Sushant Singh Death Anniversary: From Tv Stardom To Bollywood Success; The Actor’s REMARKABLE Journey

As the third anniversary of Sushant Singh Rajput's death comes on June 14, we remember his life and career, which took him from TV to Bollywood. Sushant was born in Patna, Bihar, on January 21, 1986. He was originally from Maldhiha, Bihar. Even though he did well in school and got the seventh best score in the All-India Engineering Entrance Examination, he dropped out of college to work in the theatre business. Sushant Singh Rajput was a National Olympiad Winner in Physics. However, he dropped out of college to pursue a career in showbiz.

In 2008, a casting team from Balaji Telefilms found Sushant while he was performing in a play. This was the start of his playing career. At the age of 22, he made his acting debut on the TV show ‘Kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa Dil’. He played Preet Juneja, the younger brother of Harshad Chopra's character Prem Juneja, who was a lively and mischievous person. Even though his character was killed too soon on the show, he came back as a spirit during the last episode to watch his family celebrate after going through hard times.

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In 2009, ‘Pavitra Rishta’, a famous TV show, gave Sushant his big break by giving him the part of Manav Deshmukh. He played a mechanic who falls in love with Ankita Lokhande's character, Archana, a kind but ignorant woman. Sushant won many awards for Best TV actor for playing Manav, and his on-screen chemistry with Ankita led to a real-life relationship. But in October 2011, he left ‘Pavitra Rishta’ to take a filmmaking school abroad. Hiten Tejwani took his place after the show's timeline jumped ahead 20 years.

In December 2010, Sushant appeared on the dance reality show ‘Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 4’ and showed how good he was at dancing. When he was paired with dancer Shampa Sonthalia, he always made the judges happy. Because of this, he won the title of "Most Consistent Performer."

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In 2013, Sushant went to an audition for Abhishek Kapoor's movie ‘Kai Po Che’ and got one of the three main characters. His acting was so good that he won both the Star Guild and Screen awards for Best Male Debut. Sushant cleared up rumours that he left ‘Pavitra Rishta’ to focus on his film career by saying, "I wanted to quit the show because my character was getting boring, and I wanted to do something different in my life."

In the same year, he played the lead role in ‘Shuddh Desi Romance’ with Parineeti Chopra. His fresh and natural acting style won over viewers. The watchers were even more interested in how well Sushant and Parineeti got along.