Sushant Singh Rajput Death: Sushant was excited to start shooting his next film with Rhea Chakraborty, says Rumy Jafry

Famous filmaker has revealed that late actor Sushant Singh Rajput was excited to start shooting for a romantic comedy. The film was also going to feature his rumoured girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty.

Jafry said, “We were supposed to start shooting for our unnamed romantic comedy in May, but because of the lockdown, we had to keep the movie on hold. We were sure to get working as soon as the industry would start operating normally again. For the film, Sushant and I met very often in the last one year. He would come home and spend time with my family. I would visit him too. My kids were so shocked with the news and after seeing his pictures that were circulated on social media, they couldn’t even sleep. It was very disturbing. He had become like family to me”

He added, “We were supposed to start shooting in May for our North India schedule and in July for the London schedule. He loved to dance and wanted to do a proper dance number, so we had woven one in this story. He was greatly inspired by Govinda.”

On Sushant's fight with depression Rumy said, “We knew he was going through a tough time and was battling depression, but when we met he was happy, so we didn’t want to discuss that. We all were always in the moment. He was talented and had great ideas. We were looking forward to working together again. When I had come to Mumbai, we did theatre together. We were connected through our theatre work. We discussed how we should work together one day. Now, when it was going to happen, he passed away.”