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Published 17:34 IST, July 7th 2020

Apurva Asrani replies to Soni Razdan: "Unfair to diagnose Sushant's depression on Twitter"

Sushant Singh Rajput's demise has split B'town in two. Recently Apurva Asrani responded to Soni Razdan's tweet where he wrote about depression & mental health.

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Sushant Singh Rajput’s untimely demise has stirred a storm in the film fraternity. Issues like mental health and depression are now being discussed in the required tone. In the midst of this, film writer Apurva Asrani and Soni Razdan tweeted about depression, mental health and blind items written about actors. While Soni Razdan tweeted that depression is caused only due to internal factors, film writer Apurva Asrani contradicted her views and told her that depression can be caused due to external factors as well. 

Apurva Asrani tweets about 'attacking only soft targets'

Recently, film writer Apurva Asrani called out people for being selective and ‘attacking soft targets’. The writer expressed how it was hypocritical to attack KRK for his negative comments but keep quiet when people with more influence use ‘blind items’ to defame other people. Apurva Asrani further said that people should not be selective in calling people out.

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Actor Manoj Bajpayee supports Apurva Asrani

Manoj Bajpayee tweeted in support of Apurva Asrani. He said that it is hypocrisy to call out portals selectively, it is also important to stop toxicity spread by people like KRK. Check out Manoj Bajpayee's tweet below.

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Soni Razdan's take on the matter

Soni Razdan took to her social media handle and talked about how depression is caused due to internal factors. Soni Razdan expressed in her tweets that according to her depression is not caused due to externals factors. Check out the tweet below.

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"Unfair to diagnose Sushant's depression on Twitter": Apurva Asrani

Apurva Asrani pointed out in his response to Soni Razdan that depression can be triggered by environmental factors as well. He said that factors like Social isolation and a stressful workplace can trigger it too. He further said that it is unfair to diagnose Sushant Singh Rajput’s depression on Twitter. Check out the tweet below.

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Sushant Singh Rajput's suicide:

Actor Sushant Singh Rajput was found dead in his Bandra house on June 14th. The actor died by suicide and left his fans devastated. His demise gave way to open discussion of mental health and depression and later, topics like nepotism came under the spotlight again.

Recently Sushant Singh Rajput's upcoming film Dil Bechara's trailer released and it got an overwhelmingly positive response. The fans of the actor made the trailer the most-watched trailer hours after its release on YouTube. The movie is an adaptation of John Green's novel, The Fault in Our Stars. The film stars Sushant Singh Rajput and Sanjana Sanghvi in the lead roles. Watch the trailer below.

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Image: Apurva Asrani, Soni Razdan, Sushant's fanpage Instagram

17:34 IST, July 7th 2020