There's a silent war heating up between Sushant Singh Rajput and Ranveer Singh. The hostility that started from the time Sushant left Aditya Chopra's production house and is carried on till now - when Ranveer's Befikre is set to release next month.
WHY? Says an insider,"Every one knows that Sushant left YRF because Adi had promised him Befikre but then gave it to Ranveer. The rivalry between the two actors has continued since then. Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela was first offered to Sushant, but his dates were not available so he had to turn it down."
ALSO...At a pre-award event in the beginning of this year when Ranveer answered all the questions at the red carpet and didn't let Sushant take over the mic, Sushant said tongue-in-cheek,' Ranveer always spoils my interviews!' A few weeks later at an awards event when an exuberant Ranveer walked up to Sushant, he turned his face away, snubbing him.
SO...One actor has left the mother-ship (YRF), while the other is Adi's blue-eyed buy. "They've turned into bitter rivals because of how things played out at YRF. Both are barely friendly to each other, the awkward energy is visible when both bump into each other, they don't party together and on social media, too,they don't acknowledge each other's releases. Ranveer generously tweets about every second film but for MS Dhoni there was complete silence from his end," observes a source.
NOW? Sushant has had time to even out the score as he scored a massive solo hit in MS Dhoni: The Untold Story. His performance has been universally appreciated as one of the best performances of the year. Now, Ranveer is coming up with a very big release in Befikre and it remains to be seen how the film turns out at the box-office and his performance is rated in that film.
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