Sushant Singh Rajput

Sushant Singh Rajput is an Indian actor. He had a starring role in the soap opera Pavitra Rishta, and later participated in the dance reality show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 4. Rajput made his film debut as one of the three male leads in Abhishek Kapoor's drama Kai Po Che! (2013). He went on to star in the romantic comedy Shuddh Desi Romance (2013) and played the titular detective in the thriller Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! (2015), both of which were produced by Yash Raj Films.

Sushant Singh Rajput was born in Patna, Bihar where his father worked as a government official. His ancestral village is Maldiha in Purnia district. His family moved to New Delhi in early 2000s and have been based there ever since. Rajput has four sisters with him being the youngest in the family. One of his sisters, Mitu Singh is a state-level cricketer. One of Sushant's sisters Shweta Singh Kirti lives in the US, two in Delhi and one in Chandigarh. He went to school in St. Karen's High School in Patna and Kulachi Hansraj Model School in New Delhi. He was studying Mechanical Engineering at the Delhi College of Engineering (now known as Delhi Technological University)

As a student of Davar, Rajput was chosen to be a part of the troupe that went on to perform in the 2006 Commonwealth Games and the group of background dancers at the 51st Filmfare Awards. After moving to Mumbai, he continued in theatre during this period and was a member of Nadira Babbar's Ekjute theatre group. He also took Barry John's drama classes and found his passion for acting saying, "I found the experience liberating. I realised I could communicate with the audience. I knew I wanted to do this forever."