On June 14, hours before the news of 34-year-old actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death became public, Rhea Chakraborty posted a video of herself in blue resort wear, standing next to an infinity pool with hills providing a scenic backdrop, captioning it "I really miss shooting! Ok Bye".

Her Instagram account is testimony to the 180 degree shift her life has seen since. Even as the investigation into Rajput's death continued with her making the rounds of Bandra Police Station to offer statements as a witness, the 28-year-old has found herself at the centre of a raging controversy, with Rajput's father Krishna Kumar Singh filing an FIR with Rajiv Nagar police station in Patna on June 28, alleging that Chakraborty had driven Rajput to suicide, siphoned off Rs 15 crore of his funds, and weaned him away from his family. As social media users jumped in, the story went beyond an individual tragedy, pulling in several top names from the industry that Singh and Chakraborty belong to, as voices grew louder against Bollywood's influential families controlling the industry against "outsiders" like Singh.