Sidharth Shukla Opens Up About Sushant Singh Rajput’s Untimely Demise And Nepotism; Says It’s Disappointing

Sushant Singh Rajput was undoubtedly one of the most talented, hard-working and humble personalities of the Hindi film industry. He was reportedly suffering from depression since the past few months and breathed his last on 14^th June, leaving his fans, family and the entire film fraternity devastated. Buzz suggests that Sushant lost 7 projects that he had signed after Chhichhore, was not getting the kind of films that he wanted to work in and was also ignored by the self-appointed ‘gatekeepers of Bollywood’. His untimely death and rumors about Bollywood biggies shutting him out of the industry soon brought back the infamous nepotism debate into the limelight.

In a recent chat with Bollywood Hungama, Bigg Boss 13 winner Sidharth Shukla talked about Sushant and shared, “I’m an acquaintance so we’ve met, we’ve partied a bit. But it’s not that we chatted on the phone or things like that. But whenever we met we met very well and there’s never been a disconnect. We’ve connected, we bonded, we have spoken. It just was unbelievable because for a person who has achieved so much and is so young and for someone like him to take a step like that, of course for all the good reasons he could have had, one just feels really sad and it’s disappointing that a life has passed just like that. There was so much more that the man could do.”

When asked about his opinion the nepotism debate, Sidharth stated, “If you talk about nepotism in Bollywood as such, you need to understand it’s not a government job. Its one person putting some money in making one of his creations, he or she would want the person that he or she feels is best for the job. And also feels that he or she will be committed enough to finish the job.”

The actor went on to explain, “I do not really disregard it okay, if it’s there. But I do understand that it’s fine because if I am putting my money I’m going to put it into somebody I know will be worthy enough to finish the job. And sometimes it could be people from who I like or it could be anybody else. It’s my money when I’m putting, not government’s money that’s coming and I’m distributing it among everybody and making it a point for everybody to be getting an equal share. So, I think even if it’s there its fine and it’s completely up to people out there, their choice of actor or director or technician that they wish to have, best suited for their project. So, even if it does exist it’s all cool and it exists everywhere. I mean today in a government job people have reservations, right? So if there is nepotism there, it’s there everywhere in different forms.”

Do you agree with Sidharth Shukla’s take on nepotism? Or do you feel differently about the subject?