From a pandemic to an economic recession worse than the Great Depression, the year 2020 has officially seen the most detrimental adversities. To top it all, the world has lost some incredible actors, whose departure left us utterly heartbroken and shattered.
While we were still recovering from the demise of veteran Bollywood actors like Irrfan Khan and Rishi Kapoor, who gave into their illnesses and bid us farewell in April; we certainly weren't ready for the decease of industry's eye candy, Sushant SIngh Rajput, who succumbed his life to suicide.
The question that arises here, is that why do these deaths seem so personal to us? As a matter of fact, they do have some humongous fan-following, considering that in our country we nearly worship some celebrities, and wish to lead the similar lives of fame; but the debate doesn't end here.
While some people may take their time to get over these grave incidents, it's imperative to realize the relevance of the impact these celebrities have on us. After these incidents came as a shocker to everyone, there was a huge overflow of talks on social media over the importance of mental health.
Specifically relating it to the film-industry - in the disarray of putting the actors on a pedestal, we fail to realize that they're flawed humans, just like the rest of us, and they deserve space to grow and heal. We lack the cognizance of a simple understanding: "to err is human."
Considering that some public figures denote the epitome of success, they're nearly divine to us. An evident reason as to why we take these occurrences to heart could be phrased into a simplistic comprehension, i.e no matter how affluent, prosperous, and satisfied one may seem from the distance, the reality is always way beyond the tip of its iceberg.
When a fairly famous person chooses to end their life, our connotation of perfection is destroyed, leading to the ingress of the realization that notability is not all that matters. The proliferation in conversations surrounding the theme of mental health should've made it to the news decades ago, making the society conscious that wealth is not the sole key to contentment.
Some of the famous media-houses demonstrated their absence of discernment by showcasing that the late-actor had 'everything' one could possibly have, and ergo had no comprehensible reason to end his life by suicide.
Just because someone's revered, doesn't give us a free card to overlook and/or belittle their sufferings. We patently can't sit still and consume everything the media feeds us, but we rather ought to have our personalized opinions based on realistic information.
Sushant ended his buoyant life, that's a given fact. But whatever follows that statement would be nothing but speculation. We certainly can't claim to know the reasons or give into the conjecture that's been in and around the news. So what can we do?
The fact is, we're an audience. To put it more clearly, the whole society is an audience that, in some way or the other, tends to pry into another person's life. But having said that, when a renowned person elects to discontinue their existence, we at best could try and uphold their entity by celebrating their work, and how they were as a human.
This should also be the case when a common person makes this choice as well, as none of us is flawless. Perfection is something we should always chase, adjoint with a driven consciousness that we can never truly attain it.
To resume, we need to inculcate the dialogues around the significance of mental health in our daily lives, and try to hearten the ones around us, as we might never fully be aware of what someone is going through. When we constantly and consistently appreciate and embolden the ones around us, we may just be able to save a life.
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