Late
actor
Sushant
Singh
Rajput
quit
Ekta
Kapoor's
TV
soap
Pavitra
Rishta
when
the
show
was
at
its
peak
and
his
character
Manav
became
a
houshold
name,
to
pursue
his
Bollywood
dreams.
In
2013,
he
finally
bagged
his
dream
debut,
Abhishek
Kapoor's
Kai
Po
Che!
The
film
based
on
Chetan
Bhagat's
best-selling
novel
'The
3
Mistakes
Of
My
Life,'
also
starred
Rajkummar
Rao
and
Amit
Sadh
as
the
other
two
leads.
Kai
Po
Che!
received
positive
reviews
from
the
critics
who
remarked
that
Sushant
had
made
an
impressive
debut
in
Bollywood.
As
the
film
clocked
8
years
today
(February
22,
2021),
director
Abhishek
Kapoor
recalled
his
fond
memories
of
working
with
late
Sushant
Singh
Rajput
in
an
interaction
with
a
leading
daily.
Speaking
about
casting
Sushant
in
the
film,
the
filmmaker
told
ETimes,
"I'd
never
seen
any
of
Sushant's
previous
works
before
casting
him.
Back
then,
the
industry
wasn't
very
accepting
of
television
actors.
But
post
Rock
On!!,
people
had
faith
in
me
and
I
just
went
for
it."
He
was
all
praise
for
the
late
actor
and
continued,
"As
for
the
efforts,
there
wasn't
any
out-of-the-ordinary
effort
involved
when
it
came
to
moulding
Sushant.
He
was
just
fabulous
right
from
the
start
and
from
the
first
day
itself
I
knew
we're
going
to
fly
together.
It
was
a
scene
where
he
teaches
the
students
about
knocking
the
bat
and
I
could
gauge
from
his
body
language
that
he
had
just
sunk
his
teeth
into
this
character."
After
Kai
Po
Che!,
Abhishek
reunited
with
Sushant
again
for
the
2018
film
Kedarnath.
Talking
about
his
association
with
the
late
actor,
the
filmmaker
shared,
"He
was
definitely
a
different
person.
You
get
moulded
as
you
trudge
along
the
business.
But,
he
brought
so
much
to
both
the
parts
that
in
hindsight,
I
cannot
even
begin
to
imagine
anyone
else
essaying
the
roles.
He
was
an
intense
actor
and
used
to
research
his
roles
well
enough
to
know
the
characters
like
the
back
of
his
hand.
I
really
miss
him
and
every
time
I
realise
I
can't
reach
him
anymore,
it
leaves
me
disturbed."
Kai
Po
Che!
was
a
commercial
success
at
the
box
office.
It
was
the
first
ever
Indian
film
to
feature
in
the
World
Panorama
section
at
Berlin
International
Film
Festival.