Best Speech | Q&A | Sushant Singh Rajput
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‘I became an actor because I had a problem’: Sushant Singh Rajput’s moving speech about meaning of success goes viral.
Sushant talks about his journey from being an engineer, a civil services aspirant to becoming an actor. But before that, he spoke about introversion and particularly stage fright.
"Excuse me if I falter, excuse me if I don't make sense, excuse me if I get a panic attack right now, but I'll try my best," he says at the beginning of his speech.
After the initial jitters, he delved into the early days of his life and spoke about money and how he thought the biggest lie he was told as a kid was that 'money plus recognition equals happiness and success'.
Talking about his ambitions and career goals, Sushant said his family had told him to become an engineer and then try for Civil Services as it would 'open the doors of happiness'.
“My family told me I had to become an engineer. Once I am an engineer, I can try the Civil Services Examination and that will be opening the doors for all kinds of happiness. Finally, I slogged and got admission in Delhi College of Engineering,” he said.
Sushant then addressed the 'void' in his life and his foray into performing arts that he grew to like very much. Eventually, he dropped out of engineering when he had just two semesters left in course and moved to Mumbai to become an actor.
He got his first break for a primetime television show and was able to achieve stardom from thereon in Bollywood.
Towards the end of his speech, he shares an incident when one of his college professors called him and asked him to arrange an interaction with students. Sushant said he humbly requested his teacher if he could get his degree back.
He stepped away from the wooden podium with a vibrant smile on his face and to a loud round of applause!
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