The world woke up to the poignant news of a
promising and talented star from Bollywood ending his life in abject
misery.
A numb descended over all his fans and
well-wishers. His family was devastated, a gloom engulfed all movie buffs and
the predominant question in all hearts was why. Here was a star whose latest
movie had been a blockbuster, he was successful, was handsome and well-loved,
then why had he taken this extreme step? No one had any answers but the
spontaneous outpour of grief was not unexpected.
Sushant Singh Rajput, yes I was referring to his unfortunate
suicide, as we all were waiting for information in the matter, slowly news
started trickling in, which was pointing to a conspiracy of the worst kind. A
gory tale of Nepotism, Professional jealousy, and politics in the film
industry. Sushant had started proving his mettle in an industry, which was not
very kind to outsiders. He had acted in 12 movies and had a success rate
of 66.6 % which speaks a lot about his potential.
This was precisely the reason why he was slowly being pushed out of the
industry.
If this is authentic then, the obvious
question to be asked is why the bigwigs of Bollywood were after his life. I am
not a movie buff, yet whenever, while surfing channels, I came across Sushant,
he seemed like a genuine, simple person with a captivating smile, which
reflected in his eyes. It is hard to believe the stories being floated about
him on SM that he had an attitude that was alienating the big production
houses. Very, very hard to believe, isn’t it?
He has left a legacy
behind him within the short span of his career, he has immortalized “M.S.Dhoni”. With all due credit to Dhoni, I would like
to go a bit askew from the topic and state a fact. I have seen many cricketers
who were the darling of the masses but with time their space has always been
taken over by fresh talents. Not that, they have been completely wiped out from
the memory of their fans, but the fact cannot be denied that they no longer are
in the limelight.
Comparatively, with his sterling portrayal of
Dhoni, Sushant has immortalized him and been a part of the team which will
always be credited for the same.
Coming back to Sushant, all the news related
to his career is very disturbing, to say the least.SM has been flooded by
videos of other stars, positively humiliating him and talking rubbish about him
for no reason at all.
Kangna Ranaut is one of the stars who has, in various videos
that are in the public domain, directly accused Bollywood of Nepotism and being
responsible for sabotaging his career.
Below is a link to her latest statement in
support of Sushant.
Netizens have come out in large numbers in
support and have called out the hypocrisy of the Bollywoodians, who on camera
have said derogatory things about him but are now shedding crocodile tears. As
I have already stated, it is said that he was being blocked by a coterie, his
latest movie Drive was forced to release on NETFLIX, and this resulted in the
movie faring very badly. A big Bollywood star has been accused of willfully
trying to sabotage his career. The same star was indirectly also accused by no
other than Govinda, of stopping his movies from being financed and also
wrecking his career.
Youtube links to his
press conference: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqzR8MLEqlQ
and an interview given to the BBC:-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83l28vrb5wg
and an interview given to the BBC:-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83l28vrb5wg
Many such videos are available wherein many
stars are found accusing Bollywood Bigwigs of Nepotism. Nothing is shocking in
this news as we have witnessed firsthand the farce which is undertaken in award
functions. Movies that have bombed at the box office walk away with rewards
whereas hit ones are neglected.
On closer scrutiny, one can observe that
either the Director, Producer, or Stars are Bollywood insiders hence the movie
was acclaimed at the awards function.
Will furnish two
examples in support one is the song “Teri Mitti” from
the movie “Kesari” an Akshay Kumar starrer, being bypassed for a
disgusting song from “Gully Boy”, frankly
speaking, I don’t know the lyrics and am in no mood to google it. My point is
one of the finest patriotic song received no accolades even though it was
linked to a big star. This does not leave any scope for imagination about the
clout of Nepotism prevalent in this industry. The second example I would like
to cite is Sushant’s movie “Chhichhore” which
was nominated but did not receive any Filmfare award but “Gully Boy” swept away most awards, why? Isn’t the
answer obvious?
“Student of the year 2” bombed at the box office yet won a
couple of awards again a question how?
These are silly questions for people who are
out to spread a narrative that Sushant was suffering from depression and am
sure they will come up with many more such flimsy reasons to divert the
investigation from Nepotism.
So many people from
the industry have come forward with their tales of woes, meted out to them
because they are not considered industry insiders, nor do they have any “Godfather” in the industry. We also, from time to
time have seen stars accused by newcomers of forcing them to be a part of the
abominable casting couch practice. God alone knows how many more skeletons will
fall out from the cupboards during this investigation.
Thousands of starry-eyed kids from all over
the country converge to Mumbai to make it big in Bollywood. Little do they know
that they are getting into a maze with no path out of it.
Many like Kangna Ranaut have the gumption to
take on the mighty and stand on their feet firmly in the face of the toughest
obstacles but hapless ones like Sushant buckle under the disappointments,
public ridicule and in many cases bullied at every possible occasion.
Entertainment has turned into a joke! In the name of FOE, nowadays we have a
bunch of jokers, who love to deride Hindus and Hindu Gods, use double meaning
dialogues (which are very vulgar), deride upcoming stars who do not belong to
the coterie and publicly humiliate them.
We Indians have become an immoral society, by
and large, we don’t even bat an eyelid when we set out to destroy the lives of
others. The people who are supposed to take up the cudgels to uphold the moral
values of society are the ones, who for material gains gladly stifle their
integrity. Why blame the high and mighty of Bollywood or society? It is our
acceptance of everything mutely which has brought things to such a pass.
In the case of Bollywood, it is our
unadulterated adulation that has turned them into many faced Jason. We Indians
come in large numbers to protest on SM or the streets but we soon forget our
outrage and latch onto the next issue. Today the people have rallied around in
big numbers in support of two raging issues, one being Sushant’s unfortunate
death and the other is the spontaneous anger in favor of martyred soldiers due
to Chinese betrayal.
As far as Nepotism,
corruption and taking recourse to politics, to destroy other people who may be
a deterrent to your career or future endeavors is concerned, it is high time to
put an end to all nefarious enterprises undertaken in all walks of our lives.
The time has come to stick to our guns and demand for a thorough investigation
and severe punishment should be meted out to the perpetrators, who covertly or
overtly abated the suicide. We need to remember that reel life heroes are not
real-life heroes. The society needs to be cleansed and only our strong resolve
to rid the society of all ills will be the factor to carry this resolve out. So
this time around let us not move on but demand for justice.
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