Ankita Lokhande reveals why she didn’t attend Sushant Singh Rajput’s funeral

Bigg Boss 17 is getting interesting every day as the episodes have their own set of fun elements, jokes and of course arguments between the contestants. Actress Ankita Lokhande who is also one of the candidates for Big Boss 17 recently started opening up about the late actor, Sushant Singh Rajput.

The two actors who shared the screen in the hit series Sacred relationship together for about 7 years before calling off their relationship. That being said, in one of the recent episodes of Big Boss 17Ankita opened up about the late actor, explaining why she didn’t attend his funeral, despite Vicky Jain’s encouragement to do so.

Ankita also shared that she knew what was wrong with the Kedarnath actor as he died at a very young age.

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The TV actress was seen talking to her co-contestant Munawar Faruqui and clearly became emotional as she spoke about Sushant Singh Rajput. A clip that has gone viral on social media shows the actress reciting a few lines from the song ‘Kaun Tujhe Yun Pyaar Karega’ from Sushant’s film. MS Dhoni: The Untold Story.

While Munawar shared that he attended a special screening of MS Dhoni: The Untold Story at your Yash Raj Studios, adding that he met Sushant for the first and last time, Ankita joined in and said: “He was a really nice person. I feel very strange using the word “was” for him. Now it’s still fine but it was very weird earlier. He was also Vicky’s friend so it was the worst feeling.

Further, Munawar asked if the actress was aware of what was wrong with Sushant before his shocking demise. Ankita, while answering yes, refrained from revealing the reason and said, “I couldn’t go to his funeral. I didn’t have the courage. I thought I wouldn’t be able to see this. Vicky asked me to go but I couldn’t find the courage.

The actress also later explained that Sushant was the first person close to her life that she had lost.