Sushant Singh Rajput, Indian Film Star and Philanthropist,

Sushant Singh Rajput, a Bollywood actor who jumped from TV to the massive display and starred within the Netflix motion movie “Drive,” died Sunday at age 34.

Rajput was discovered useless in his Mumbai residence; native media report that based on police, his reason behind dying was an obvious suicide by hanging.

Born in 1986, Rajput started his performing profession on tv within the 2008 drama “Kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa Dil” (“In Which Country Does My Heart Live”). After stints on profitable reveals just like the cleaning soap opera “Pavitra Rishta,” Rajput made the soar to movie in 2013 starting with the buddy movie “Kai Po Che!” and the romantic comedy “Shuddh Desi Romance.”

What adopted was a collection of profitable movies through which he had each starring and supporting roles, amongst them the 2014 movie “PK,” the fifth highest grossing Indian movie of all time, 2016’s “M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story,” a success biopic about cricket legend Mahendra Singh Dhoni, and the disaster-romance movie “Kedarnath” in 2019.

Rajput’s different credit embrace the hit thriller/motion movie “Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!” (2015), the comedy “Welcome to New York” (2018), the motion movie “Sonchiriya” and the dramedy “Chhichhore” (each in 2019), amongst others. His ultimate movie, “Dil Bechara,” an adaptaion of the 2014 Hollywood hit “The Fault in Our Stars,” is because of be launched later this 12 months.

In addition to his movie profession, Rajput was an lively philanthropist who supported the youth literacy group Sushant4Education and serving to to advertise the Indian authorities’s Women Entrepreneurship Platform. Rajput additionally based the tech-oriented firm Innsaei Ventures in 2018.

Among his performing honors, he gained Best Actor in 2017 on the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne, Best Actor (Critics) on the 2017 Screen Awards, Best Male Debut on the 2014 Screen Awards, and Best Actor in a Lead Role on the Boroplus Gold Awards in 2010 and 2011.

India’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, paid tribute to Rajput on Twitter Sunday.

Sushant Singh Rajput…a vibrant younger actor gone too quickly. He excelled on TV and in movies. His rise on the planet of leisure impressed many and he leaves behind a number of memorable performances. Shocked by his passing away. My ideas are together with his household and followers. Om Shanti.

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) June 14, 2020