Undermining Sushant Rajput’s tragic death

Sushant Singh Rajput died by suicide final month. This was tragic. Rajput — a younger man from exterior the world of cinema — had really come into his personal within the Mumbai movie trade, with a variety of critically-acclaimed and commercially-successful movies. His dying sparked an outpouring of grief within the movie trade, in his house state of Bihar, and throughout city and semi-urban India.

But the tragedy has now taken a considerably weird flip. His dying ought to have triggered a dialog about psychological well being, and the insecurities which can be driving younger individuals to take excessive steps. It ought to have triggered a dialog in regards to the construction of the movie trade, and the pressures even stars — and Rajput was a star — work underneath. And sure, it ought to have triggered a debate in regards to the energy matrix within the trade.

But what has occurred is that, pushed by social media, a complete narrative has been constructed about how Rajput was a sufferer of a nepotistic trade, which solely favours its personal. Nepotism is an actual downside in Bollywood. And that debate should happen. But this narrative, and every kind of conspiracy theories, have now discovered their approach into the police investigation into Rajput’s case. A suicide deserves an investigation. But on this case, movie reviewers who could have rated Rajput’s movies poorly are being known as for questioning; producers who could not have performed a challenge with Rajput are being held accountable; speak present hosts who could have joked about Rajput are being blamed; actors who had little to do with Rajput are utilizing it as a possibility to challenge themselves because the subaltern battling an entrenched elite. This shouldn’t be the best way buildings of energy may be interrogated. Instead, it smacks of mob justice. It ignores the complicated components that drive an individual to the tip. It seems pushed by political motivations. And it undermines Rajput’s life, legacy, and tragic dying.