Actor Vivek Oberoi, one of the handful of film fraternity members who attended Sushant Singh Rajput’s funeral on Monday.
After the funeral, he took to Instagram and shared a note. He called on Bollywood to “b***h less and care more, less power play and more grace and large-heartedness.
His words echo the voices of the industry that have been raised against what has been variously described as “the Bollywood Privilege club” and “gatekeepers of Bollywood”.
In his note, Vivek Oberoi wrote, “When I saw his father today, having to light the fire at the cremation, the pain in his eyes was unbearable. When I heard his sister weeping, begging him to come back, I can’t express how deeply tragic it felt.”
Read Vivek Oberoi’s post here:
The word “hypocrisy” was used by actor Nikhil Dwivedi in a blistering attack on the film industry. Bollywood has also been strongly called out by director Anubhav Sinha and actor Ranvir Shorey. Filmmaker Shekhar Kapur tweeted about “people who let (Sushant Singh Rajput) down.”
The handful of other fraternity members who did attend included Sushant Singh Rajput’s co-stars Kriti Sanon, Shraddha Kapoor, Rajkummar Rao and Varun Sharma, and director Abhishek Kapoor who cast him in his debut film Kai Po Che!
Sushant Singh Rajput shot to fame with Balaji Telefilms’ TV soap Pavitra Rishta. His work includes films such as Detective Byomkesh Bakshy, MS Dhoni: The Untold Story, Sonchiriya, Raabta and Kedarnath. He was last seen in Chhichhore and Drive .
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