'Sushant had a life beyond films, rejected parties and Bollywood lobbies'

The late actor's close friend and ex-manager cleared a lot of conspiracies circulating about his death

Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput died of suicide at his home on June 14. Since then, his death has ignited a fierce backlash from fans and followers against the film industry for driving him to take his own life.

Now, after many people had contributed their hot takes on the situation, including Kangana Ranaut, Sonam Kapoor, and various other film-makers and actors, Sushant's best friend is out with her testimony to the star.

Rohini Iyer, a famous Indian celebrity publicist and the late actor's close friend, took to Instagram to dedicate a heartfelt obituary to the late actor and in it, slammed 'peddlers' who are intent on spreading twisted versions of the reality for clicks.

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"This has to be said. My best friend is no more, I still have a hard time accepting that and whenever I check social media to check up on news on him, I read fiction and instead of finding people online, I see peddlers," she wrote.

She seemingly also took a hit at Queen actor Kangana Ranaut who released a video after Sushant's untimely demise, slamming the industry once again for nepotism - a fight she has been fighting for a long time. "Peddlers pushing their agendas to promote themselves and their causes. Every single person who wants their two-bit fame has an opinion on his life," said Rohini.

There has also been a lot of talk about production houses banning him, him being cast out from the inner circles of Bollywood, or simply not being invited to parties. A lot of this has been hearsay on social media, with no proper source to back these claims.

Rohini cleared all this up too, saying, "He hated fake friends, phone calls and small talk. He rejected your parties, you didn’t shun him. He rejected your lobbies. He didn't need camps, he had his own kingdom."

"He didn’t care about these people who are busy posting about not being in touch with him. For the record, he didn’t care about being in touch," she also added, seemingly for director Karan Johar, who penned a long eulogy on his Instagram where he said he blamed himself for "not being in touch with you (Sushant) for the past year."

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Rohini also cleared out that the "he had a life beyond films," alluding to the fact that the reason for this tragedy is not just simply his career. "He was a fighter. He made his own place in the sun. He was an outsider and he never cared about being an insider. That’s because he had a life beyond films. The industry was a small part of his life, he had many worlds beyond that," she shared.

She went on to pen a heartfelt, all-encompassing obituary to the Kedarnath actor, who rose from the ranks of a background dancer to a Bollywood hero.

"He never failed. He has given more super hits than any of his other contemporaries. He just didn’t care about the 100 crore club. He didn’t want to belong to any club or be part of the rat race."

She also relayed a story how he once left an award show before his nomination for Best Actor was even announced because "you had to be a lot more interesting than a trophy to hold his attention."

"He was as simple as quantum physics. He was a crazy genius. He read Sartre and Nietzsche, he studied astronomy and stoicism, he wrote poetry, played the guitar, wrote with his left and right hand," she went on. "He cared about saving the planet, the world, about going to Mars, he invested in charities, in science projects and innovations that were beyond your comprehension."

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She rounded her obituary with a fitting message for people spinning his death and the cause. "Please don’t try to make sense of him or reduce his talent to serve your mere agenda," she wrote, curtly.

She then urged people to celebrate his life if they wanted to talk about him. "He was larger than life like the movies he aspired to make. Celebrate his work. He put his heart and soul into his craft, he was bothered more about research than makeup. He was about quality, not vanity. He was a bright star. That’s why he shined sheer magic. Celebrate his brilliance."

"Knowing Rajput was loving him. I just want everyone to know and remember him for the person he really was. Not this manufactured version the peddlers are trying to sell. Maybe he was too good for all of you. You didn’t deserve him," she said.

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She ended her message by saying she wanted to set the record straight because "Protecting his legacy is important to me."

The conclusive cause of Sushant's death, according to his postmortem report, was ruled as asphyxia from hanging. Any foul play was ruled out.

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