Rhea Chakraborty calls Aryan Khan’s drug case “spectacularly similar” to brother Showik’s ordeal: “It was very hard to watch”
Actor Rhea Chakraborty has opened up about the emotional impact that Aryan Khan’s arrest had on her, revealing that the episode brought back painful memories of her own legal troubles and the time she and her brother, Showik Chakraborty, spent in jail. Speaking to Variety India, Rhea shared that she reached out to Aryan during the high-profile case, admitting that watching the events unfold reminded her of one of the most difficult periods of her life. “I did. When I saw what Aryan was going through, it took me back because it was spectacularly similar. In fact, more than my story, it looked a lot like Showik’s story. They also have a resemblance. It was very, very hard to watch. I did not speak to the media many times, and I still do not,” she said. Rhea’s comments revisit a chapter that began after the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput in June 2020. In September that year, the actress was arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in connection with a drugs-relate...