Chhichhore turns three: A look back at Sushant Singh Rajput’s fun-filled extravaganza

Sushant Singh Rajput and other characters

Nitesh Tiwari directed Chhichhore features Sushant Singh Rajput, Shraddha Kapoor, Tahir Raj Bhasin, Varun Sharma, Naveen Polishetty, Tushar Pandey and Saharsh Kumar Shukla in lead roles.

Plot of Chhichhore

Chhichhore is a film that revolves around college life and the bitter-sweet journey that the students go through during the process. The film is about a group of friends and the bond they share amongst themselves which fades away with time.

Sushant Singh Rajput and his role in the film

Late actor Sushant Singh Rajput is seen in two avatars in the film. He first appears as a cool college-going young man set to become an engineer. He meets Maya, played by Shraddha Kapoor and a love blossoms between the two. The romance becomes a subplot of the film along with the rivalry among the different hostels.

Shraddha Kapoor as Maya

Shraddha Kapoor plays the part of Maya, the desired girl in college. She meets Anirudh, played by Sushant Singh Rajput and a friendship blossoms between the two which later becomes a love affair. Shraddha is styled in a retro look in the film and the song “Khairiyat” picturised on the duo became very popular at the time.

Naveen Polishetty, not the original choice for the part of Acid

Naveen Polishetty during his appearance on Son Of Abish revealed how he bagged the audition for the film. He revealed that the director Nitesh Tiwari was looking for Nivin Pauly, the Malayalam actor for the part but his casting director accidentally contacted Naveen Polishetty and asked for the audition. Nitesh, though confused with the understanding, liked his audition and finalised him to play Acid. He is nicknamed Acid due to his capacity to utter cuss words.

Nitesh Tiwari, the director

Nitesh himself is a professional engineer who graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai. The film Chhichhore is loosely inspired by his experiences at IIT and the film is also shot on the same IIT Mumbai campus. Though not completely biographical, some of the characters are based on his real-life.