When Sushant Singh Rajput 'dropped' his surname to support Padmaavat against the fringe

Sanjay Leela Bansali's period drama titled Padmaavat, starring Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh and Shahid Kapoor in lead roles had faced backlash before its release. re were protests over film for months in different parts of country since January 2017. However, amid chaos, due to alleged incorrect historical depiction, Sushant Singh Rajput who passed away on Sunday had taken a stand and removed his last name, 'Rajput', to condemn attacks on Sanjay Leela Bhansali's sets of Padmaavat (n Padmavati). 

chaos intensified in vember as movie's release date approached. Karni Sena vandalised sets of film. After which, Sushant Singh Rajput dropped his surname on Twitter as a mark of protest against fringe organisation that also misbehaved with team of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s film and generally ran rampant.

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Taking to Twitter, he wrote, "We would suffer till time we're obsessed with our surnames. If you're that courous,give us your first name to ackwledge.#padmavati" After that Sushant also hit back at a troll and said that he has t changed his surname. actor had also written that he is probably 10 times more Rajput than someone else is if people are implying cour. Furr, his thread read that he is against cowardly action.

"re is religion or cast bigger than humanity and Love & compassion makes us human. Any or division is done for selfish gains," Sushant had added in ar tweet. However, many fans had hailed Sushant's step and his support towards Sanjay Leela Bhansali's film. 

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Sushant Singh Rajput's demise 

Actor Sushant Singh Rajput passed away at his Bandra residence in Mumbai on June 14, 2020. police have t recovered any suicide te from his house yet. His last rites were held at Vile Parle crematorium in Mumbai on Monday. Rajput's funeral was attended by his family, including his far who arrived from his hometown Patna.

Some of Sushant's friends from film industry also attended. Namely, Kriti San, Shraddha Kapoor, Varun Sharma, Vivek Oberoi, Abhishek Kapoor and wife Pragya. Actors Rajkummar Rao, Krystle D'Souza, Rithvik Dhanjani among ors also attended Sushant's funeral. 

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An official statement by Sushant’s publicist

"It pains us to share that Sushant Singh Rajput is longer with us. We request his fans to keep him in ir thoughts and celebrate his life, and his work as y have done so far. We request media to help us maintain privacy at this moment of grief."

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