#SSRFiles: We should give an actor the due respect when he is alive: Neetu Chandra

Actress Neetu Chandra has welcomed the progress the CBI has made in their investigation into Sushant Singh Rajput’s death. “Practically the entire country had demanded a CBI probe and I am really happy that the agency has taken over and made progress. Sushant’s family has the right to know the truth,” she said.
When asked why she made a video bashing the Indian audience after Sushant’s death, she said, “Sushant would always talk about giving chance to newcomers and outsiders.He had even asked people on twitter to watch his films. My point is, we should give an actor the due respect when he is alive. Out of the about 12 crore people in Bihar, if even five crore had watched Sushant’s films, all his films would have been blockbusters. But they never did that when he was alive.”
The actress told us that she had last met Sushant in Mumbai. “I had gone to this restaurant with a few of my friends in March and he was there with his friends. Rhea was there too. We discussed work and future plans. He was very excited and positive about life like always,” she said.
Stating that she just exchanged greetings with Rhea, Neetu added, “Sushant and I conversed in shuddh Bihari dialect and discussed fitness and then a lot of other things. We also made plans to have sattu paratha and mutton together the next time we were in Patna. His house is a 15-minute drive from my place.”
When asked if she had ever faced favoritism or nepotism in the film industry, Neetu said it’s everywhere. “I think more than nepotism; new and young talents are affected by groupism and lobbyism. In a few projects, I was replaced after attending workshops and look tests for a particular character. There was this action film, in which they needed a girl with a martial arts background. Being a fourth dan black belt in Taekwondo, I got the role, but then I learnt that I had been replaced.
This happened to me six times and after that, I almost lost my fighting spirit. In this industry, you must have the ability to fight back.”