Ever since the news of Sushant Singh Rajput's death by suicide came out on Sunday afternoon, social media has been flooded with posts about the late actor from the B-town. While some celebrities regretted not reaching out to Sushant, many questioned the self-appointed ‘gatekeepers of Bollywood’ who have been calling the shots. Slamming most reactions as fake, Rohini Iyer, Sushant Singh Rajput's former manager and a close friend, wrote a series of post urging people to not use his death for their lobbying and personal benefits.
"My best friend is no more, I still have a bloody hard time accepting that and whenever I check social media to check up on news on him, I read fiction and instead of finding people online, I see peddlers. Peddlers pushing their agendas to promote themselves and their causes. Every single person who wants their two-bit fame has an opinion on his life," wrote Rohini and added, "He didn’t care about these people who are busy posting about not being in touch with him. For the record, he didn’t care about being in touch. He hated fake friends, phone calls and small talk. He rejected your parties, you didn’t shun him. He rejected your lobbies."
Stating that he had a life beyond films, Rohini added, "He was an outsider and he never cared about being an insider. That’s because he had a life beyond films. The industry was a small part of his life, he had many worlds beyond that. He didn’t give a shit about success. He never failed. He has given more super hits than any of his other contemporaries. He just didn’t care about the 100-crore club. He didn’t want to belong to any club or be part of the rat race."
"He was as simple as quantum physics. He was a crazy genius. He read Sartre and Nietzsche, he studied astronomy and stoicism, he wrote poetry, played the guitar, wrote with his left and right hand. He cared about saving the planet, the world, about going to Mars, he invested in charities, in science projects and innovations that were beyond your comprehension. So please don’t try to make sense of him or reduce his talent to serve your mere agenda," stated Rohini.
In a separate post, Rohini asked people to celebrate his life and work if they want to talk about him. "If you want to talk about him, celebrate his life. It was larger than life like the movies he aspired to make. Celebrate his work. He put his heart and soul into his craft, he was bothered more about research than makeup. He was about quality, not vanity. He was a bright star. That’s why he shined sheer magic. Celebrate his brilliance. He thrived for excellence, mediocrity affected him. He rejected anything conventional as easily as he rejected godfathers and big-ticket films that he didn’t believe in. He didn’t take calls of the high and mighty if he didn’t want to. He didn’t care about money, I’ve seen him return paychecks worth crores. If he wanted to switch his phone off and go farming or fishing, he would. He broke every rule and burnt bridges sometimes just to light his way. Cos frankly my dear he didn’t give a damn."
Her post received a warm welcome by everyone. While choreographer turned filmmaker Farhan Khan Kunder wrote, "This is the obituary he deserves.. by someone who knew & loved him..", Kareena Kapoor Khan said, "God bless you Rohini. This is it... Big hug to you" and Raveena Tandon added, "Proud of you. You finally did it Roh. This is what should ve been said all along!"
Read the full post here:
"This has to be said. My best friend is no more, I still have a bloody hard time accepting that and whenever I check social media to check up on news on him, I read fiction and instead of finding people online, I see peddlers. Peddlers pushing their agendas to promote themselves and their causes. Every single person who wants their two-bit fame has an opinion on his life. Firstly, he didn’t give a fuck about fame or your opinions. He didn’t care about these people who are busy posting about not being in touch with him. For the record, he didn’t care about being in touch. He hated fake friends, phone calls and small talk. He rejected your parties, you didn’t shun him. He rejected your lobbies. He didn't need camps, he had his own kingdom. He was a fighter. He made his own place in the sun. He was an outsider and he never cared about being an insider. That’s because he had a life beyond films. The industry was a small part of his life, he had many worlds beyond that. He didn’t give a shit about success. He never failed. He has given more super hits than any of his other contemporaries. He just didn’t care about the 100-crore club. He didn’t want to belong to any club or be part of the rat race. He didn’t care about awards. He walked out of an award function just cos he got bored. This was even before they announced his best actor award. You had to be a lot more interesting than a bloody trophy to hold his attention. He was a force of nature. His accomplishments are multifold. He was as simple as quantum physics. He was a crazy genius. He read Sartre and Nietzsche, he studied astronomy and stoicism, he wrote poetry, played the guitar, wrote with his left and right hand. He cared about saving the planet, the world, about going to Mars, he invested in charities, in science projects and innovations that were beyond your comprehension. So please don’t try to make sense of him or reduce his talent to serve your mere agenda.
If you want to talk about him, celebrate his life. It was larger than life like the movies he aspired to make. Celebrate his work. He put his heart and soul into his craft, he was bothered more about research than makeup. He was about quality, not vanity. He was a bright star. That’s why he shined sheer magic. Celebrate his brilliance. He thrived for excellence, mediocrity affected him. He rejected anything conventional as easily as he rejected godfathers and big-ticket films that he didn’t believe in. He didn’t take calls of the high and mighty if he didn’t want to. He didn’t care about money, I’ve seen him return paychecks worth crores. If he wanted to switch his phone off and go farming or fishing, he would. He broke every rule and burnt bridges sometimes just to light his way. Cos frankly my dear he didn’t give a damn. He was my best friend, my special son. He was my Mozart. He’s given me music, culture, art, stars, poetry, books and most importantly, memories. He didn’t care about most people or what they thought of him. I think he barely had three friends that he really cared about. I was one of them and for that, I will always be thankful. He touched every single person’s life and the path he crossed. Knowing Rajput was loving him. I just want everyone to know and remember him for the person he really was. Not this manufactured version the peddlers are trying to sell. Maybe he was too good for all of you. He was a pure diamond. Maybe you all didn’t recognise that cos you are only used to plastic. You didn’t deserve him. He was intelligent beyond belief and some of you can barely read. And you know what? He didn’t care about all of you or your dumb opinions then. He won’t care any less now. But I do. Protecting his legacy is important to me. So setting the record straight once and for all.