ThePrint ThePrintPod: 'What does India owe Rhea Chakraborty? Don’t stop at just an apology'
Oct 30, 2025
Rhea Chakraborty's life was shattered by media frenzy and public scrutiny following Sushant Singh Rajput's death. A recent CBI report absolved her, revealing no evidence against her. The podcast discusses how sensationalist journalism and social media mobs turned her into a scapegoat during a time of national turmoil. It critiques society's complicity in this spectacle and argues for accountability and reflection. Ultimately, it questions what India owes Chakraborty for the trauma she endured and the damage done to her life and career.
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Public Scapegoating And Its Machinery
- India collectively transformed Rhea Chakraborty into a public scapegoat during the Sushant Singh Rajput case.
- That spectacle revealed how media, politics and audience fury can weaponize grief and destroy lives.
Televised Forensics Turned Into Spectacle
- Channels broadcast photos of Rajput's body and dissected his medical prescriptions on live TV.
- Reporters used skull graphics and voodoo imagery to peddle theories about black magic.
Theatrical TV And Regressive Stereotypes
- Anchors invited irrelevant panelists and spun Bollywood as a 'labyrinthine den of vice'.
- Navika Kumar theatrically presented files and reinforced regressive stereotypes about women.