Sushant Singh Rajput dead: Engineering aspirant-turned-actor let his talent do the talking

Sushant Singh Rajput was found hanging from ceiling at his home in Bandra, Mumbai on Sunday. actor's sudden demise left his fans, celebrities, and or citizens of country in shock. 34-year-old had a successful career and was tipped for superstardom despite being an ‘outsider,’ as term gained prominence amid nepotism debate.

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Acting was t Sushant Singh Rajput’s first career choice, at least going by his educational qualification. Born and brought up in Patna, he had attended St. Karen's High School in Patna, before continuing his education in Kulachi Hansraj Model School in New Delhi. As per reports, actor cleared as many as 11 Engineering entrance exams and was a National Olympiad Winner in Physics, before enrolling for Engineering at Delhi College of Engineering.

However, his passion was elsewhere, as he started participating in atre and dance during his Engineering course. As he couldn’t devote time to studies, he received backlogs and quit DCE within three years of his course.

Sushant came to Mumbai and enrolled at Shiamak Davar dance institute and Barry John’s acting institute. After performing as a background dancer in acts of stars, he finally shot to limelight with TV show Pavitra Rishta in 2008. He became a darling of TV audience and his chemistry with Ankita Lokhande, who he also started dating n, was much-loved.

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However, destiny had bigger plans in store. He was cast in Rock On director Abhishek Kapoor’s Kai Po Che, an official remake of Chetan Bhagat’s 3 Mistakes of My Life in 2013. His performance was lauded and movie was a success, and re was looking back.

Sushant was signed by Yash Raj Films for his next Shuddh Desi Romance where showcased his ‘chocolate-boy’ im and won hearts of audience while wooing Parineeti Chopra and Vaani Kapoor, same year.   

next year 2014 was t great for him, as he did t have a full-fledged release, but he stood out in a small role in Rajkumar Hirani’s blockbuster PK, starring Aamir Khan. He had impressed in role of Anushka Sharma’s love interest in movie.

2015 and 2016 saw him in one film each, which made headlines for different reasons. While he earned laurels for his act as iconic Detective Byomkesh Bakshy, again for YRF, it was MS Dhoni: Untold Story that shot him on to big st.

t just was actor lauded for getting looks, mannerisms, and cricketing skills of former Indian Captain, movie was a big success, going on to be his first Rs 100 crore-success.

2017 was a setback for him as Raabta opposite Kriti San bombed at box office. However, he bounced back in style with Kedarnath, which apart from being Sara Ali Khan’s debut, was a success at box office.

2019 was a mixed year for Sushant with Sonchiriya, where he played a dacoit, earning him praises, but movie was a flop at box office.

However, Chichhore, where he played role of a college student and n a middle-d man, was loved by masses. movie was a surprise hit and went on to become his second Rs 100-crore hit.

While his much-delayed film Drive finally hit Netflix same year and didn’t make much of a ise, re were big expectations for him from his next Dil Bechara, official adaptation of Fault in Our Stars, that he was gearing up for release this year. 

With two Rs 100-crore hits in span of seven years, apart from or successes and critical acclaim, one can say that film industry lost t just a good actor, but a successful performer.

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