From the people that I know who knew Sushant cordially. He wasn't the picture perfect image of what developed after his death. (I am being really really honest) But again that is natural after someone dies young. They become this immortal being remembered forever as the beautiful person and only for all their good qualities. To the point people forget they were humans. All human have flaws. Good examples would be JFK and Princess Diana. BUT he was nothing like the blinds portrayed him either.
Personally I don't think of him as perfect person, even JFK n diana would have some flaws. It would be unrealistic to expect someone to be Godly. He wasn't the greatest actor like Amitabh , Dilip kumar... but he was good actor indeed, many would have liked him some won't.
And you are right after death or if someone with so much potential dies so young, sympathy factor would be associated with them.
Before his death , i rarely watched his movies - Kedarnath was one of them, I found him genuinely good in that but I know there was lot of negative press around him, I m guilty of almost believing in that fake Metoo allegation.
When he was murdered , somehow something didn't feel right , i remember telling my mom like WTH why would some one so young would do that, he was kinda successful , remember i wasn't his fan at that time but I felt uneasy that why he committed suicide. Eventually when the whole unraveling of his murder happened, I felt outraged and angered that no matter what this guy didn't deserve this.
During this whole process , for first time I happen to find out that he was such multi faceted personality - good human being from heart , harmless , talented , genius -but that doesn't mean he was saint in terms of dating or rejected films with people who would have given his chance but issue here is that those are still minor things - How many actors we are aware of - dump directors, leave movies in b/w, have outrageous demands, 2 time Gfs, run fake PR against others n do worse things and are projected as perfect n people worship them. But he was guy who was equally good with some basic human flaws who was murdered for standing up for himself and those poor girls who were killed. That's what makes him extra ordinary , beyond these fake stars.
One can say that he wasn't perfect(no one is) but whatever PR driven followers of other stars are spewing against him like druggie, bipolar , women chaser etc - note that it is all agenda driven to defend boullywood and is no where to reality - He was for sure far superior human being compared to all these put together and deserves respect n adulation that he is getting.
Edited by sarasingh7 - 5 years ago