Director
Rumi
Jaffery
wrote
a
heartfelt
note
about
actor
Sushant
Singh
Rajput
on
his
first
death
anniversary.
This
note
is
exclusive
to
Filmibeat.
Read
it
here:
"I
was
just
reading
his
last
message
which
came
to
me
on
June
12th
it
was
a
reply
to
a
message
after
reading
about
the
death
of
Disha
Salian
who
was
not
even
his
manager.
I
knew
he
would’ve
got
disturbed
with
the
media
reports.
But
all
he
replied
was,
"Thank
you,
sir
for
calling
love
and
regards",
along
with
a
heart
emoji.
His
previous
message
was
on
May
31
in
which
he
said,
"Sir,
missing
you
a
lot’".
He
was
getting
restless.
My
relationship
with
Sushant
was
more
than
that
of
just
an
actor
and
director.
He
often
dropped
in
and
spent
time
with
my
family
and
loved
mutton
cooked
by
my
wife.
He
knew
that
when
I
came
to
Bombay
I
did
plays
with
Nadira
Babbar
and
since
also
came
from
there
he
kept
on
talking
about
doing
a
play
and
that
how
people
at
his
theatre
spoke
about
my
plays.
Like
most
theatre
personalities
who
cannot
really
separate
themselves
from
theatre.
He
also
wanted
to
do
plays
and
wanted
me
do
my
play
Laila
Manju.
But
I
told
him
that
Laila
Manju
wouldn’t
be
possible
without
Annu
Kapoor.
He
would
drop
in
on
set
when
I
was
shooting
for
Chehre
–
Annu
Kapoor,
Sushant,
Rhea
and
me
would
discuss
our
plan
to
do
the
play.
But
little
later
he
changed
his
plans
saying
that
play
needs
a
lot
of
commitment
and
didn’t
have
the
patience
to
do
it.
He
said
why
don’t
do
a
film
with
us
(Rhea)
so
started
work
a
script
and
wrote
one
for
him.
Those
stories
that
Sushant
didn’t
have
work
were
totally
wrong
and
there
were
so
many
people
who
approached
me
about
wanting
to
work
with
him.
But
Sushant
told
me
that
he
wanted
to
concentrate
on
our
film.
He
loved
dancing
but
told
me
sir
I
haven’t
got
a
chance
to
do
good
dancing
in
a
film.
So
we
decided
that
we
do
the
muhurat
with
a
song
that
will
be
shot
on
set
in
Mumbai.
He
love
hearing
all
the
kisse
kahaniyas
of
the
industry.
I
would
tell
him
we
Bhopalis
love
story
telling
and
full
of
stories
he
thoroughly
enjoyed
all
of
it.
When
lockdown
happened
in
March
2020,
he
got
worried.
But
I
told
him
to
relax,
as
our
shooting
was
to
start
in
May
2020
and
we
had
a
lot
of
time.
But
the
lockdown
got
extended
and
when
he
heard
reports
about
reopening
of
the
country
with
SOPs,
he
told
me
to
look
for
a
script
that
would
not
require
a
big
unit
and
wanted
to
start
it
quickly.
So
I
started
looking
for
such
stories,
which
could
be
shot
in
one
schedule.
Unfortunately
it
didn't
happen.
Insaan
chala
jaata
hain
bas
baate
reh
jaati
hain."