Sushant Singh Rajput, Ankita Lokhande
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Mumbai Police has been investigating Sushant Singh Rajput’s suicide case from all the possible angles and one of them being a professional rivalry. The late actor is said to have lost several big Bollywood movies and that is why the whole nepotism debate emerged online. But, amidst this, Sushant’s ex-girlfriend Ankita Lokhande has made a very contradictory statement.

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In an interview with Times Now, Ankita revealed that nepotism exists in Bollywood. But further, she cleared that filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali had offered her and Sushant a movie. She said that they were stupid enough to not do it. She also defended Ekta Kapoor and said that when Sushant decided to leave ‘Pavitra Rishta’ and do Abhishek Kapoor’s film, Ekta did not hold him back or talk behind his back to devoid him of the project.

She was quoted saying as, “Karan Johar ke time mein nahi thi Sushant ke saath. So mein uspe comment nahi kar sakti. But yes maam, Adi sir ke saath jab Sushant Yash Raj mein the, tab mein thi. Adi Sir ne bhi unko bohot support kiya hai. Sushant ko jab bhi koi bhi problem hoti thi, he used to call Adi Sir and say ‘Sir I want to meet you.’ He used to call Sushant ussi din, aisa bhi nahi chaar-paanch din late bulate the. He used to directly call and Sushant used to go and meet. Jo problems hoti thi, he used to talk directly to Adi Sir. Mein bhi sun rahi hoon bohot cheeze upar niche ho rahi. Aur mein issliye clear karna chahti hoon kyun ki yeh mere samne hue hain. Agar mujhe pata hi nahi hai Karan Johar ke saath kya deal hui, I have no idea about it but yes Aditya Chopra, Ekta Kapoor and Sanjay Leela Bhansali, yeh teen jab cheeze horahi thi tab mein Sushant ke saath thi, I have seen that. They were all very supportive.”

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