Most A-list Bollywood actors take cocaine, claims Sushant's friend

Yuvraj said, "There has been a lot of drugs happening for a long time, maybe since the 1970s. At that time, things were different. There wasn't so much exposure or social media. Now, it is getting exposed."

He alleged that many popular actors and filmmakers consume cocaine. "That is why this madness is really happening," he told IANS.

Yuvraj went on to claim that weed is as common as cigarettes on movie sets. "From camera-persons to technicians, people on the set normally take weed."

He added that cocaine is often consumed in Bollywood parties. "Then there is MDMA, also called ecstasy; LSD, which is also called acid. There is also ketamine, which is a horse tranquilizer," the actor said.

The actor also said that taking drugs is the way of "moving around," in the industry and that people get work "because of it."

"If you do drugs with the right people, the right hero, actress and director, you form a lobby and a connection, and that is the kind of mindset Bollywood works on. They prefer to work in that circle," he said.

Making a reference to the viral video from Karan Johar's infamous "drug party" last year, Yuvraj added, "In fact, one of the videos also went viral - that was a drug party."

The controversial video had featured various A-list actors including Deepika Padukone, Ranbir Kapoor, Malaika Arora, Vicky Kaushal, Varun Dhawan, Shahid Kapoor, Arjun Kapoor, among others.

To recall, Sushant Singh Rajput had died by alleged suicide on June 14.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is currently investigating the circumstances that led to the 34-year-old star's sudden death.

Meanwhile, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), probing a drugs angle in the actor's death, has thus far held his girlfriend, actor Rhea Chakraborty, her brother, and a few others in the case.