Sushant Singh Rajput’s ex doesn’t believe he would commit suicide

Ankita Lokhande claims late actor was not depressed

Actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death, after being ruled as a suicide, has opened a Pandora’s box in Bollywood, giving rise to conversations around mental health , nepotism and other dark aspects of the Indian film industry. With many public figures chiming in with their own takes, his ex-girlfriend, TV actor Ankita Lokhande has come out with a shocking claim too.

According to Lokhande, contrary to police reports, Rajput did not committed suicide. In a recent TV interview, she said that the late PK star could not have been “depressed,” reported Hindustan Times.

“Sushant was not the guy who could commit suicide. We have seen worse situations when we were together. He was a happy-go-lucky guy,” she was quoted as saying. Lokhande and Rajput met on the sets of their television show Pavitra Rishta and were in a relationship for six years until 2016.

“How much ever I know him, he wasn’t a depressed guy. I have not seen a person like Sushant, a guy who used to write his own dreams, he had a diary... He had his five-year plan, what he wants to do, how he will look, etc. And exactly after five years, he had fulfilled them. And when things like ‘depression’ are used after his name... it is heartbreaking. He might be upset, anxious, yes, but depression is a big word. Calling someone ‘bipolar’ is a big thing.”

Furthermore, Lokhande lambasted people who didn’t really know the star but continue to carve their own impressions of him. “The Sushant that I know — he came from a small town. He established himself on his own. He has taught me so many things, he taught me acting. Kisi ko pata bhi hai Sushant kaun aur kya tha (does anybody even know who the real Sushant was)? Everyone is writing their own portrayal of how ‘depressed’ he was… it hurts reading all of this,” she said.

Lokhande continued, “He found happiness in small things. He wanted to do farming, I know this for sure... he told me, ‘Agar kuch nai hua to main apni short film bana lunga (if nothing else works out, I will make a short film).’ He was not a depressed guy, not at all. I don’t know what the situation was... but I will keep repeating this. I don’t want people to remember him as a depressed guy; he was a hero. He was an inspiration.”

In a recent turn of events, Rajput’s death has ignited a police case. His father KK Singh has filed an FIR in the Rajiv Nagar police station in Patna accusing six people, including his girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty, for abetment to suicide.