Sushant Singh Rajput’s friend Samuel Haokip recently shared an explosive social media post wherein he spoke about the late actor’s relationship with Sara Ali Khan. The two collaborated professionally for ‘Kedarnath’ and Samuel Haokip described their romance as, “During Kedarnath promotions… Sushant and Sara were totally in love… they were inseparable… so pure and childlike innocence. They both had tremendous respect for each other which was so rare to see nowadays in relationships.”

In an exclusive interaction with ETimes, Samuel Haokip spoke at length about Sushant and Sara’s relationship as well as the #MeToo allegations faced by the late actor. Excerpts from the interview:

Can you throw some light on recent post on Sushant and Sara Ali Khan’s relationship, where you have touched upon the Bollywood mafia angle?
You know how a regular relationship is like. Maybe back then there were several factors involved that they didn’t want to talk about. Going into the details of it, it may turn this from general to a very private thing. So that’s why my post didn’t touch any personal or private detail but at the same time, I wanted closure. Sara was also a friend as we all used to hang around together and now I cannot just accuse her of something of which even am not sure about as no one has given me in writing that I broke up with you because I was pressurised with someone.



As you said, Sara also used to hang out with you guys. So can you tell us about the kind of equation that Sara and Sushant shared?
During my time, Sara and Sushant had broken up and then Rhea had come in his life. So I always felt that he shared a slightly better bond with Sara. As I mentioned in my post, they used to respect each other. They used to share poetry with each other and seeing them together felt like watching a movie. Even when both of them were trying to have fun together or flirt with each other, they were very respectful to one another as they knew that there were people around them. The things that they said, always used to make her smile. Their energy was really pure.

What kind of a bond did you share with Sushant Singh Rajput? And since when did you know him?
I stayed with him from October 2018 to July 2019. We would go to the shoots together, eat, gym and travel in the same car. We lived together for nearly a year so that’s how we became such close friends. We had a small team which was called as the ‘Bro’ team, which was actually Sushant’s idea. He had formed this with a group of friends with different skill sets, who would help him achieve his dreams and while doing so everyone else would achieve their own individual dreams in their own respective fields. There was Siddharth Gupta, who was an actor, then there’s Kushal Zaveri, who was the director of Sushant’s TV show. We all were staying in one house where we had a dedicated area for office work.

Kushal Zaveri had also spoken about how the #MeToo allegations affected Sushant. Your comments on it?
#MeToo by Sanjana Sanghi, if it’s proper then I understand, and if it’s not true and just propaganda spread by someone, then she should have just spoken about it. But then she claims that she was in the States and there was no network. We live in this 21st century where we can get free wifi in foreign locations as well. It was such a big allegation on Sushant and this movie, so Sanjana should have cleared it. People might not be talking about it as it’s not related to the CBI probe angle but this is something that I want to know as even I need a closure. If something like this can happen with Sushant then am such a small person.

What do you feel about the Supreme Court order to CBI for probing Sushant Singh Rajput’s untimely demise?
I am happy as it has been a while since Sushant’s fans from all over the world have been asking for a CBI probe in the matter and it’s not just for the family but also for the accused people as well. Once the truth comes out then all these fans and the family will get closure. And this verdict is one step towards closure, especially for the family.