XtraTime Web Desk: The shocking news of actor Sushant Singh’s death has cast a gloom in the entertainment and sports fraternity. The actor was founding hanging in his residence in Bandra on Sunday, confirmed the additional commissioner of police, Western Region of Mumbai. The actor from Patna won the hearts of millions for his role in MS Dhoni’s biopic. The actor also received appreciation for his role in Kai Po Che which was released in 2013.
Digvijay Deshmukh, who played the role of young Ali in Abhishek Kapoor”s ”Kai Po Che” is still not able to fathom that the actor is no more.
“I don”t know what to say,” Digvijay said in a choked voice from his Pune residence.
“Sushant bhaiya was the nicest of human beings. Six eventful months of my life was shooting for Kai Po Che where he played the role of my coach (Ishaan). Trust me he was a good cricketer.
“We played so much cricket off camera. I was a kid and he would keep me entertained,” Digvijay, who is now a professional cricketer and will play in IPL for Mumbai Indians, remembered.
Digvijay remembers his last conversation good eight years back after the shoot got over.
“Sushant bhaiyya asked me what would I like to become when I grow up. I told him just like in film, I would become a cricketer.
“Maine kahaan tha jab cricket mein kuch karoonga uske baad hi aake aapse miloonga. Since MI picked me at IPL auctions, I thought once IPL starts and I am in Mumbai, I will go and meet him. That won”t happen anymore,” Digvijay wasn”t able to gather his thoughts beyond this.
Call it the irony of life, in his last film, Sushant counselled his on screen teenage son, who tried to commit suicide after failing an entrance exam, telling him stories of underdogs.
Sushant was last seen in Nitesh Tiwari’s “Chhichhore” in which he portrayed the role of a father who reassures his son who attempts suicide. In real life we will never get to know what the cause of the actor committing suicide was. Perhaps in his life scoreboard it will be written:
‘Reel life MS Dhoni caught depression bowled suicide.
With inputs from PTI