Late versatile actor Sushant Singh Rajput was the "complete package" in real life, recalls his close friend from school days, Arti Batra Dua. She adds that he "was very deeply attached to the people he considered his close ones".

Sushant, who did his initial schooling at St. Karen's High School in Patna, came to Delhi in 2001 for higher studies. He attended Kulachi Hansraj Model School before pursuing mechanical engineering from Delhi College of Engineering (DCE). It was at the Delhi school where Sushant and Arti became close friends.