When Sushant Singh Rajput talked about his back up of starting a canteen in Film City after quitting TV

New Delhi: Late actor Sushant Singh Rajput, who had switched from television to the film industry had once opened up about his backup plan if he failed to get a Bollywood debut.

The actor had said, if he couldn’t make a debut in a film as per his expectations, he would start a canteen in Mumbai’s film city, make his own short films, and feature in it.

In an old interview with Rediff.com, Shushant said, “When I quit television, people told me, you are doing a filmmaking course but what if you don’t get a film? I said, ‘I will make my own films’. I had decided that if that happens, I will start a canteen in Film City and I will buy a camera and make my own short film about the canteen and feature in it too. And I know I would be as excited about that as I am right now.”

“That was not plan B; that was to spend time in Film City because I love Film City. It’s the only place in Mumbai where everybody is shooting something. It’s because of the place it is that I thought of opening a canteen there. I can eat and I can enjoy watching films and I can actually shoot my short film, so that was the place to be”, Sushant further elaborated.

Sushant Singh Rajput had become a household name owing to his role in Ekta Kapoor’s long-running TV show ‘Pavitra Rishta’.

In 2013, he made his Bollywood debut movie ‘Kai Po Che’. Since then, the actor was seen in popular films like ‘MS Dhoni: The Untold Story’, ‘Chhichorre’ among others.

Sushant died on June 2020, at the age of 34. The late actor was found dead at his Mumbai residence.

Today, on January 21, fans are remembering Sushant as the day marks the 36th birth anniversary of the versatile actor.