Manoj Bajpayee Says He Warned Sushant Singh Rajput That Industry 'Jaan Maar Degi': 'He Wasn't A Mad Guy'

Actor Manoj Bajpayee recently reflected on his co-star, Sushant Singh Rajput’s demise. In a chat with Mid-Day, Manoj said that he and Sushant would often discuss industry politics and he also advised the young actor to develop a thick skin. Manoj said that Sushant’s demise felt like a personal loss to him.

Manoj recalled, “As far as the industry is concerned, we used to have chats about the industry and its politics. I always told him to keep thick skin nahi toh yeh jaan maar degi tumhari. I had thick skin because I had faced so many rejections. It was a part of my life but a lot of my friends didn’t have that thick skin. They couldn’t face rejections like I did.”

He said, “He was a moody guy, and so am I. The sets of Sonchiriya had me, Ashutosh Rana, Ranvir Shorey and Sushant. We all had our off days. Just before the pandemic, when I went out to shoot, he had called me and said, ‘Manoj bhai, I really crave the mutton you cook so next time when you make it, please invite me over.’”

Manoj praised Sushant’s intellect and said, “Nobody knows what happened to him. All of us are only presuming and guessing things. I have worked with him, and I can say he wasn’t a mad guy. He was fairly well-versed in too many things. He was a voracious reader. I found him reading all the time, both on the set and off the set.”

He added, “He had great knowledge about quantum physics. He used to talk to me about spiritualism and compare it with quantum physics. He was a fantastic mind. I would not like to come to any conclusion because I really don’t know what happened to him. Even the CBI is yet to come to a conclusion.”

Manoj added, “I must tell you that his death news hit me so badly that I was sad for three months as if I had known him so personally and closely.” Sushant Singh Rajput died by alleged suicide in June 2020.

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