Sushmita Sen (Hindi:
सुष्मिता सेन ; born 19 November 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
Sen was born to a
Bengali Hindu family. Her father, Shubeer Sen, was a former
Indian Air Force Wing Commander and her mother, Subhra
Sen, was as a fashion artist and jewelry 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. 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 beating
Aishwarya 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
laid the victim of a stalker, that didn't do well at the box
office. Her subsequent
Tamil film
Ratchagan, was a huge hit.
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. 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. 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.”
Recently she starred in
Do Knot
Disturb with longtime screen partner
Govinda. The film failed to do well.
Awards and nominations
Filmfare Awards
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)
Star Screen Awards
2001
Best
Supporting Actress win for
Biwi No.1
2004
Best Actress
nomination for
Samay: When
Time Strikes
IIFA Awards
2000
IIFA Best
Supporting Actress Award win for
Biwi No.1
Zee Cine Awards
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
Filmography
See also
References
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