Bollywood Director Abhishek Kapoor, wife Pragya with Sushant Singh Rajput

Filmmaker Abhishek Kapoor, who launched Sushant Singh Rajput in Bollywood with the 2013 film Kai Po Che! will pay a special tribute to him along with his wife Pragya Kapoor. They will feed 3,400 impoverished families through her NGO, Ek Saath: The Earth Foundation, in memory of the late actor.

After collaborating together on Kai Po Che!, Abhishek directed Sushant in the 2018 disaster drama Kedarnath, which marked the Bollywood debut of Sara Ali Khan. “He was very troubled while we were shooting for Kedarnath,” said Abhishek. “But when we shot, he was 100% there. He never threw tantrum, it was cold, he had to carry Sara on his back, and he never said no if I asked for retakes. I couldn’t pay much attention to him during the shoot, but I knew we would reconnect if he wanted to.”

Kedarnath served as the film debut of Sara Ali Khan, and Abhishek said that Sushant felt that all the media attention had diverted towards her. He became reclusive. “I had not spoken to him for about a year and a half,” Abhishek said. “There were times, you talk and then you’d go away to do a film. He must have changed his number 50 times and I remember when Kedarnath was coming out, the media had just slammed it. I don’t know what happened; he could see that he was not getting the kind of love because everything was centered around Sara that time. He was just kind of lost. When the film released and it did really well, I sent him a message.”

Abhishek was one of the few industry personalities present at Sushant’s funeral. He was cremated at Mumbai’s Vile Parle crematorium on Monday. The actor was known for his acclaimed performances in films such as MS Dhoni: The Untold Story, Sonchiriya, Kai Po Che! and Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! among others.