Sushant Singh Rajput : Star of Bollywood

Sushant Singh Rajput Birth Date is 21st January, 1986 was an Indian Bollywood actor. Sushant Singh began his acting career with television serials. His first show was Star Plus’s romantic drama Kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa Dil (2008), followed by a starring role in Zee TV’s popular soap opera Pavitra Rishta (2009–2011).

Sushant Singh started his Bollywood first film in the friendship-drama Kai Po Che! (2013), for which he received a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut. He then starred in the romantic comedy Shuddh Desi Romance (2013) and as the titular detective in the action thriller Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! (2015). His highest-grossing releases came with a supporting role in the satire PK (2014), followed by the lead role in the sports biopic M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story (2016). For his performance in the latter, he received his first nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor. Sushant Singh then working in the commercially successful films Kedarnath (2018) and Chhichhore (2019).

NITI Aayog, the policy think-tank of the Indian government, signed him to promote the Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP). Apart from acting and running Innsaei Ventures,Sushant Singh was actively involved in various programmes like Sushant4Education, as a part of efforts to help young students. In June 2020, at age 34, Rajput died by suicide at his home in Bandra, Mumbai.

Sushant Singh Rajput Early Life :

Sushant Singh was born in Patna to Krishna Kumar Singh and Usha Singh. His ancestral home is in Bihar’s Purnia district. One of his sisters, Mitu Singh, is a state-level cricketer. His mother’s death in 2002 left Sushant Singh traumatize and it was in the same year that the family moved from Patna to Delhi.

Sushant Singh attended St. Karen’s High School in Patna and Kulachi Hansraj Model School in New Delhi. According to Sushant Singh, 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. He was also a National Olympiad Winner in Physics. In all, he cleared as many as 11 engineering entrance exams, including that for the Indian School of Mines. After he started participating in theatre and dance, he rarely had time for studies, resulting in several backlogs which ultimately made him leave DCE. He completed only three years of the four-year course before dropping out to pursue an acting career.

While a student at Delhi Technological University, Rajput enrolled in Shiamak Davar’s dance classes. It was only later that the idea of making a career in acting came to him, as some of his fellow students in the dance classes happened to be interested in acting and were attending Barry John’s drama classes. Influenced by them, Rajput also joined the acting classes. Here, he found his passion for acting: “I found the experience liberating. I realised that I could communicate with the audience. I knew I wanted to do this forever.”

Within a few months of joining the dance class, Rajput was selected to be a member of Davar’s standard dance troupe. In 2005, he was chosen to be one of the group of background dancers at the 51st Filmfare Awards. In 2006, he was part of the troupe that went to Australia to perform in the cultural program at the opening ceremony of the 2006 Commonwealth Games. By this time, he was tired of engineering. He was happy and successful in the dance and drama classes, and decided to do what he was good at. He dropped out of engineering and devoted himself full-time to dancing and acting.

To make a break into films, Rajput moved to Mumbai and joined Nadira Babbar’s Ekjute theatre group, which he remained a part of for two and a half years. During this time, he was shown in a TV advertisement for Nestle Munch, which became famous throughout India.

Sushant Singh Rajput Acting Career :

Television Career :

In 2008, the casting team of Balaji Telefilms saw Sushant Singh’s personality and acting talent while he was on stage for one of Ekjute’s plays. They invited him to audition for them and Sushant Singh landed the role of Preet Juneja in Kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa Dil. His character was killed quite early in the show, but he was such a popular character with the viewers that he was brought back for the series finale in the form of a spirit, looking on as his family celebrates after going through difficult times.

In June 2009, Sushant Singh Started starring in Pavitra Rishta as Manav Deshmukh, a serious and mature character working as a mechanic to support his family. His work in this serial received wide appreciation, and Rajput received three major television awards for best male actor and most popular actor. This performance was his breakthrough and gave him a stepping stone into films. Initially when producer Ekta Kapoor cast him as lead for Pavitra Rishta while playing the parallel lead in Kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa Dil, Zee TV did not accept him. However, Kapoor convinced them to accept him.

In May 2010, Sushant Singh joined the dance reality show Zara Nachke Dikha 2. He had already proven his acting talents by winning awards for his performance in Pavitra Rishta, and he wanted to establish that he had good dancing skills and could be trained further. In Zara Nachke Dikha, Rajput was a part of the Mast Kalandar Boys Team. He did the shooting for both Pavitra Rishta and Zara Nachke Dikha 2 at the same time. On the Mother’s Day special episode, his team dedicated a performance to his mother, who had died in 2002.

In December 2010, Sushant Singh participated in another dance-based reality show, Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 4, where he was paired with choreographer Shampa Sonthalia.

In October 2011, Sushant Singh decided to quit Pavitra Rishta to pursue a film-making course abroad, and in November 2011, Rajput quit the series and was replaced by Hiten Tejwani. However, in October 2014, Tejwani finish way for Sushant Singh who appeared in the final episode aired on 25 October 2014 as Manav.

Bollywood Movie Career :

Sushant Singh auditioned for Abhishek Kapoor’s Kai Po Che! and was selected to play one of the three main leads, with co-star Rajkumar Rao and Amit Sadh. Based on the Chetan Bhagat novel The 3 Mistakes of My Life, the film proved to be a critical and commercial success. His portrayal of Ishaan Bhatt, an ex-district level cricketer who is a victim of politics in the cricketing selection fraternity, was appreciated.

Critic Rajeev Masand said that : “it’s Sushant Singh, making his film debut as Ishaan, who it’s hard to take your eyes off. The actor has an indescribable presence and it’s clear from his confidence and distinct likeability that a star is born.”

After First Success, His 2nd movie was Shuddh Desi Romance, with Parineeti Chopra and Vaani Kapoor. Directer is Maneesh Sharma and producer is Yash Raj Films, the film deals with the subject of live-in relationships and was completely film shooting in Jaipur, Rajasthan. Taran Adarsh from Bollywood Hungama appreciated Sushant Singh’s performance, saying: “After leaving a tremendous impression in his first Hindi outing, Sushant Singh Rajput… brings a lot of freshness with his unpretentious and spontaneous act.” Sukanya Verma from Rediff said that : “After a dynamic debut in Kai Po Che!, Rajput channelises his abundant energy to convey the childlike ineptitude of a man who wears his heart on a sleeve.” Sushant’s next role was in Rajkumar Hirani’s 2014 film PK. Although his role was relatively minor, the film gave him the opportunity to work with Aamir Khan and Anushka Sharma. Upon its release, the film proved to be the one of the highest-grossing Indian films.

In 2015, Sushant Singh’s release was Dibakar Banerjee’s mystery thriller Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! (2015), in which he portrayed detective Byomkesh Bakshi, created by Bengali writer Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay. The film was produced jointly by Yash Raj Films and Banerjee’s own film production company Dibakar Banerjee Productions. Set in Kolkata in the 1940s, the film was released on 3 April 2015.

In 2016, he appeared in Neeraj Pandey’s biographical sports film M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story, in lead role of Indian cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni. The film was a critical and commercial success, becoming one of the highest-grossing Bollywood films of 2016. Sushant Singh’s performance was widely appreciated by critics and earned him his first nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor.

In 2017, he appeared in Dinesh Vijan’s Raabta, along-with Kriti Sanon.

In 2018, he appeared in Kedarnath, a love story set in the backdrop of the 2013 floods in Uttarakhand, co-starring Sara Ali Khan. In this film he played the role of Mansoor Khan, a Kashmiri young man.

In 2019, he appeared in Abhishek Chaubey’s Sonchiriya with Co-star Bhumi Pednekar. He appeared in Nitesh Tiwari’s Chhichhore with Shraddha Kapoor that released on 6 September 2019. Same that year, he starred in Drive with Jacqueline Fernandez, which was released on Netflix.

In 2020, he starred in Mukesh Chhabra’s remake of The Fault in Our Stars film name is Dil Bechara. The film was slated to be released in May of that year but was post-poned due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In 2016, it was announced that Sushant Singh would appear in two films: Chanda Mama Door Ke, a science-fiction space film, with co-star R. Madhavan; and Takadum film, a musical drama, with co-star Irrfan Khan and Parineeti Chopra, supposed to be directed by Homi Adajania. He later withdrew from the former, citing date conflicts. He was also set to essay 12 real-life characters, including political strategist Chanakya, poet Rabindranath Tagore and former Indian president A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, in a biopic series on Stories of India.

Sushant Singh Rajput of Personal life :

Sushant Singh’s was in a publicized relationship with his Pavitra Rishta co-star Ankita Lokhande for six years.They broke up in 2016. Raabta Movie Co-star Kriti Sanon and other actress Rhea Chakraborty is also may be a Girlfriend of Sushant.

Death :

On 14 June 2020, Sushant Singh’s, aged 34, was found dead hanging from the ceiling fan in his home in Bandra, Mumbai. He had reportedly been suffering from depression for about six months. No suicide note was found. According to Mumbai police, medical prescriptions and medical reports were found in Sushant Singh’s room and an investigation is underway.

Movie List of Sushant Singh Rajput :

Television :

Paas Aao Music Video :

• Song Name : Paas Aao
• Singer : Armaan Malik & Prakriti Kakar
• Music : Amaal Mallik
• Lyrics : Kumaar
• Music Banner : T-Series

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