6 years of Kedarnath throwback: When Sushant Singh Rajput said, We live in stressful times, cinema should do the healing 6 : Bollywood News [Video]

Sushant Singh Rajput’s character in Abhishek Kapoor’s Kedarnath is so naturally noble, it’s tough not to like him. The actor gives his all to his role, and then some more, leaving no room for his character Mansoor to be defined by his religious beliefs. Thankfully, Mansoor is never shown doing Namaaz. He behaves “normally” while the city’s ‘religious’ radicals get all worked up into a state of whiplashing lividity.

6 years of Kedarnath throwback: When Sushant Singh Rajput said, “We live in stressful times, cinema should do the healing”

There are some moments of greatness peeking out of the storytelling, like the sequence where Mansoor tells Mukku how his father once wrote a fan letter to the great Lata Mangeshkar telling her how the Valley resonated to her voice when she sang. Mansoor then sings ‘Lag ja gale se’ for Mukku.

Time stands still. Sushant brings a certain magic to this moment. At the end when Mukku sits …