Sushmita Sen
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Sushmita Sen | |
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| File:ZindaggiRocks Still.jpg Sushmita Sen as Kriya in Zindaggi Rocks | |
| Born | Sushmita Sen |
| Other names | Sush |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1994 - present |
Sushmita Sen (born: सुष्मिता सेन on November 19, 1975 in Hyderabad, India) is an Indian actress who appears in mainly Bollywood films. She is a former beauty queen, who was crowned Miss Universe 1994. She was the first indian woman to be crowned Miss Universe.
Life history
Biography
Sushmita was born in a Bengali family to Shubeer Sen, a former Indian Air Force Wing Commander and Subhra Sen who worked as a fashion artist and jewellry designer. She has a brother, Rajeev Sen and a sister, Neelam Sen. She was born St.Theresa's hospital, Hyderabad, and grew up in New Delhi. She attended school at Air Force Golden Jubilee Institute studying English, and had career plans in journalism. She graduated from Maitreyi College, Delhi. In 2000, she adopted a daughter, named Renee.
Miss Universe
In 1994, at the age of eighteen, Sushmita won the title of Femina Miss India beatingAishwarya Rai, who was the runner up. Sen represented India at the 1994 Miss Universe Pageant, held in Manila, Philippines and won.
At Miss Universe, Sushmita ranked third overall in the preliminaries, right behind preliminary winner Miss Colombia Carolina Gómez, 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 in the swimsuit, interview, and evening gown semi-final competitions respectively, placing 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.
Film career
After her reign as Miss Universe was over, Sushmita became an actress. Her first movie, Dastak was in 1996, where she played the victim of a stalker, that didn't do well at the box office. Her subsequent Tamil film Ratchagan, was a huge hit[citation needed]. However, it was two years later that her appearance as Rupali in David Dhawan's movie Biwi No.1 won her the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award in 1999.Biwi No.1 was the highest grossing movie of 1999.[1] The same year, she was also nominated for her role in Sirf Tum in the same category, making her an obvious choice for winner. She received critical acclaim and box office success for film Aankhen.
So far, her biggest hit has been the 2004 movie Main Hoon Na, in which she starred as Shahrukh Khan's love interest.She played in the movie which grossed Rs 34,00,00,000 over the market and was the second best selling movie of that year.[2] 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. Her most recent movies include Karma, Confessions and Holi (2006) opposite Naomi Campbell, Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag (2007) and the recently announced Dulha Mil Gaya (2007) opposite Shahrukh Khan.
It has been reported that Sushmita will portray the slain Pakistan Peoples Party leader Benazir Bhutto in a film co-produced by Zaid Aziz and Henna Rai of Karachi production firm Vox Vision and Leicester-based Sum Films respectively. Tentatively titled "Benazir Bhutto: The Movie", the film will be shot at various locations in Pakistan, the US, Britain and Dubai, where Bhutto had spent years as a student and later as a political leader in exile. When asked Sushmita about playing this big role, she excitedly told, “Yes, I am keen to play the role.”[3]
Recently she starred in Do Knot Disturb with longtime screen partner Govind Ahuja and rival Miss Universe 2000 Lara Dutta and the film was one of the most expected of the year along with Blue another movie of Dutt but failed to do well and had resulted in earning Rs 13,42,00,000 and was enough to cover the budget but was declared a Flop.[4]
Awards and nominations
2000: Best Supporting Actress win for Biwi No.1 (1999)
2000: Best Supporting Actress nomination for Sirf tum (1999)
2003: Best Supporting Actress nomination for Filhaal (2002)
2001 Best Supporting Actress win for Biwi No.1
2004 Best Actress nomination for Samay: When Time Strikes
2000 IIFA Best Supporting Actress Award win for Biwi No.1
2000: Best Supporting Actress win for Biwi No.1 (1999)
2003: Best Supporting Actress win for Filhaal (2002)
2005: Best Supporting Actress nomination for Main Hoon Na (2004)
National honours
2006: Rajiv Gandhi Award for her achievement in Bollywood[5]
Filmography
See also
References
- ^ http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=205&catName=MTk5OQ==
- ^ http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=210&catName=MjAwNA==
- ^ Punn, Goher (28 January 2009). "Sushmita Sen roped in to play Benazir Bhutto". Radio Sargam. Retrieved 28 January 2009.
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