Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan: It never occurred that Sushant Singh Rajput could take such a drastic step

His last film Chhichhore spoke about how suicide is not a solution to a problem. If something does not work out, one must switch gears and work on a back-up idea. Ironic as it may sound, but Sushant Singh Rajput, who was seen doling this out to his teenaged son in the film, committed suicide at his Bandra residence on Sunday. He was found hanging from the ceiling and his suicide was confirmed by the police. Filmmaker Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan, who was expected to make

Chandamama Door Ke

with Sushant, immediately reached the actor’s new residence in which he had moved in shortly before the lockdown. Sanjay and Sushant were in talks to work on the space fantasy a few years ago and this is the film that got the actor hooked on to space as a subject.

Sanjay said, “Whatever happened between the producers of that film and him never impacted my equation with him. He was extremely close to me. We used to chat once every few days. The last I spoke to him was about three days ago. I am at a loss of words because it never occurred that he could take such a drastic step. We would keep talking about space and exchange material about it. We had finalised some projects to start off when the lockdown was called off. One didn’t know what was on his mind. He didn’t sound like he had a problem. Sushant was someone I could speak to till the wee hours, and that is what had happened even during our last chat. He was a bright and intelligent guy. Whenever we met, it was always fun talking to him about so many things, including films. He was fond of space as a subject.”