Amid the ongoing investigation by multiple agencies into the mysterious death of film star Sushant Singh Rajput, audio tapes purported to be in his voice have emerged suggesting that the late actor was battling bipolar disorder and was concerned about managing his wealth and quitting Bollywood.
The audio tapes relate to conversations between Sushant Singh Rajput, Rhea Chakraborty, his wealth managers as well as his private managers. The tapes refer to conversations from the first week of January 2020 to the few months preceding his mysterious death on June 14.
In one of the conversations, Rajput is reported to have said, “This bipolar disorder. In that state, firstly, I don’t think acting is something I will be able to do. Second, I don’t know which economic structure I can get into. So, in some ways, I am in 50-50 mind. It’s not like I can be confident about coming back.”
In another reported recordings, the voices of Rajput, Chakraborty and an unidentified man can be heard in which the actor can be heard saying, “At this point of time, I just want to ask for a favour.” Chakraborty responds with a “yes” and Rajput goes on to ask, “How can we save all the money?”
To this, the unidentified man says, “We talked about our worst case scenario yesterday.”
In what could be his possible admission of the illness, Rajput retorts saying, “Yeah! Here, I am fighting with my mind. So, this is probably the worst case I will ever see.”
The unknown man in the tape advises that a private trust can be set up to ensure that his needs are taken care of. “All decisions are with the pool of people who are trustees,” the man’s voice elaborates to which Chakraborty concurred.
Rajput sought to know how to go about the setting up of the trust to which Chakraborty commented, “Isn’t that a little extreme?” to which the man’s voice asserts, “This is the worst case scenario, right?”
To this, Chakraborty agreed and Rajput commented saying, “I think, yes.”
The man’s voice can then be heard saying, “Sushant had this insistence yesterday” to which Sushant responds by saying, “Trust me.”
In another conversation between Rajput, actress Chakraborty, her father Indranil Chakraborty and her former manager Shruti Modi, the group can be heard discussing the actor’s financial future with fund managers. In this conversation, Rajput also expresses his desire to shift base from Mumbai.
The conversations in the tapes purportedly suggest that Chakraborty was actively engaged in consulting fund managers about managing Rajput’s funds ostensibly to ensure a secure future for him.