John Green Thanks Sanjana Sanghi For Giving New Life To Hazel Grace Lancaster, Mourns Sushant's Tragic Death

Sanjana Sanghi has received the biggest compliment for her debut film Dil Bechara by John Green who is the author of the romantic novel The Fault in Our Stars, upon which Dil Bechara is based, John had sent her a personal message on her Insta about how much he loved the film, but she noticed it about 3 months later. The author thanked her for “giving new life to Hazel Grace Lancaster.” He also spoke about the tragic loss of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, who co-starred with Sanjana in the film.

Green, watched the film right after its release and appreciated the performance of the actress by calling her ‘magnificent and full of humor. He wrote, “Hey, Sanjana. John Green here, author of The Fault in Our Stars. I saw the Dil Bechara film today and really enjoyed it. I thought your performance was magnificent--full of humor and heart and deep wells of emotion. Thank you for giving such a wonderful life to Kizie, and in doing so, giving new life to Hazel Grace Lancaster. I can only imagine how difficult this whole process has been with the tragic loss of your co-star. I just wanted to say thank you thank you thank you for helping bring the film to life. I wish you all the best with what I hope is a very bright future.”

Sharing his response on her social media, Sanjana expressed her gratitude towards John by telling him how grateful she was to be able to justice with the character of Hazel Grace Lancaster. Sanjana wrote, “ITS JOHN GREEN HIMSELF! Could NOT resist sharing this moment with you all. And CANNOT be more annoyed with myself for missing this beautiful message for over 3 months. Thank you for these unfathomable words John. I will simply never be able to articulate what this means to me. It takes away so much heartache and pain. 

Thank you for giving us the most broken but beautiful world of The Fault In Our Stars, For watching our labor of love the very day it released, For embracing Kizie, she has both given and taken away so much from me. For giving us Hazel Grace Lancaster. It fills my heart up to know you felt I even came close to doing justice to the depths of her emotional journey. Indebted to you, forever. A forever fan. TFIOS all the way!” She added.

In the film, Dil Bechara. Sanjana essayed the role of a cancer patient Kizie, who falls in love with a cancer survivor Manny (Sushant). The film revolves around how Kizzie and Manny lived their forever within a numbered of days before the cruel fate takes over.directed by Mukesh Chhabra, is a remake of the 2014 Hollywood hit The Fault In Our Stars, which is based on John Green's 2012 bestseller of the same name.