Rohit Jugraj talks about his relationship with Viveka Babajee
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oi-Kalyani Prasad Keshri
By Kalyani Prasad Keshri
Two
years
after
his
break-
up
with
super-model
Viveka
Babajee,
writer-director
Rohit
Jugraj
(assistant
to
Sanjay
Leela
Bhansali
and
Ram
Gopal
Varma
and
director
of
the
well-received
feature
film
Superstar)
seemed
shell-shocked
on
Friday
when
the
news
of
his
ex-girl"s
suicide
came
to
him.
Rohit
rushed
to
the
deceased
girl"s
sister
and
brother-in-law"s
place
where
he
remained
until
Saturday
morning,
when
the
police
did
the
questioning
and
the
body
was
taken
away.
“It"s
too
shocking.
I"ve
been
up
almost
all
night," a
groggy
and
grieving,
Rohit
spoke
up
on
Saturday
morning.
“Why
would
she
do
something
like
this?
She
wasn"t
the
kind
to
take
her
own
life.
She
was
too
spirited
to
do
something
like
this.
At
least
that
isn"t
the
Viveka
that
I
remember.
Maybe
that"s
the
way
I
want
to
remember
her.
She
came
from
Mauritius
to
pursue
her
dreams.
It
takes
courage
to
leave
a
small
country
and
come
to
a
big
city
like
Mumbai.
And
she
achieved
what
she
did
on
her
own."
Rohit
met
Viveka
while
he
was
directing
his
first
film
James.
“I
met
her
through
her
male
cousin
who
was
a
very
dear
friend
of
mine.
We
were
in
a
very
serious
relationship
for
two
years
.
We
broke
up
in
2007.
But
we
weren"t
engaged.
There
were
too
many
differences
between
us.
We
were
two
different
people.
The
breakup
was
not
traumatic.
We
parted
by
mutual
consent.
It
took
me
a
while
to
get
over
her.
But
we
moved
on
ultimately"
Speaking
on
their
relationship
Rohit
said,
“We
broke
up
without
bitterness.
It
was
just
not
working
out.
She
was
in
other
relationships
after
that.
We
didn"t
really
keep
in
touch.
We
both
needed
space
to
move
on.
But
I"ve
been
in
constant
touch
with
her
mother
in
Mauritius."
Surprisingly,
Viveka
never
asked
for
Rohit"s
help
to
get
into
the
glam
world.
“She
was
a
very
strong
girl.
She
made
a
career
for
herself
in
Mumbai
and
bought
property
in
Mauritius.
She
bought
a
very
nice
home
for
her
mother
in
Mauritius.
She
was
not
visible
as
a
model
in
her
last
three
years
because
she
had
changed
her
main
line
of
work
from
modeling
to
choreography
because
modeling
was
very
time-bound.
She
then
shifted
to
events
management."
“I
remember
all
the
good
times
that
we
shared
together.
I
can"t
think
of
a
single
unpleasant
incident.
I
expected
us
to
get
married.
But
it
didn"t
work
out.
I
always
wished
her
well.
I"d
like
to
believe
we
had
remained
friends.
She
had
a
very
supportive
circle
of
family
and
friends.
So
I
wonder
why
she
did
something
so
drastic."
Says
Rohit,
“Viveka"s
sudden
death
is
an
eye-opener
to
me.
You
never
know
which
way
life
will
take
you.
I"ve
just
begun
to
discover
myself."
At
the
time
of
writing
Viveka"s
mother
had
not
arrived
from
Mauritius.
It
was
still
to
be
decided
whether
the
body
would
be
flown
to
Mauritius
after
autopsy.
Viveka"s
sister
is
visiting
Mumbai
with
her
husband
who"s
a
Mumbai-based
Gujarati.
Says
Rohit,
“I
have"t
had
the
courage
to
speak
to
Viveka"s
mom
yet.
What
will
I
tell
her?"
Rohit
doesn"t
know
Viveka"s
last
boyfriend,
“I
heard
about
Gautam
Vohra
only
yesterday
after
Viveka"s
death.
I
heard
she
met
him
in
Goa,
that"s
all
I
know.
On
Friday
he
was
untraceable.
His
phone
was
unreachable."
Commenting
on
models
like
Nafisa
Joseph
and
Viveka
ending
their
lives
Rohit
says,
“It"s
like
that
film
Fedora.
All
of
us
in
show
business
live
hollow
insecure
lonely
lives.
We"ve
to
watch
our
backs."