Actor Sandeep Nahar, who posted a suicide note on his Facebook page on Monday, was found hanging in his bedroom a few hours later. Sandeep, who has worked in films such as MS Dhoni: The Untold Story and Kesari, had written a long post where he said that his wife had made his life terrible in two years of marriage and he could not take it anymore. Now, actor Jitin Gulati, his co-star from the Dhoni biopic and one of his close friends beyond the movies, has remembered Sandeep as an ever smiling, jovial guy who was high on life.
Talking about Sandeep, Jitin told a leading daily, “This is a difficult time for us. Sushant Singh Rajput died last year, and now him. Sandeep and I were friends, but the last time I met him was two years ago, before he got married. He had in fact invited me for his birthday at his home on December 25, last year. Just over a month ago! Since there was a night curfew in Mumbai, none of us could go and he understood that. He loved having people over. What happened has shaken me up. As soon as I saw the video, I immediately dialled the police help line (100). They responded and wanted his address. So I called up on Sandeep’s number 3-4 times. I tried calling from another number after that, not mine. I am not sure if it was his wife, but some woman answered the phone and there was chaos all around and all I could hear was someone saying, ‘He is fine’. However, I soon found out that he was no more. It is extremely hard to come to terms with it.”
Jitin and Sandeep first met on the set of Neeraj Pandey’s film on Dhoni in 2015. Their on-screen characters as friends drew them closer in real life as well. Jitin recalled, “Sandeep, Alok, Kranti and I were co-actors, we became good friends as our scenes were together. He was an all-heart, Punjabi guy, who had no filter. He would always speak his mind. We lived together on an outdoor schedule and couldn’t meet as much later, but kept in touch on the phone since then. However, I wasn’t aware of any ups and downs in his personal life. No one discloses that side of their life to anyone easily. Professional struggles — that I was aware of. We all go through that. It is not easy to survive in Mumbai and especially Bollywood. He was also a gym instructor before he became an actor. He also did odd jobs to support himself between films, but it’s not that he didn’t have any work. He was doing some Hindi web series as well as commercials down South. He was thrilled to tell me that he had bagged Akshay Kumar starrer Kesari (2019).”
When asked if he was aware of any emotional turmoil in Sandeep’s life, Jitin said, “I wasn’t aware of that as he didn’t say anything, but what you see on social media may not always be true. That man endured a lot. I was aware of his struggles. He conquered it all, but I guess this was his breaking point.”
(Source: Bombay Times)
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