Bollywood Actress Sushmita Sen

Sushmita Sen, the first Indian woman to be crowned Miss Universe was born on November 19, 1975 in Hyderabad, India.
Yes, she's the woman that beat Aishwarya Rai at the Femina Miss India pageant in 1994.
When her reign as Miss Universe was over, Sushmita moved into films.
Her film debut was in 1996's Dastak.
She has followed that up by appearing in over thirty movies.

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Sushmita Sen - Bollywood Women

Indian actress Sushmita Sen was born on November 19th, 1975 Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Not only is she a popular actress, but back in 1994, she was the first Indian woman to win the Miss Universe competition.

When Sushmita was eighteen, she won the Femina Miss India pageant (beating "The Most Beautiful Woman in The World", Aishwarya Rai).
She proceeded to represent India at the 1994 Miss Universe Pageant in Manila, Philippines and won.
Using the fame from winning Miss Universe, she entered acting, and made her film debut in the 1996 film, Dastak.
Sushmita went on to appear in over thirty films and has been nominated for (and won) many awards.

Sushmita Sen and "Do Not Disturb"

The actresses in Bollywood must really be competitive.
I keep reading about their Diva like behavior and catty remarks to other actresses.
And they seem to be threatened very easily.
Even actresses that are famous for getting along with other stars are affected.
Case in point.....

"Inside sources from Do Knot Disturb claim Sushmita Sen is having sleepless nights over her role in her upcoming David Dhawan comedy Do Knot Disturb. It is a multi star cast film starring Govinda, Lara Dutta, Ritesh Deshmukh and Sohail Khan along with her.
Our sources reveal, “The film for the first time brings together two former Miss Universe Sushmita Sen and Lara Dutta. But Sush is not really insecure about her role being shortened as compared to a much younger and hotter Lara."

Full article here

Of course it's not just Sushmita.
If you read this blog you've seen several similar stories about other Bollywood stars.

But it appears their fears are not unfounded.
Just recently Pantene ended a long relationship with Sushmita in favor of South Indian actress Asin.

Besides "Do Not Disturb", Sushmita is working on a Tamil film "Marmayogi" this year.

Sushmita Sen wants Brad Pitt!

What about other Bollywood beauties? Ex-Miss Universe, Sushmita Sen says if she were to accept any Hollywood mainstream films, then it would have to have someone like Brad Pitt starring in it.

After global warming, it’s Bollywood’s turn to warm up to the West. Ash has already done it and will soon be seen romancing Sir Ben Kingsley in a film based on the Taj Mahal. What about other Bollywood beauties?

Ex-Miss Universe, Sushmita Sen says if she were to accept any Hollywood mainstream films, then it would have to have someone like Brad Pitt starring in it. For the actress won’t settle for just ‘pitt’ance. But that’s what we like about Sush, isn’t it?

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India_Buzz/Sushmita_wants_Brad_Pitt/articleshow/2452189.cms





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Bollywood actress Sushmita Sen plans autobiography

Bollywood actress Sushmita Sen has decided to write an autobiography with the tentative title “The Butterfly.”

A former Miss Universe, Sen said she has already begun writing chapters, a newspaper reported Wednesday.

She said the inspiration for the title came from one of her favourite sayings — “what the world calls the end of a caterpillar’s life, God calls a butterfly.”

“I have written some portions of it,” The Times of India newspaper quoted Sen saying. “And yes, the working title is called ‘The Butterfly.’”

A model-turned-actress, Sen was crowned Miss Universe in 1994 and has since acted in 30 Hindi-language movies.

Sen plays a widow in an updated version of a Bollywood classic “Sholay,” or “Embers,” to be released this week.

She played a rock star in her last film, “Zindagi Rocks,” or “Life Rocks,” and a prostitute in an earlier movie “Chingari,” which also translates to “Embers” in Hindi.

http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=182&ContentID=38876




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A few understand silence, Sushmita Sen

Susmita Sen's quite moments are not so quite after all.

For someone as restless in spirit and body as Sushmita Sen, the deathly stillness of her character in Ram Gopal Varma’s Ramgopal Varma ki Aag was a revelation.

“I virtually had to tie myself down. It’s not that I don’t speak in the film. But, I say whatever I’ve to through my eyes. I’ve more still moments in this film than in any other cinema that I’ve done. It’s the quietest character I’ve ever played,” said Sushmita.

“It’s not that my character, Durga, doesn’t speak. It’s that inner tranquillity. And, hats off to Ramu for signing someone with a strong image like me to play someone like Durga ... it requires guts and hindsight. Ramu has both,” she adds.

Sushmita rewinds to Jaya Bachchan who played Radha in Ramesh Sippy’s Sholay. “It was one of the most difficult roles in Sholay. Jayaji was fabulous. Very few people in our cinema understand the sounds of silence. But, let me tell you, she played Radha, I play Durga. She was very passive. I’m very aggressive,” the actress said.

The Bollywood diva is a huge fan of Malayalam superstar Mohanlal and is elated about sharing screen space with him. “I’ve stood in the same frame as Mohanlal. I’m honoured. To watch him perform is to watch a whole textbook on Indian cinema unfold in front of your eyes. He’s that brilliant.”

The film had to be renamed as Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag as Sasha Sippy, the grandson of G P Sippy who produced the 1970s hit, had problems with Varma releasing his film with the word Sholay in its title.

Sushmita is all praise for her co-star Prashant Raj. “He’s very good. In his very first film he has to stand next to stalwarts like Amitabh Bachchan, Mohanlal and Ajay Devgan. That isn’t easy.” Tell her she has a head-start of at least seven years over Prashant, and Sushmita laughs, “Trust me he looks really nice with me.”

However, she has no scenes with Amitabh Bachchan who plays dacoit Babban Singh in the film. “Not this time. But, we had lots of scenes together in two films we did earlier — Hindustan Ki Kasam and Aankhen. In Ramgopal Varma ki Aag, we don’t come face to face at all.”

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Pune_Times/A_few_understand_silence_Sushmita/articleshow/2244727.cms


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Neha Dhupia to act opposite Uday Kiran

Neha Dhupia to act opposite Uday Kiran

Beauty queens have made it big in Tollywood time and again. Be it Aishwarya Rai, Sushmita Sen or even Namrata Shirodkar. And now it seems Neha Dhupia's set to follow their foot steps.

full story at:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/City_Supplements/Hyderabad_Times/Neha_Dhupia_to_act_opposite_Uday_Kiran_/articleshow/2120876.cms



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India's first Miss Universe - Sushmita Sen

Sushmita Sen was born on November 19, 1975 in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. She is a well-known Bollywood actress and was India's first Miss Universe in 1994.

Sushmita's father is a retired Indian Air Force officer; her mother Subhra Sen worked as a fashion artist and jewelery designer. She has one brother, Rajeev Sen, and a sister, Neelam Sen. Her sister married IT consultant Nauman Malik, famous personality billionaire.

Sushmita's mother tongue is Bengali. She was born in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh (DOB Nov, 19, 1975), but grew up in Delhi. She attended school at Air Force Golden Jubilee Institute in Delhi. In Delhi, she studied English and planned a career in journalism.

In 2000, she adopted a daughter, Renee, as a single mother.

In 1994, at the age of eighteen, Sushmita won the title of Miss India narrowly beating out Aishwarya Rai, who was the favorite to win the contest. In fact, both Sen and Rai were actually tied for the title. It was with a tie-breaking question that Sen won the rights to represent India at the Miss Universe Pageant, being held in Manila, Philippines.

At Miss Universe, Sushmita ranked third overall in the preliminaries, right behind preliminary winner Miss Colombia Carolina Gomez, and Miss Greece Rea Totounzi, who ranked second but won the preliminary swimsuit and evening gown competitions. Sushmita went on to place second, fifth and third resepctively in the swimsuit, interview and evening gown competitions, placing her in third place behind Miss Colombia and Miss Venezuela Minorka Mercado. All three women went on to be the final three contestants. In the end, the judges placed their votes on Sushmita, making her the first woman from India to become Miss Universe.

Sushmita's biggest rival at the Miss India pageant, Aishwarya Rai, would go on to win the 1994 Miss World contest.

After her reign as Miss Universe, Sushmita became a Bollywood actress. Her first movie, Ratchagan in Tamil, was a huge hit. Her subsequent movies like Dastak in 1996, where she played the victim of a stalker, too didn't do well at the cinema. But her appearance as Rupali in David Dhawan's movie Biwi No.1 won her the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award in 1999.

So far, her biggest hit has been the 2004 movie Main Hoon Na, in which she starred as Shah Rukh Khan's love interest. Later on, she played a lawyer in Main Aisa Hi Hoon opposite Ajay Devgan. In 2005, she also starred in a remake of Cactus Flower, called Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya: Sen played the lead opposite Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif and essayed the role of Ingrid Bergman. Her most recent movies include Karma, Confessions and Holi (2006) opposite Naomi Campbell, Ram Gopal Varma Ke Sholay (2006) and the recently announced Dulha Mil Gaya (2006) opposite Shahrukh Khan.


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