PEOPLE FELT SAFE SHARING THEIR PAIN WITH ME: RHEA

Actor Rhea Chakraborty has lived through a storm few in show business could imagine. Five years after facing jail time and a social boycott following the death of her ex-boyfriend Sushant Singh Rajput in 2020, Rhea recently received a clean chit from the CBI, a verdict that was even opposed by Rajput's family. The ordeal, she admits, left her battling post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and struggling to rebuild her life.

- Akash Bhatnagar

Yet, Rhea says her pain eventually became a bridge that connected her with others. “What I went through was so public that a lot of people automatically felt comfortable sharing their problems with me because they believed I understood mental health issues,” she says. “Among my own friends, a few girls confided in me about their husbands or family members, people I've known for ten years but who were too scared to talk before. They finally opened up after they saw me survive something bad too,” the actor ad