Sushant Singh Rajput entered the world of acting in 2008 through the TV serial 'Kis Desh Mein Hai Mera Dil.' Before entering acting, Rajput was a brilliant engineering student. He won the National Olympiad in Physics. Although he had to get admission to Delhi College of Engineering due to family pressure, his own desire was to become an astronaut. However, Shushant realized that a passion for acting was growing inside him, after attending an acting class under theater director Barry John. He joined Shiamak Davar's dance class while pursuing his graduation in mechanical engineering. He performed as a background dancer in the popular song Dhoom Again from the 2006 film Dhoom 2. He was seen in the background dancing team of Aishwarya Rai at the closing ceremony of the 2006 Commonwealth Games. In the same year, he left his four-year engineering hustle and devoted himself fully to dancing and acting. He came to Mumbai and started struggling to fulfill his dream. Read More: Holey Artisan victim's mother vows to fight release of Bollywood film on tragedy Rajput eventually landed in Nadira Babbar's theater troupe Ekjut, where he spent two and a half years. Sushant started acting in lead roles in the soap opera Pavitra Rishta which started in 2009. And this work paved the way for him to the silver screen. Many Bollywood critics used to call him the Second SRK.  Let's get to know about the best 5 movies of Sushant Singh Rajput. Top 5 Films of Sushant Singh Rajput Kai Po Che / 2013 Rajput made his full-length screen debut with this sports film directed by Abhishek Kapoor. The main story was taken from Chetan Bhagat's 2008 novel The 3 Mistakes of My Life. Three friends Ish, Omi, and Govi are very passionate about their own sports careers. The drama of their sports life and friendship revolved around the 2001 Gujarat earthquake, the 2002 Godhra train fire, and the 2002 Gujarat riots. Read More: 2022 Highest Grossing Movies Worldwide This first solo Disney·UTV production was a huge commercial and critical success. Rajkumar Rao, Amit Sadh, and Amrita Puri were the main co-artists of Rajput in this buddy drama film. Rajput received a Filmfare Award nomination for Best New Actor for his portrayal of Ish in the film. Kai Po Che also helped him win Best Male Debut at the Producers Guild Film Awards and Most Promising Newcomer at the Screen Awards. MS Dhoni The Untold Story / 2016 This movie, written and directed by Neeraj Pandey, is one of the best works of Rajput's film career. This biographical film is based on the life of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the former T20, ODI, and Test captain of the Indian national cricket team. The film features Dhoni's rise in cricket career through various events starting from his childhood. Read More: Top 10 Upcoming South Indian Films in January 2023

Five members of late Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput's family have been killed in a road accident in the eastern Indian state of Bihar. The accident occurred on Tuesday when nine relatives of Sushant were returning to Jamui district from state capital Patna on a sports utility vehicle (SUV) after attending the last rites of another relative. Read: Schools, plants close as Indian capital is smothered by smog "A speeding truck coming from the opposite direction rammed the SUV in the Halsi area of Lakhisarai, in which 10 people, including the driver, were travelling," police officer Awadhesh Kumar told the local media. "The impact of the crash was such that six occupants -- the five relatives of Sushant and the driver -- died on the spot. The truck driver managed to flee the spot," he said. Four other relatives sustained injuries in the accident and were admitted to hospitals in Lakhisarai and Jamui, the officer said. "We suspect that the SUV driver dozed off at the wheel." The deceased were identified as Laljit Singh, his two sons -- Ram Chandra Singh and Amit Shekhar -- daughter Baby Kumari and niece Anita Devi, as well as SUV driver Pritam Kumar. Read:India opens to vaccinated foreign tourists after 18 months An FIR for rash and negligent driving has been filed against the truck driver. "Efforts are on to nab the driver of the killer vehicle," the police officer said. Sushant was found hanging from a ceiling fan in his Mumbai flat on June 14 last year. An autopsy revealed the 34-year-old took his own life. A federal investigative agency probe also confirmed the autopsy report.

Exactly a year after his death, Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput's actress-girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty has penned an emotional note in his memory. "There isn't a moment where I believe that you aren't here anymore. They said that time heals everything but you were my time and my everything. I know that you are my guardian angel now -- watching me with your telescope from the moon and protecting me. I wait for you every day to come pick me up, I look for you everywhere -- I know you're here with me," Rhea wrote on Monday. READ: Rehana Maryam Noor: The Bangladeshi Film in the prestigious list of Cannes Referring to the late actor as her "best friend and love," Rhea wrote: "There is no life without you. You took the meaning of it with you. This void cannot be filled. Without you , I'm standing still... A barrage of emotions cross my body every time I think of you not being here. My heart aches to write this, my heart aches to feel anymore." In March this year, Rhea was formally charges by India's narcotics control authority, along with 32 others, including some Bollywood celebrities, in a drugs case linked to the death of Sushant Singh in June last year. The Narcotics Control Bureau started probing the drugs scandal following the death of Sushant last year. Among the first to be arrested in the case were Rhea and her brother Showik. Both are currently out on bail. Rhea was, in fact, arrested by NCB on September 9 last year, following days of questioning, and accused of procuring cannabis for her late actor-boyfriend, whose body was found hanging from a ceiling fan in his Mumbai flat on June 14. Immediately after the arrest of Rhea, the names of at least 20 top Bollywood celebrities — from actors to filmmakers to designers — surfaced in the drugs case. Several of them, including leading female Bollywood actors —  Rakul Preet Singh,  Deepika Padukone, Sara Ali Khan and Shraddha Kapoor — were subsequently grilled by NCB. The grilling had come in the wake of WhatsApp chats retrieved from Rhea's mobile phone indicating that they procured banned substances like cannabis, weed and hash from dealers with links to foreign countries.  READ: Pori Moni's plea for justice from PM causes sensation All the actors, however, reportedly denied any links with such drug dealers.

Bollywood actor Gaurav Dixit has been absconding since Friday night (April 02, 201) when India's narcotics control authority raided his flat in the city of Mumbai and seized huge quantities of banned drugs, officials said Saturday. Gaurav made his debut in Bollywood with the film Fun Can Be Dangerous Sometimes in 2005. His other popular films include Bobby: Love and Lust (2005) and The Magic of Cinema in 2011. He also acted in a number of TV serials. Sleuths of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) carried out the raid at the actor's flat around 9 pm on Friday after his name emerged in the Bollywood drugs scandal during the recent interrogation of another actor, Ajaz Khan. Also read: Bollywood: Sushant's ex Rhea among 33 charged in drugs case "Gaurav was not at home then. But he fled when he saw the anti-narcotics sleuths upon his return to the highrise apartment complex. We have seized huge quantities of ecstasy and hashish from his flat," an NCB official told UNB. NCB started probing the drugs scandal following the death of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput in June last year. Among the first to be arrested in the case were his rumoured girlfriend Rhea, also an actor, and her brother Showik. Both are currently out on bail. Rhea was, in fact, arrested by NCB on September 9, following days of questioning, and accused of procuring cannabis for her late actor-boyfriend, whose body was found hanging from a ceiling fan in his Mumbai flat on June 14. Also read: Bollywood drugs scandal: Actor Arjun Rampal grilled for over 6 hours Immediately after the arrest of Rhea, the names of at least 20 top Bollywood celebrities — from actors to filmmakers to designers — surfaced in the drugs case.  Several of them, including leading female Bollywood actors —  Rakul Preet Singh,  Deepika Padukone, Sara Ali Khan and Shraddha Kapoor — were subsequently grilled by NCB.  All the actors, however, reportedly denied any links with such drug dealers. The grilling took place in the wake of WhatsApp chats retrieved from Rhea's mobile phone indicating that they procured banned substances like cannabis, weed and hash from dealers with links to foreign countries. Read Bollywood: Chargesheet against Sushant's ex Rhea a 'damp squib'

 

India's narcotics control authority has formally charged as many as 33 people, including some Bollywood celebrities, in a drugs case linked to the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput in June last year.

India's narcotics control authority probing the Bollywood drugs scandal grilled model-turned-actor Arjun Rampal for over six hours in the city of Mumbai on Monday.

A widely circulated video footage of several Bollywood celebrities allegedly consuming drugs during a party at filmmaker Karan Johar's home in the city of Mumbai has prompted India's narcotics control authority to widen its probe into the drugs scandal.

With actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death apparently opening a Pandora's box for Bollywood -- from nepotism to drugs scandal, a popular actress has come out in support of the Hindi film industry. Tamannaah Bhatia says that Bollywood is currently  going through its worst phase. However, she is optimistic that this phase too shall pass.

A special court in the Indian city of Mumbai on Wednesday finally granted bail to Bollywood actress Rhea Chakraborty's brother Showik in the drugs scandal that gripped the country's Hindi film industry following the death of her actor-boyfriend Sushant Singh Rajput in June this year.