Abhishek Kapoor’s latest directorial ‘Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui’ is winning everyone’s hearts at the theatres.
This trans love story film had opened with a dedication to the late Sushant Singh Rajput, whom he had launched back in the 2013 film Kai Po Che.
He had also directed SSR in Sara Ali Khan’s debut starrer ‘Kedarnath’. Abhishek shared a special bond with SSR, and in a candid chat revealed how he had fought hard so that Kedarnath would see the light of the day!
Abhishek told India Today – “Sushant’s death was very painful for me. I made his first film and then I made Kedarnath. It is so strange. People were leaving Kedarnath saying Sushant is not a star. I was fighting for that movie. I put money from my own pocket to finish it. I was under so much pressure, but I had conviction so I had to make the film.”
Abhishek further divulged that he knew Sushant was in pain while they were making Kedarnath. He lamented that the actor had died without truly knowing how much he was loved.
“While making Kedarnath, I knew Sushant was in pain. The thing is, once he passed away, the whole world became his fan. But it was not always like that. There was a system that didn’t let him believe how much he was loved. He did not get it. When he passed away, it’s like the whole country exploded and declared how much they loved him. That’s the tragedy,” Abhishek shared.
