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People Reveal Brilliant Conversations They Had With Sushant; Say He Was A Genius

byNikita Manot
17th June 2020
3 minute read

“Memories never die.” So, while the nation is mourning the loss of Sushant Singh Rajput, his friends from the industry are reminiscing in the happy times they shared together. Recently, TV actor Ayesha Kapoor Adlakha opened up about a conversation she had with the late actor. She said that she often had deep meaningful conversations about life with the actor, reports News18.

In a lengthy Insta post, she wrote: 

The very FIRST time I met him was at his Bandra house and we spoke about suicide. I remember us looking down from his balcony which was quite a few stories up and he asked what it would feel like if we jumped. It catapulted us into a conversation about the value of life, the need for thrill, the purpose of existence- stuff I’ve loved since I was a teenager. It was an enthralling conversation, we laughed, we drank and I went back home with my friends.

After that night, everytime we would hang out, we would find ourselves cornering away from the crowd and delving deep into an existential conversation. There would be some spiritual question or dilemma plagueing him that would get my gears going. He was a refreshing beat amongst my friends in/of the industry and I found our heated arguments and chats characteristic of the curious mind that he had. Of course, we would make fun of each other’s appetite for mental masturbation. We’d laugh about our midnight epiphanies and then go our separate ways till we bumped into each other again.

I won’t say we were close. But I do feel very confused today. He came across as a self-aware, thoughtful person. He was inquisitive, full of questions but not in a reclusive, dejected way. He was different from all the other jaded famous people I met because he had all this energy and optimism. Never flashy, very respectful. And fun. I recall seeing a #bucketlist he had put out on his feed & thinking it was ambitious to say the least but also very philanthropic, interesting. This picture is from when I dressed up as #ZiggyStardust for my dear friend @aditiyasinghart’s birthday and Sushant was one of the few people to recognise my #cosplay & jump into a #DavidBowie rant. He had good taste, I thought he was cool.

I just cannot wrap my head around what’s happened. I don’t know the words he used in his head. I wish he had a bouncing board to stop him in his tracks. It just goes to show that the strongest, woke-est, most stable individuals can be at-risk mentally. The calmest minds can snap and NOBODY is an island. @sushantsinghrajput was not an island. Some timely help could’ve prevented this. Ask yourself, do you need to talk?

Ayesha spoke in length about the actor’s prowess in various scientific and astrological fields. She concluded by saying that his death has left her confused and that we should always ask for help when required.

Shedding light on his multifaceted personality and diverse interests, another woman spoke about her memory of bumping onto the brilliant actor at the Paris airport, reports Republic TV. In a series of tweets, Cambridge Ph.D. scholar Namrata Datta recollected how she mistook the actor for a physicist studying in France.

She narrated how they bumped into each other at the airport: 

Back then she was unaware that he was a Bollywood star:

During their conversation, she was taken aback by his love for Physics: 

Namrata said that she devastated to hear the news about such an intelligent man’s demise:

Sushant was an astrophysics enthusiast by passion. In fact, he was the seventh rank holder in the All India Engineering Entrance Examination. Honestly, the world didn’t just lose a talented actor but we also lost a brilliant man with a kind soul.

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