Bollywood’s Sudden Love For Sushant Singh Rajput, An Insult To The Dead: Saif Ali Khan

Mumbai: Silence would be more appropriate than the ‘hypocrisy’ of pretending to care, Saif Ali Khan told The Times of India when asked about the sudden outpouring of love for Sushant Singh Rajput after his untimely death on Sunday.

“Out of respect for him, for Sushant’s tragedy, maybe a day of silence or introspection would be a little more becoming than this outpouring of love from people who obviously didn’t care about him and people who famously don’t care about anybody else,” he was quoted as saying.

Saif further said that pretence of caring for Sushant was an ‘insult’ to him. “I mean, we don’t care about anybody. You know, it’s a very cutthroat line of work. But to pretend that you do care is like the ultimate hypocrisy and I think that’s an insult to the dead, you know, it’s an insult to the soul that’s gone,” he said.

The ‘Sacred Games’ actor, however, did not completely agree with the theory doing the rounds that nepotism in the industry might have led to Sushanth’s tragic end. “People are failing people constantly. Everyone talking about him, even those saying who failed you or didn’t fail you is, I think, somewhat exploiting his name. To take any stand at the moment, apart from just sorrow, and just saying that I’m really sad that he had no way out except this – any other comment is somewhere manipulating the situation, I feel. You have come across this as an opportunity to take a shot at somebody, and you’re taking a shot,” he added.

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