare it with quantum physics. He was a fantastic mind. I would not like to come to any conclusion because I really don’t know what happened to him. Even the CBI is yet to come to a conclusion.”

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Remembering how he was shocked after hearing about his demise, he stated, “I must tell you that his death news hit me so badly that I was sad for three months as if I have known him so personally and closely.”

He added, “As far as the industry is concerned, we used to have chats about the industry and its politics. I always told him to keep thick skin nahi toh yeh jaan maar dengi tumhari (it will kill you). I had thick skin because I have faced so many rejections. It was a part of my life but a lot of my friends didn’t have that thick skin. They couldn’t face rejections like I did.”

For those unversed, SSR allegedly died by suicide in June 2020. He was found dead inside his Mumbai flat. His death was first probed by Mumbai Police, which later transferred the case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is yet to file a closure report.

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