Published 20:03 IST, June 15th 2020

Sushant Singh Rajput wanted to develop a play around Indian geniuses: Report

Sushant Singh Rajput's death has left the film fraternity shocked. The actor reportedly wanted to develop a play in which he wanted to play APJ Abdul Kalaam.

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Sushant Singh Rajput’s death has left his fans and whole film fraternity in shock. actor was last seen in Chhichore and Drive and had an upcoming film Dil Bechara!. Apart from this, actor had ar project lined up his way in which he was to play Indian geniuses across a span of over 2500 years.

Sushant Singh Rajput wanted to develop a play

A leading media portal revealed that actor Sushant Singh Rajput was developing a play for atres. idea of play was to feature Indian geniuses like Swami Vivekananda, APJ Abdul Kalam, Chanakya, Rabindranath Tagore among ors. Sushant Singh Rajput had developed this idea and wanted to make it his tribute to Indian geniuses across a span of over 2500 years, from 540 BC to 2015 AD.

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According to  media portal, Sushant had initially anunced a 12 part web series where each episode would have had him play iconic Indian geniuses. Reportedly, actor was well-read and used to love reading up on certain people whom he considered role models. web series plan did t work out so he wanted to develop same idea for atre.

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media portal cited idea and concept as original and invative. Sushant Singh Rajput had told media portal that his idea was to have a dialogue between original versions of Indian geniuses and modern 2020 version of that character. idea was to show how that character who was a mastermind at his time, deal with modern problems with same intelligentsia.

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Reportedly, actor was drawn towards atre. He used to give credits to atre arts for having given him a head start in his acting career. actor had immense respect for platform.

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Career of Sushant Singh Rajput 

Sushant Singh Rajput had started his acting career in 2008 with Kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa Dil.  actor made his Bollywood debut in Kai Po Che! In year 2013. He was last seen in Chhichhore and Netflix’s Drive.

Sushant had an upcoming film Dil Bechara, which is an adaptation of John Green’s vel,  Fault In Our Stars.  film’s release got delayed due to lockdown. actor had shared screen with Sanjana Sanghi in this romantic drama film.

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Im Credits: Sushant Singh Rajput Instagram

20:03 IST, June 15th 2020