Shushant Singh Rajput Full Biography | Wiki | Girlfriend | Family | Death | controversy
Rising actor Sushant Singh Rajput of Hindi cinema is no more. At the age of just 34, He hanged himself in the room of his house in Bandra and said goodbye to the world forever. Although nobody still knows why he took such a step. No information about this has been revealed yet. The whole country is shocked by the news of his suicide.
Sushant Singh Rajput is an actor who has recently gained fame. Sushant Singh Rajput’s life has been a big struggle. He saw many ups and downs in his life, but ignored them all and focused on his career.
He gained fame through his acting. Today’s article is all about Shuhant’s life and the journey that he began from to Bollywood.
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Sushant Singh Rajput With Riya |
Early Life
Sushant Singh Rajput, who created an uproar in the Bollywood industry by his acting, was born on 21 January 1986 in Purnia, Bihar, in a small village Maldiha in a middle-class family. His father’s name is Krishna Kumar Singh who is a government official and his mother’s name is Usha Singh.
In 2002, when Sushant was sixteen years old, his mother died. After this, his family moved to Delhi.
Sushant was the only boy and youngest among his five siblings, one of his sisters is dead and one sister Mitu Singh is a cricketer of state level. Sushant’s father is a retired government officer living in his residence in Patna.
There were many ups and downs in his life, still, Sushant Singh Rajput won the hearts of people with his talent in the Bollywood industry.
It has not easy for him to travel from a small village to Bollywood but all the obstacles and difficulties became small in front of his hard work and stubbornness.
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Sushant Singh Rajput In The Movie Kai Po che |
Education
Sushant Singh was very fond of studies from the start, science and mathematics was his favorite subject. Before his mother’s passing, he went to St. Karen’s High School in Patna and after coming to Delhi, he was admitted to Kulachi Hansraj model school.
In his school days, he showed that he was excellent in his studies and in sports as well. Cricket, football, and tennis were his favorite sports.
After this, he completed mechanical engineering from Delhi College of Engineering.
In the year 2003, he secured the seventh position in the DCE entrance exam all over India.
He had also been a national level Olympiad winner in Physics.
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Sushant Singh Rajput With Riya Chakravarti |
TV Career
Sushant Singh Rajput’s career started as a backup dancer. He left his mechanical engineering studies in the middle due to his attraction to dance and acting.
He also took Shyamak Davar’s dance class for dance. Because of his good performance, he was also selected for Shyamak Davar’s special class.
Shyamakngave gave him the opportunity to perform in Commonwealth Game in 2006. After this Sushant Singh Rajput came to Mumbai, where he also performed with a dance group, this dance group was trained by famous choreographer Ashley Lobo.
At the same time, he also thought about acting, when he saw other dance partners were also participating in drama and that’s how his acting life started.
Sushant also learned martial arts from famous action director Allan Amin to make his art more shine.
In his early days in Mumbai, he lacked money and did part-time jobs for many days.
In the TV world, he got his first acting role in the show “Kiss Desh Mein Hai Mera Dil” on Star Plus channel in 2008 as the main lead actor and gave his best. After that, he came into the sight of big directors of television lead him to play “Manav” in Ekta Kapoor’s famous TV serial “Pavitra Rishta”.
It turned out to be the best turn of his life and he also came into the contact of many directors in the film industry. He appeared in dance reality shows “Zara Nachke Dikha (season 2)” and “Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 4” as well.
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Sushant Singh Rajput TV Shows list
- 2008–2009: Kiss Desh Mein Hai Mera Dil” – As Preet Lalit Juneja
- 2009–2011: Pavitra Rishta – As Manav Damodar Deshmukh
- 2010–2010: Zara Nachke Dikha – (Season 2) as a contestant
- 2010–2011: Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 4 – as a contestant
Bollywood career
Sushant gave super hit films one after another in his career. However, one of the biggest challenges for Sushant was his background as a TV serial actor. The actresses in the industry did not want to work with him at that time due to his no filmy background. That was also the main reason for his late entry in the Bollywood industry.
It was Abhishek Kapoor who signed him for the first time in 2013 for the Film “Kai Po Che”, for which his acting was highly praised and turned out to be the best point of his career.
Later he was appeared in ‘Shuddh Desi Romance’ against Parineeti Chopra in which his acting was very acclaimed. In the 2014 film “PK”, he got a small role of “Sarfaraz Yusuf” for which he gave his best. He said that he learned a lot by working with Aamir Khan.
In 2015, his performance as “Detective Byomkesh Bakshi” again came on screen. In 2016, the second-best turning point of his life was found as “MS Dhoni the Untold Story” for which he worked very hard. This can be gauged from an incident that his finger was broken three times during the preparation of this film.
Due to his hard work, one can not find an absence of Dhoni in that film.
Rabta in 2017, and two hits, “Chanda Mama Door Ke” and Kedarnath in 2018 increased his fanbase enormously. However, in the year 2019 “Chhichhore” turned out to be his last film which was a box office hit as well.
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Personal life
There is not much gossip about his personal life if we talk about his love life and girlfriends. however, he came into some relationships with some actresses during his career in the industry.
He was in a relationship with TV actress Ankita Lokhande for a long time. Sushant’s relationship with her was from 2011 to 2016. But both of them had a breakup a few years ago.
Sushant Singh Rajput and Ankita met for the first time on the set of the “Pavitra Rishta”.
In this show, the two were working opposite each other. Some rumors spread many times that he was in a relationship with Krati Sanon or he secretly married his former girlfriend Ankita Lokhande in 2015.
Later actress Riya Chakraborty became his girlfriend.
Death
Nobody can believe that a cheerful and optimistic person who wanted to reach the heights of moon would leave us like this.
Who had created a list of more than one hundred and fifty dreams. It is also hard to believe that Sushant can really commit suicide? But who can avoid destiny.
On June 14, at around ten in the morning, he was seen going to buy juice and after that, he was found hanging from neck’s noose in his room. Now it is a matter of investigation whether he was killed or he committed suicide.
Recently it was revealed that he was in a depression due to his boycott by producer Karan Johar or Salman Khan or director Sajid Nadiadwala in Bollywood.
Or it could also be a murder, now it is a matter of investigation and the result can only be found in the future.
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Awards
In 2009, he was awarded the Indian Television Academy Award for Best Male Actor.
In the year 2010, the title of Big Star Most Entertainment Television Actor was awarded to him for “Pavitra Rishta” TV serial.
In 2011, he was awarded the Artist Award, Producers Guild Film Award, and the Screen Award for Best Male Debut.
In 2014, he received the Best Debut Award for his first film “Kai Po Che” from Screen Award.
And in the same year, he was awarded the “Producers Guild Film Award” for the same film.
In 2016, Sushant Singh Rajput received the Screen Award for Best Actor for “M. S Dhoni: The Untold Story ”.
In 2017, the Best Actor Award was awarded to him at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne.
Sushant Singh Rajput’s Height, Weight & Hobbies
Sushant was hard working since childhood and due to his involvement with sports, his mindset and body were also like a sportsman, neither more nor less.
Sushant Singh Rajput’s Height was around 5’10 feet Inch and Weight 78 Kg. He played sports every day and did an exercise which can be seen in the picture that he uploaded on his social from time to time.
Talking about Sushant’s hobbies, he loved eating Rajma Chaval, Aloo Paratha, Puran Poli, Lassi, and Pasta.
He also loved to dance and play video games. He used to play cricket whenever he got a chance in sports.
He was very happy to see Dhoni’s car and bike collection and also showed the desire to drive cars which Dhoni has allowed him to do, Sushant also bought a bike and ordered a valuable car.
His were favorite actresses Isha Sherwani, Tabu and Jennifer Lorence and favorite actors James Day, Ryan Gosling, and Shahrukh Khan and he was a big fan of director Sanjay Leela Bhansali and always expressed a desire to work with him.
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Wiki of Shushant Singh Rajput
- Name: Sushant Singh Rajput
- Date of Birth: 21 January 1986
- Height: Feet Inches 6’ 0″
- Weight: 78 kg
- Profession: Actor
- Known For: M.S. Dhoni- The Untold Story, Chhichhore
Personal Life
Born On: 21 January 1986
Birthplace: Patna, Bihar, India
Age as In 2019: 34 Years
Death Date: 14 June 2020
Hometown: Patna, Bihar, India
Religion: Hinduism
Nationality: Indian
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius
Education
College/University: (DTU) Delhi Technological University, New Delhi
Education Qualification: College Dropout
Family and More:
Father: K.K Singh
Mother: Died in 2002 (Name Not Known)
Brother: Not Known
Sister: Mitu Singh and 3 More Elder
Personal Life Relationship
Martial Status: Unmarried
Girlfriend/Affair: Ankita Lokhande (2011-2016)
Children: N/A
Daughter: N/A
Sushant Singh Rajput Height
Height In Centimeters: 183 cm
In Meters: 1.83 m
In Feet Inches: 6’0″
Hair Colour: Black
Body Measurements Chest: 42 Inches
Waist: 32 Inches
Biceps: 15 Inches
Sushant Singh Rajput Movies
Sushant Singh Rajput Movies List
TITLE ROLE YEAR
Kai Po Che! Ishaan “Ish” Bhatt 2013
Shuddh Desi Raghu Ram 2013
PK Sarfaraj Yusuf 2014
Detective Byomkesh Bakshy Byomkesh Bakshy 2015
M.S Dhoni The Untold Story M.S. Dhoni 2016
Raabta Jilaan/Shiv Kakkar 2017
Welcome To New York Himself 2018
Kedarnath Mansoor Khan 2018
Sonchiriya Lakhan Singh 2019
Chhichhore Aniruddh Pathak (Anni) 2019
Drive Samar 2019
Dil Bechara Manny 2019
TV Serials
TITLE ROLE YEAR
Kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa Dil Preet Juneja 2008-09
Pavitra Rishta Manav Deshmukh 2009-11
Zara Nachke Dikha Contestant 2010
Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 4 Contestant 2010-11
Awards and Nomination
2009 Indian Telly Awards- Most Popular Actor (Male) Pavitra Rishta
2010 Indian Television Academy Awards- Most Popular Actor (Male) Pavitra Rishta
2010 BIG Star Entertainment Awards- Best Television Actor (Male) Pavitra Rishta
2011 Boroplus Gold Awards- Best Actor in Lead Role Pavitra Rishta
2011 Kalakar Awards – Favourite Actor (Male) Pavitra Rishta
2014 Producers Guild Film Awards- Best Male Debut Kai Po Che!
2014 Screen Awards – Best Male Debut “”
2014 Zee Cine Awards- Best Male Debut “”
2014 Filmfare Awards- Best Male Debut “”
2014 IIFA Awards- Best Actor In Lead Role “”
2017 Screen Awards- Best Actor (Critics) M.S Dhoni The Untold Story
2017 Filmfare Awards- Best Actor “”
2017 Zee Cine Awards- Best Actor (Male) “”
2017 Stardust Awards- Best Actor “”
2017 International Indian Film Academy Awards- Best Actor in a Leading Role “”
2017 Indian Film Festival of Melbourne- Best Actor
Favorite Things and Hobbies
Favorite Actor: Shah Rukh Khan, James Dean, Keanu Reeves, Daniel Day-Lewis, Ryan Gosling
Favorite Actress: Isha Sherwani, Jennifer Lawrence, Tabu
Favorite Movie: Not Known
Favorite Song: Not Known
Favorite Sports: Tennis
Favorite Personality: Not Known
Favorite Foods: Rajma Chawal, Chicken, Pani Puri, Prawns, Lobsters, Aloo Parantha
Favorite Destination: Norway, New Zealand
Hobbies: Playing Video Games, Dancing
Some Lesser Known Facts About Sushant Singh Rajput
- Sushant Singh Rajput was born on 21 January 1986 in a middle-class family in Bihar.
- He was a brilliant student, he scored rank #7 in the ‘ALL INDIA ENGINEERING ENTRANCE EXAMINATION’ (AIEEE) In 2003.
- When Sushant was in the third year of college, he left the course to pursue a career in acting.
- He won the National Olympiad in Physics.
- A few days ago, Sushant shared his wishlist on Instagram while sharing a photo with his fans.
- Sushant was the brand ambassador of Bata Men’s Collection. He was also the brand ambassador of Donear NXG, a well-known brand of Velocity Optics and Clothing.
- Sushant Singh Rajput was very serious about his health, he was also very active on Instagram.
- Sushant Singh was an excellent actor and also a good-hearted man, He used to spend time with people and also help them as much as possible. However, he lived in a rented flat in Mumbai.
- He loved science. Once he had the chance to spend time in NASA’s lab.
- Sushant Singh Rajput was considered a very lively person, he always looked happy and everyone was well aware of his kind-heartedness.
- Sushant used to express his feelings on social media too, remembering his mother. Recently, he shared his mother’s photo and remembered her. Ironically Sushant’s last post was about his mother as well.
Images Of Sushant Singh Rajput
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Sushant Singh Rajput In The Movie Kai Po che |
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Sushant Singh Rajput In The Movie Kai Po che |
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Sushant Singh Rajput In The Movie Kai Po che |
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Sushant Singh Rajput With Riya Chakravarti |