Sushant Singh Rajput - A Tribute To A Fine Indian Actor Poem by Bernedita Rosinha Pinto

He has not asked you for your prayers and tears,
he has not asked you for your sympathies,
he has not asked you to make any explanations
he has not expressed his own intention,
but it was his smile that always reflected his composure
it was his films that depicted his victories....

He has played his role
and the theatre of his life has now closed;
the curtain of hopes has rolled down
and put a calm upon his shores of time.
On this earth as he lived, he lived life his way
as he loved, he loved only those he wanted to love.

In the limelight of his world
he was a movie-star,
he will always be remembered as one;
he was an actor who never stopped grinning,
his smile was so amusing,
his death is so amazing;
how could the one who was so full of vivacity
just select to close his eyes forever
when there was so much more in life to attain
when there was so much more to show to others
what his talent could do?

When will we see him smiling again
or telling us that life is all about showing
everything is seemingly-well
on that big screen
but in real life it is not so.
Can a million words of admiration
can a thousand thoughts of regrets
ever bring him back to those
who will miss him and remember him

He was that star who asked you
for no prayers nor tears
but only for your courage - to accept
what a movie-world does to a man: -
Lights- Camera-Action - which is only good
for the screen while underneath every act
is often a man with deep pain
in the heart or in the mind of an actor
and it never gives him a chance
to recuperate or to reason whether he should go
or whether he should stay back and try more.

And whether time brings success or sadness,
the deceiving death is always the mighty weapon
that makes kings and the richest,
the mightiest and the poorest,
the actors and the celebrities
to choose to suddenly quit from this world
to seek rest and solace from rivalry and unfairness!

And as you will cherish his reflections
of the times he worked with you on those movie-sets,
of the times he shared with you coffee and laughter,
you will remember him for his charisma and simplicity.
He has not asked you for your prayers or tears,
he has not asked you for your sympathies,
he has not waited to act or pretend,
he has gone and joined the galaxy of stars above.