Sushant Singh Rajput's 'Pavitra Rishtra' co-star Pankaj Vishnu talks about their bond

Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s sudden demise has saddened and baffled many. 34-year-old star was reportedly found hanging from ceiling at his apartment in Bandra, Mumbai. He first got fame with his performance on television show Pavitra Rishta. Recently late star’s co-actor from show, Pankaj Vishnu, spoke about shocking news.

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Pankaj Vishnu talks about Sushant Singh Rajput’s demise

In an interview with a daily, Pankaj Vishnu said that he and Sushant Singh Rajput were close during filming of Pavitra Rishta. He is also an engineer and both of m came from same college, Imperial College of Engineering. actor mentioned that y bonded really well due to that. In show, Sushant was hero and Pankaj was villain but y were really good friends off-screen. He recalled that two-shot for many scenes toger. He said y have had some great moments, which he will cherish forever.

Praising late actor, Pankaj Vishnu said that Sushant Singh Rajput was an extremely hardworking person. He recalled that while doing Pavitra Rishta, Sushant had participated in Jhalak Dikhlaja and for longest time he did t sleep properly. Because he used to complete his 12 hours shift, go for rehearsals, reach home late night and n again at six in morning, he used to go for his martial art classes and come back to show’s sets. He had worked really hard to make it big, Pankaj ted.

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Talking about Kai Poi Che actor as a person, Pankaj Vishnu stated that Sushant Singh Rajput was an "introvert and was choosy" about making friends. But he used to like parties, so re have been a lot of times when y “partied hard” in his Lokhandwala apartment. two also did a few pool parties. He called Sushant a "great guy to be around". Pankaj revealed that Sushant t only dreamt of making it big in Bollywood but he also had a long wishlist which y used to discuss.

Pankaj Vishnu added that Sushant Singh Rajput dreamt of big screen, he wanted to work with big and talented directors. He wanted to go to NASA, wanted to adopt child education, he wanted to run in an Iron Man competition in US, and was also preparing for that. He wanted to visit his hometown. Pankaj said that one interesting thing PK actor wanted to do was to learn to write from his left hand and bowl from his left hand. He always wanted to do things out of box. He had a “craze of being different”. Pankaj mentioned that at same time, Sushant wanted to contribute to society. He even donated ₹1.25 crore for floods.

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When asked if stardom ever got into Sushant Singh Rajput’s head, Pankaj Vishnu replied never. He added that late actor was a humble person, like way he was before and probably that is why whole Pavitra Rishta team used to feel proud seeing his success in Bollywood. He said that Sushant was a well-read person. Even when he used to shoot for show, he had a separate room and whenever someone entered that , y could just see books all around. Pankaj mentioned that he also used to watch films and documentaries a lot. Sushant was always interested in astromy. only shopping he enjoyed was of books. He had a few favourite book shops in Malad and one in Andheri, Vishnu revealed.

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Pankaj Vishnu revealed that for last one and half years he was t in touch with Sushant Singh Rajput as y both got busy with ir lives and latter was engd in many films. He said that ir last meeting was extremely memorable. He remembered that around two years ago, Pankaj was passing through Lokhandwala backroad and Sushant was in his car. When he saw his Pavitra Rishta co-star, he waved to him and stopped his car in middle of road and came to hug Pankaj. People passing by started honking and n he realised car was t properly parked. So, he parked car and y had “some fun” conversation. Meanwhile, Sushant’s fans gared and started asking for a selfie and he did t disappoint m. Pankaj ted that he was really very happy that day. He never knew it would be ir last meeting.