Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Jan 21: Sushant Singh Rajput’s death on June 14, 2020, had a significant impact on the lives of his family, friends and his fans all around the world. Many people were shocked by his demise, and many others are still mourning him today.
SSR’s fans and admirers have flooded social media today with his birthday wishes. His sister, Shweta Singh Kirti has also wished the last actor with an emotional note and an unseen photo of his with her kids.
Sushant Singh Rajput began his television career as a supporting actor and came to stardom as the lead in the famous drama ‘Pavitra Rishta’. He has also been on various reality series, including ‘Zara Nachke Dikha’ and ‘Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa’.
After achieving major success in Indian drama shows and becoming a household favourite with his character ‘Manav,’ he landed up in movies. He gave some major box office hits in a short span of his career.
Today, on his birth anniversary, it is a good opportunity to revisit some of the best performances by Sushant.
Kai Po Che
‘Kai Po Che’ was Sushant’s debut movie in which he played the role of a failed cricketer turned into a coach. Though he wasn’t the sole lead in the movie yet his incredible screen presence made him gain millions of fans and admirers across the nation. Right from the first movie, he clearly exposed the potential of his acting.
M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story
It was the year 2016 when ‘M.S. Dhoni’ released with Sushant in the lead role as former Indian cricket team captain M.S. Dhoni, that made him wildly famous. The film was a blockbuster hit and the audience loved every aspect of Sushant’s acting in the movie. SSR brought to life numerous legendary events from Dhoni’s professional and personal life.
Kedarnath
Kedarnath is a romantic disaster movie that showed the floods that devasted Uttarakhand in 2013. Featuring SSR and newcomer Sara Ali Khan in lead roles, it tells an inter-faith love story between a wealthy Hindu Brahmin girl and a Muslim boy who is a ‘pithoo’ (porter) working in the same neighbourhood. The audience loved Sushant’s performance in the film and his chemistry with newcomer Sara Ali Khan. The movie is a visual pleasure with some of the romantic hits of that year.
Chichchore
Another big hit from Sushant came in the year 2019. In this film, Sushant Singh Rajput portrayed Anirudh Pathak, or Anni, a father who revisits his past following his son’s suicide attempt. The movie was a nostalgic comedy-drama with a tragic take on failure. Some of the best songs with a great cast are just a cherry on top.
Dil Bechara
Last but on least is ‘Dil Bechara’ which had to make it to tit the list as its SSR’s last screen presence. Rajput’s final film, ‘Dil Bechara’, was released posthumously. He portrayed Manny, a cancer sufferer who infuses pleasure and warmth into the life of Kizie. This movie is the Hindi version of the Hollywood movie ‘The Fault in our stars.’ This movie is an emotional rollercoaster with melodious songs from A.R Rahman.
Viewers can watch ‘Kai Po Che’ on Netflix. ‘Kedarnath’ is available on Zee5. Furthermore, if viewers wish to stream ‘Dil Bechara’, ‘Chichchore’ and ‘MS Dhoni: The Untold Story’ they can access Disney+Hotstar.