It
was
indeed
a
bitter-sweet
moment
for
the
cast
and
crew
of
Chhichhore,
as
on
one
side,
they
were
elated
to
celebrate
its
victory
at
the
National
Film
Awards,
but
on
the
other
side,
they
were
missing
the
lead
actor
of
film
Sushant
Singh
Rajput,
who
passed
away
last
year.
In
his
recent
tete-a-tete
with
a
leading
daily,
Tahir
Raj
Bhasin
remembered
his
Chhichhore
co-star
Sushant
and
said
that
the
story
would
have
been
incomplete
without
him.
"The
victory
was
a
day
of
celebration
and
a
day
of
remembrance
for
Sushant.
The
story
could
not
have
been
told
without
him," said
Tahir.
Speaking
about
Chhichhore
being
honoured
with
the
National
Award
Tahir
said
that
very
few
films
give
actors
the
satisfaction
of
a
blockbuster
success
and
critical
acclaim.
"The
National
Award
is
the
cherry
on
the
cake
and
it
feels
out
of
this
world
for
Chhichhore
to
have
got
this
coveted
recognition.
The
film
was
about
breaking
the
notions
of
what
being
a
winner
and
loser
is
in
your
own
mind
and
about
finding
your
own
definition
of
joy
and
success.
I
think
back
today
to
the
epic
experience
of
shooting
Chhichhore.
We
shot
at
the
IIT
Bombay
campus
and
by
the
end
of
it,
all
of
us
felt
like
we
had
relived
our
college
life
with
Nitesh
Tiwari
playing
our
de
facto
gang
leader,"
added
the
Mardaani
actor.
Reminiscing
about
the
day
when
he
was
offered
Chhichhore,
he
said
that
when
he
read
the
script,
he
had
no
doubt
that
it
would
be
a
special
story.
"Derek
was
the
leader
of
the
Hostel
4
boys
and
what
attracted
me
to
the
part
was
the
fact
that
there
was
a
soft
vulnerable
side
to
him
and
how
emotional
he
was
for
his
hostel
yet
he
had
to
keep
up
this
veneer
of
a
hard
exterior.
It
was
finding
the
balance
between
both
those
acts
that
made
the
part
challenging
to
do,"
concluded
Tahir.