Actress Ankita Lokhande, a contestant on Bigg Boss 17, has touched a chord with viewers once again as she openly discussed her emotional journey following the passing of Sushant Singh Rajput. In a recent episode, she shared a poignant recollection of his death with fellow contestant Munawar Faruqui, leaving many viewers moved by her vulnerability.
Lokhande spoke candidly about the immediate aftermath of his demise in June 2020. Describing a particularly impactful image she received, she revealed, "When I saw him, I felt everything was over. There was this one picture of him which was very bad... It looked like he was sleeping. I just kept looking at that picture and thought there was so much in his brain."
Expressing her anguish at the loss of Rajput's potential, she added, "I knew him very well. He must have had so much in his brain but all was vanished. You are nothing, you're just a body then." While remaining discreet about the specifics surrounding Rajput's death, Lokhande acknowledged his struggle, stating, "Tut gaya voh kisi chiz se. Nahi hona chahiye tha (He was broken because of something. This shouldn't have happened)."
The conversation also touched on the online harassment Lokhande faced in the wake of Rajput's death. "But maine na bohot logo ko uss time pe block kiya. Kyuki mujhe itna ganda bola jaata tha, mei nahi le sakti thi. Maine block kar diya. (But I blocked many people that time because there were bad things told to me which I couldn't take it)," she confided.
For the unversed, Lokhande rose to fame alongside Rajput in the popular television series Pavitra Rishta. The duo fell in love on the sets of the ZEE TV show. However, they ended their relationship after seven years of dating. Now, Ankita is married to Vicky Jain, who is also participating in the Salman Khan-hosted show.
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