Rhea Chakraborty reveals she had depression, PTSD after Sushant Singh Rajput’s death; Aamir Khan calls it a ‘tragedy’: ‘Insaan toot jaata hai’

Rhea added, “I think army upbringing also makes a difference. Because you know life is tough. You have seen it from childhood that when Dad leaves, there’s a possibility he may not come back. You are taught to fight and never give up. To always stay hopeful. Its just inherent in your DNA. No one can defeat you easily.” Aamir Khan added, “You have shown remarkable courage and you should be proud.”

During the conversation, the actor revealed how it took her years to get out of her depression. “It took me so long to start chapter 2 is because I was healing all this while. There was pain, anxiety, PTSD, and whatnot. And grief has a veto power over everything else. You could be talking to someone, and you get engulfed by grief out of the blue. There were some of the things, but today I feel that I have renewed energy. I feel like meeting people, my curiosity has been revived. There was no interest in knowing about others and their lives. There’s depression conditioning your mind. After overcoming that, now I feel like the sun is rising again. I feel like doing new things.”

Rhea also discussed the real reason behind her wanting to start a podcast of her own. She said, “One of the biggest reason why I started a podcast of my own was the fact that media went extreme with the whole episode. I tried to give interviews a couple of times, but I didn’t feel good. I went on a podcast sometime ago, and he promised me that ‘come, we will talk as friends, that person said, I won’t question you like journalist, we are new media, we are podcasters’, but he made it all even worse for me. I didn’t let him release that podcast. At least, in case of traditional media, I know how they are going to approach things and I go prepared. It was that day that I decided that I want to create a safe space where I want to speak to people.”

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Aamir Khan added, “The people who think you are wrong even today because they were informed wrong, I hope they eventually realise your truth.”

In the same podcast, Rhea revealed how Aamir Khan helped her control her anger during her journey. Rhea said, “I used be extremely angry all the time because of everything was happening against me. And it was you who made me watch a documentary, Rubaru Roshni, which was about forgiveness and there I saw people have gone through worse, yet they have forgiven people, so that changed things.”

The actor recalled that day, he said, “I remember you were extremely angry on that day. You were extremely unsettled and that’s why I made you watch it.” Rhea confessed, “It didn’t really change me immediately, but eventually I realised that there is no point in being angry. It only caused self-harm. So its better to forgive everyone and move on.”

The actress further thanked Aamir Khan for showing her the power of forgiveness as she was in “no mood to forgive” otherwise.

After Sushant Singh Rajput was found dead in his Mumbai apartment, Rhea Chakraborty faced severe trolls. She was arrested in September 2020 on charges of procuring drugs for the late actor. After spending 28 days in Byculla jail, the actress was granted bail in October 2020. She was dating Sushant at that time.