Sushant Singh Rajput Death Anniversary: From Ram-Leela To Half Girlfriend, SSR Was Dropped From These Big Films

Today marks the first death anniversary of Sushant Singh Rajput and his fans are remembering the late actor on social media paying heartfelt tribute to the actor who died of apparent suicide on June 14, last year leaving his friends, family and fans worldwide heartbroken. [pic credit: Instgaram/SSR FC]

The actor was last seen on silver screen in ‘Chhichore’ opposite Shraddha Kapoor, the movie was a blockbuster, in his short-spanning career the actor was part of many successful movies including ‘MS Dhoni biopic’, ‘Kai Po Che’, but did you know that the actor was also dropped out of many big Bollywood movies. [pic credit: Instgaram/SSR FC]

Ram-Leela, Padmaavat and Bajirao Mastani: Last year, during his interrogation to Mumbai Police who was investigating into Sushant Singh Rajput's death, filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali had told that he had offered Goliyon Ki Rasleela Ram-Leela, Bajirao Mastani and Padmaavat to Sushant. However, due to date issues, Sushant could not be a part of any of these films. All films later went to Ranveen Singh and were super-hit at the box-office. [pic credit: Instgaram/SSR FC]

Fitoor: Sushant was also supposed to star in Abhishek Kapoor's Hindi remake of Great Expectation, Fitoor. However, he was replaced by Aditya Roy Kapur. Speaking about it, he said, “No. I don’t have any regrets. This is something I will follow for the rest of my life, the rest of my days that I am working in this industry. If I like the script and give you my word, I won’t ditch you just because I find some other film more exciting and bigger than the film I said yes to.” [pic credit: Instgaram/SSR FC]

Half Girlfriend: Based on Chetan Bhagat's novel, Half Girlfriend was earlier supposed to star Sushant. Chetan had even welcomed Sushant on board the movie with a tweet. However, Arjun Kapoor replaced Sushant opposite Shraddha Kapoor. [pic credit: Instgaram/SSR FC]

Romeo Akbar Walter: Sushant was supposed to star in action film Romeo Akbar Walter. He had even shot for the film's promotional material. However, because of scheduling conflicts, Sushant had to remove himself from the film. The movie eventually went to John Abraham. “Unfortunately, I will not be part of Romeo Akbar Walter due to changes in my prior commitments. I wanted to be part of the project because I love the story, and believe it must be told, but, that will not happen,” Sushant had said. [pic credit: Instgaram/SSR FC]