Kangana Ranaut's director Sai Kabir enters rehab after help falls to death

Sai Kabir is currently admitted at Masina Hospital in BycullaNo one knows exactly what happened at Rajdoot Apartments Yari Road on January 31 But in the days since there have been hushed whispers in Bollywood about how filmmaker Sai Kabir Revolver Rani was committed to rehab just hours after his domestic help mysteriously fell to his death from his seventhstorey apartment One thing colleagues agree on is that while Sai is a talented writer and director he was struggling with depression and substance abuse after one of his films didnt take offWhen mudslinging begins stars make a run to keep their image pristine But despite all the noise around Sai Kabir a renowned celebrity manager who was professionally wellacquainted with him tells midday He took very good care of his servant Raju had been working with him for many years and Sai was protective of him We met Raju when we went over to Sais place for work He was family to him so it is highly unlikely Sai could kill him But you never know what happens behind closed doorsThe building watchman points to the spot where the domestic help RajuHowever the celebrity managers recollections are from over a year ago Several members of the film industry have confirmed that over the past couple of years Sai had cut off from everyone and mostly kept to himselfAlso read Mumbai Domestic help of renowned builder commits suicide by jumping from 24th floor in BandraFailed movieSome digging shows that Sai had been battling depression as well as a major alcohol and drug abuse problem for years His condition spiralled when he couldnt find takers for his film Divine Lovers The project was a labour of love and Sai had spent years developing the script which was eventually picked up by producer Shailesh Singh in collaboration with French film commission Film France The script was ready but lacked punch Sai never got around to fixing the script and eventually the film was put on the backburnerA production hand in the know said That is by far one of the most fantastic scripts around It is raw and beautiful but the film failed to kick off for multiple reasons Sai had put his all into the movie and yet for some reason it was difficult to put faith in him When you see someone undergoing such health problems you also pull out of the projectHe added No one wants to risk their name by being attached to a movie that lacks finesse He would sometimes walk in all enthusiastic about the film at jam sessions and then would disappear for months We have seen him put on a lot of weight lose a lot of weight abruptly It was a big risk to invest in someone like himFell to his death from the 7th floor flat PicsSatej ShindeSocial recluseAn actor who had worked with Sai in the past divulged He has a history of mental depression Even his mother battled depression for many years He would hardly ever speak about his family But there was frequent mention of an exwife who lives in Paris On his better days he would tell us that he fancied the idea of running away to Paris and starting off there The one person he really looked up to was Kundan Shah He was a shagird follower of his and revered him The last I remember he was developing a script for a major production houseSais talent notwithstanding his conduct puzzled the film industry A PR executive who had known him socially added The only thing I found fishy was the question of how he was managing his finances He had been out of work for a long time He was a social recluse We would hardly spot him at parties He had cut off from his friends too But the house he lived in was gorgeous I often asked people who knew him well how does he maintain a house like that His lifestyle would also depend on his mood Sometimes he would show up unkempt and other times he would be dressed in his best fare Though over the last few years we completely stopped seeing him around