While doing engineering in Delhi, Sushant joined Shiamak Davar's dance group to be a trained dancer. Along with this, he also started learning acting from theater director Barry John. In the year 2006, Sushant also worked as a background dancer behind Aishwarya Rai in the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games. After increasing interest in dance and acting, he dropped out in the final year of engineering and shifted to Mumbai. After coming here, Sushant joined Nadira Babbar's theater group.
This is how he got the first offer of acting
After being a part of the show for about two and a half years, Sushant decided to leave the show to pursue a course in film making in the US. During this, he also worked as an assistant director in the film 'Raaz 2'.
After appearing in hit films, Sushant signed a contract with Yash Raj Films, due to which he was seen in 'Shuddh Desi Romance' (2013) and 'Detective Byomkesh Bakshi' (2015). After this, Sushant was going to be seen in Shekhar Kapur's film 'Pani' being produced in co-production of Yash Raj Films, but the film was stopped due to back-out of production. After a few months, Sushant terminated his contract with Yash Raj Films.
After the death of Sushant Singh Rajput, everyone believed that he had become a victim of the lobby and camp culture of the industry, due to which many films were left out of his hands. Let us tell you that Sushant was twice replaced by Ranveer Singh in Goliyon Ki Raasleela: Ramleela (2013) and Befikre (2016), Arjun Kapoor in Aurangzeb (2013) and Varun Dhawan in Rifle Man (Upcoming Bollywood film). During an interview given in the year 2019, the actor had told that last year (2018) he had offers for 12 films, but most of these films went out of his hands.
This could be Sushant's upcoming project
Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan was about to make 'Chanda Mama Door Ke' with Sushant. Rumi Jaffrey was preparing to do Love Story with him, while Ramesh Taurani was preparing to do an action thriller. Kamal Jain, who was the producer of MS Dhoni: The Untold Story, was about to sign him in the remake of South. After the death of Sushant, the makers have put all these films on hold for the time being.