Manoj Bajpayee Reveals Sushant Singh Rajput Was Bothered By Blind Articles: "He Was Vulnerable"

Sushant Singh Rajput died on June 14, 2020

Manoj Bajpayee never shies away from talking about his personal and professional life. Recently, the actor opened up about his equation with his Sonchiriya co-actor, the late Sushant Singh Rajput. He also revealed how blind articles (gossip reports) would bother Sushant. In a conversation with Siddharth Kannan, Manoj Bajpayee said, “Bahut zada, bahut vulnerable tha vo us maamle me. Acha aadmi tha, bahut hi acha aadmi, aur acha aadmi hi affected hota hai. Right? Vo bahut baar aake mujhe puchta tha ki sir mai kya karu? Toh mai usko kehta tha ki yarr tu zada seriously mat le. Mai jaanta hu, kyuki mai bhugat chuka hu,bhugat raha hu, mai abhi tak bhugat raha hu. [He was vulnerable in that matter. He was a good man, and good people are often affected, right? At times, he used to come to me and ask, 'What should I do, sir?' So I used to tell him, 'Bro, don't take it too seriously. I know because I have suffered, I am suffering, I am still suffering.]'” Sushant Singh Rajput died on June 14, 2020.

Manoj Bajpayee also added how he had shared his approach to dealing with such articles with Sushant Singh Rajput. The actor said, “Kuch ek log hai bhai [Sushant Singh Rajput] jo log, jinki filmein chal rahi hai, jo power me hai, unko handle, mai to handle dusre treeke se karta hu. Mai to unke dosto ko bolta hu ki unka bolna ki aake marunga mai tujhe. Kyuki mai jaanta hu ki dosta jaake bolega ki Manoj keh raha tha ki tujhe maarega. Mai to bihari aadmi,mai aise jhagda nahi krta hu kise se. Uske dost ko bolo, ya dost ke dost ko bolo. To dost jo hai, dost ko bolega, dost jaake usko bolega, ki Manoj tujhe maarega. To baat pahunch jaye yahi chahiye na? To hasta tha, Sushant bahut hasta tha. [There are some people, brother, whose films are doing well, who are in power; I handle them differently. I tell their friends that I'll come and beat you up. Because I know that if a friend goes and says that Manoj said he'll beat you up, they'll get scared. I am a Bihari man; I don't pick fights with anyone like that. Tell their friends, or their friends' friends. So, the friend will tell the friend to tell them that Manoj will beat you up. That's all that needs to be communicated, right? So, Sushant used to laugh; he laughed a lot.]”

Then Manoj Bajpayee quoted Sushant Singh Rajput's reply, “Sir yeh aap hi karte sakte ho. Mai nahi kar skata. Mai kaise karu? [Sir, only you can do this. I can't. How can I do it?]” 

“But he used to get troubled by those blind articles,” Manoj mentioned.