Sushmita Sen (born 19 November 1975) is an Indian film actress and model who was crowned Femina Miss India in 1994 and Miss Universe 1994 contest at the age of 18. Sen is the first Indian woman to win the competition. Primarily known for her work in Hindi films, she has also appeared in Tamil and Bengali films and has won a Filmfare Award. The Tamil musical Ratchagan (1997) was her first commercial success. She then featured in several box-office hits, including Sirf Tum (1999), Biwi No.1 (1999), Main Hoon Na (2004) and Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya? (2005).
She is the first Indian lady to win the crown of Miss Universe held in Manila, Philippines in 1994 and also won the title of Femina Miss India in the same year.
After her reign as Miss Universe, Sushmita became an actress. Her first film, Dastak was in 1996, in which she played the victim of a stalker played by Sharad Kapoor. Mukul Dev starred as the lead actor. She then starred in the 1997 Tamil, action film Ratchagan. Two years later 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 second highest-grossing movie of 1999. The same year, she was also nominated for her role in Sirf Tum in the same category. Following her dance song in Fiza known as 'Mehboob Mere', she tried to make a niche for her career in the Indian film cinema.
She received critical acclaim and box office success for film Aankhen starring opposite Arjun Rampal. The film co-starred Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Aditya Pancholi and Paresh Rawal. So far, her biggest hit has been the 2004 movie Main Hoon Na, in which she starred as Shahrukh Khan's love interest. The film grossed a total of Rs 330,000,000 and was the second best selling movie of that year.
Later, Sushmita 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.
Sushmita played the role of a successful supermodel called Shimmer in Dulha Mil Gaya; the film was a moderate success that year.
In 2015, she made Bangali film debut with National Award winning director Srijit Mukherji's film 'Nirbaak'. Nirbaak (Speechless) is an Indian Bengali Drama film directed by Srijit Mukherji, starring Sushmita Sen, Jisshu Sengupta, Ritwick Chakraborty and Anjan Dutta. This is the first Bengali film for Sushmita Sen. The film is a hyperlink narrative comprising of four love stories connected by a single woman (played by Sushmita Sen). Every love story comprises of one entity which is silent thus Nirbaak.
Former Miss Universe Sushmita Sen has been away from the big screen since long. Now the actress is eager to make her come back.
The most glamorous and stylish lady Sushmita Sen has adopted a baby girl named Renee in the year 2000. Since she was a 25 year old single woman then, she was not permitted to take the guardianship of the child.
However, later on the High Court repressed the appeal and Sushmita obtained gain of cause. She adopted a 3 month old girl on 13 June, 2010 and she named her Alisah.
Awards
IIFA Awards (2000)
Filmfare Awards (2000 and 2003)
Star Screen Awards (2000, 2003 and 2004)
Zee Cine Awards (2000, 2003 and 2005)
National honours : Rajiv Gandhi Award (2006)
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