Sushant Singh Rajput Height | Age | Girlfriend | Family | Biography | Wiki

Rashmika Dutta
5 min readMay 21, 2021

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Sushant Singh Rajput was an Indian Bollywood personality, dancer, actor, philanthropist, and entrepreneur. He began his career with television serials. He comes into the limelight for his portrayal role “Manav Deshmukh” in the TV serial Pavitra Rishta. Moreover, he debuted in Bollywood with 2013’s film “Kai Po Che!”.

Sushant Singh Rajput Biography & Wiki

Sushant’s nicknames were Guddu, Gulshan, and SSR. He was born on 21 January 1986 in Maldiha, Purnea, Bihar, in a Rajput family, and he died on 14 June 2020 At his flat on Hill Road, Bandra, Mumbai. Sushant’s Zodiac was Aquarius.

Sushant Singh Rajput Tattoos

Sushant Singh Rajput had gotten a tattoo inked on his back in the memory of his mother. His sister, Priyanka, helped him to get the design of his tattoo finalized. The famous tattoo artist Sameer Patange was the man behind the creation of Sushant’s tattoo. While talking about the tattoo in an interview, he said, “The tattoo is a symbolic representation of five elements. My mother and I are in the center, implying a bond that not even time can defy. The five elements are widely accepted symbols. However, the idea of using my mother and me as elements was thought of by my sister and me.”

Sushant Singh Rajput Family Members

Sushant’s father’s name is Krishna Kumar Singh, a retired employee of BISCOMAUN, Patna, and mother was Late Usha Singh, died in 2002 of a brain hemorrhage. He has four elder sisters: his sister, Mitu Singh, a state-level cricket player, his other sister Priyanka Singh, a Lawyer. Shweta Singh and Neetu Singh also his sister.

Girls, affairs, spouse name

Sushant was in a relationship with Ankita Lokhande. After six years of their relationship, the couple broke up in 2016.

It was later rumored that Sushant Singh Rajput was dating his other co-star, Kriti Sanon, from the stage of “Raabta.”

After that, during the “Kedarnath” movie shooting, Sushant Singh Rajput and Sara Ali khan dated each other, it was a short relationship, and they broke up in 2019.

Finally, Sushant had a relationship with Rhea Chakraborty.

Education and School, College

Sushant Singh Rajput went to St. Karen’s High School in Patna for elementary study. Later he attended Kulachi Hansraj Model School in New Delhi because His family moved to Delhi following his mother’s death in 2002. After that, he ranked seventh in the DCE entrance exam and secured admission in the Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) class at Delhi College of Engineering.

Moreover, he also won the National Olympiad in Physics, and he cleared 11 engineering entrance exams. Sushant completed only three years of the four-year course before dropping out to pursue an acting career.

Sushant Singh Rajput’s Filmography

During his course at the Delhi College of Engineering, he enrolled himself in Shiamak Davar’s dance classes. Soon afterwards, he also began attending acting classes under the theatre director Barry John. Later, Sushant also features as a background dancer in the Dhoom Again song of “ Dhoom 2” and in Aishwarya Rai Bachchan s performance at the closing ceremony of the 2006 “ Commonwealth Games.”

After that, in 2013, he got a chance to appear in the film “ Kai Po Che!”, the film proved to be a critical and commercial success. Later Sushant appeared in “Suddh Desi Romance.”

After the commercial success of some movies, Sushant Singh Rajput got chanced to work in several prominent films such as “ PK” (2014), “ Detective Byomkesh Bakshy” (2015), “ M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story” (2016), “Raabta” (2017), “ Welcome to New York” and “ Kedarnath “ (2018). His film “M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story” was one of the highest-grossing Bollywood films based on Indian cricketer “Mahendra Singh Dhoni,” and critics appreciated his performances. Also, “Kedarnath” and “Chhichhore” were two big hits of Sushant’s life. Sushant’s last movie was “Dil Bechara,” which was released digitally on the Disney+ Hotstar streaming service on 24 July 2020 after Sushant’s death.

Award And Recognitions

  • For his role in “Pavitra Rishta,” he received several awards. Few of them were, in 2010 Indian Television Academy Awards(Most Popular Actor Male), BIG Star Entertainment Awards(Best Television Actor Male), Gold Awards(Best Actor in a Lead Role), and also in 2011, FICCI Frames Excellence Honours (Best TV Actor Male), Producers Guild Film Awards(Best Male Debut).

Salary and Net Worth

As per Sushant took ₹ 6 Crore/film, and his estimated net worth was ₹ 59 Crore.

Controversies

  • In 2015, Ankita Lokhande, the ex-girlfriend of Sushant Singh Rajput, publicly slapped him outside Yashraj Studios in Andheri. According to sources, after checking Sushant’s cellphone, the actress shouted a “Thank You” before hitting him.
  • Also, he was even rumored to have been secretly married to Ankita in 2015. Reportedly, they tied the knot in Ujjain after Ankita’s parents insisted on getting married to Sushant as they were skeptical about her decision to live in with Sushant.
  • He further attracted controversy when he had removed his surname “Rajput” in 2017 amid the growing protest against Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s film “Padmavat” by the Karni Sena.
  • Late, in 2017, when Shahid Kapoor was awarded the Best Actor Award at IIFA, Sushant tweeted: “@iifa hahahaha.” His tweet was taken as sarcasm on social media, and he was heavily trolled.

Facts about Sushant Singh Rajput

  • Sushant was very close to his mother. However, he lost his mother when he was just 16 years old in 2002. After that, he expressed his love for his mother on various occasions. Sushant also wrote a few poems in her memory.
  • Few days before his death, Sushant shared a photo of his mother, along with a post, on Instagram on 3 June 2020.
  • In an interview, Sushant also revealed that he was timid in his childhood and had difficulty expressing or communicating with others. Still, he always wanted to get noticed, so he worked very hard at his studies to score excellent marks.
  • He had bought his first bike, a modified Honda CBR, with the savings from giving tuitions to engineering students.
  • Sushant first came into the limelight by doing a TV commercial for Nestle Munch, which became very popular. Later, he also appeared in the same advertisement in 2015 with a new flavor.

Originally published at https://www.bollywikia.com on May 21, 2021.

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