The sudden demise of Sushant Singh Rajput, who allegedly committed suicide had left the entire country in shock. Several stars and celebrities across the country expressed their grief over the untimely demise of the 'Kai Pe Chao' actor. Now, Sushant's friend and former roommate Siddharth Gupta, in a recent interview, called the late actor a 'man who was paradoxical when dealing with success and failure, and was always on the lookout for new ideas and thoughts'. In an interview with Pinkvilla, Siddharth said, "I was lucky enough to be in close proximity to him. I feel Sushant is an idea that'll live on forever. A lot of people did not understand him, what he stood for, what he spoke about. The love that he gave people, it is at times so overwhelming that you doubt it." Siddharth revealed that Sushant sent him and another common friend, Kushal Zaveri, a message five days before his death.
Sushant said he was working on himself spiritually and wanted Siddharth and Kushal to come and meet him. He said, "When this message came, I remember talking to Kushal. I told him that I felt there might be something off because this wasn't him entirely being so out there. Kushal had messaged him back saying let’s catch up soon and do the things we were doing. My aim was to not intrude his space but I was expecting, because of that text, I am going to be able to meet him very soon and I will get to know what has happened. I sensed something. But obviously, I didn't have his number, Kushal recently got it. We didn't know where he was putting up at that time. Not in a million years, we could have thought of anything going wrong."Sushant died on June 14. An investigation into his death is being carried out by the Central Bureau of Investigation, the Narcotics Control Bureau and the Enforcement Directorate. Mumbai Police, which was initially tasked with the investigation, paved the way for the central agencies after a court order. The actor’s family also filed an abetment to suicide case against his girlfriend, Rhea Chakraborty.