4 years ago, Rhea Chakraborty was declared the biggest villain of India after Sushant Singh Rajput’s untimely demise. A section of the media and aam junta blamed her for his death. She even got arrested and had to spend nearly a month in jail. Rhea opened up about this episode in a conversation with author Chetan Bhagat on his show 'Deeptalk With Chetan Bhagat'.
Rhea Chakrabotry began by saying, “Due to COVID rules, I had to be in solitary confinement for 14 days. I was the only one in the room. I was asked if I’d like to have lunch. I was so hungry and tired that I ate whatever was given to me.” What was on the menu? “There was roti and capsicum ki subzi, which was just capsicum in water. It didn’t strike me at that point.”
She also said how she managed to remain positive during her ordeal, “I started feeling grateful when I saw that many prisoners don’t have family support. Or they don’t have Rs. 5,000 or Rs. 10,000 for their bail. At least, I have my family and friends. I told myself, ‘You will get justice. You will get bail. You have not done anything wrong. I have so much to learn from these women while I am here. Why am I wasting my time sulking about what is not in my control?’.”
Chetan Bhagat asked about the toilet facility in the jails. She said, “Jahan pe aap sote ho, uske bagal mein hi hota hai. It’s obviously not the best. It’s one of the hardest parts about being in jail.” She, however, added, “The mental trauma is so much harder that the physical trauma starts paling in front of it. You think ‘Ganda bathroom toh manage kar lungi’.”
Rhea Chakraborty talked further about her jail life, “There’s a canteen in jail from where you can buy biscuits. Kabhi kabhi chana bhi mil jaayega. You get a money order from your family of Rs. 5,000 a month. You have to manage in that amount. Un paiso se paani bhi aap kharid sakte ho, which is better than the tap water in jail. Rs. 2,500 toh usme hi chala jaata tha.”
As for meal times, she answered, “You get breakfast at 6 am, lunch at 11 am and you get dinner at 2 pm because it goes with the British way of things. They open the gates at 6 am and lock you at 5 pm. Until then, you can take the shower, go to the library etc.”
Rhea continued, “Most people save their dinner and have it at 7-8 pm. However, I changed my whole cycle. Yeh khana toh waise bhi khaya nahin jaayega. Garam hoga toh fir bhi khaya jaayega. Thanda toh bilkul nahin khaya jaayega. Hence, I started waking up at 4 am and finishing my dinner at 2 pm.”
And what was her reaction once she got bail? Rhea Chakraborty stated, “I had promised all the girls in the jail that I’ll dance for them the day I get bail. They were like ‘Aap heroine ho. Aap dance kar ke batao’. However, I was heartbroken as my brother didn’t get bail. The jailer came up to me and said, ‘I have told them that you won’t dance’. But I told the jailer, ‘I want to (dance) for them because when am I going to see these women again? If I can give them a little bit of happiness in their otherwise hopeless lives, I want to give them. Hence, I danced for them. I did a full-on Naagin dance, that too on the floor, on the song ‘Naagin Gin Gin’. Everyone did a dance performance with me. They were so happy that I was going home. They told me, ‘Just be happy. Have a good life’.”
While the media made life difficult for her, Rhea Chakraborty also remarked, “The only positive aspect of having a media glare was that things moved faster.”
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