Former Miss Universe, Sushmita Sen is known for her gorgeous looks, long legs and humble personality…but now she wants some raunchiness. Having already done item numbers in ‘Fiza’ and ‘Nayak’, Sush is now ready for another hot item number, but this time she’d like it to be raunchy.
The actress has always been picky about her roles and doesn’t just go for films that she thinks people will like, she goes for roles that mean something to her and give her the ability to be more versatile with her acting.
Sushmita Sen was last seen in Anees Bazmee’s comedy movie “No Problem” last year. “I like winning but I don’t like rat races as I can’t deal with Friday to Friday fluctuations. I do a ‘Main Hoon Na’ and people think I’ve arrived – with the saris, the glamour. And then I do a ‘Chingari’ and people hate it. But I experiment. Now I am taking a break and reading scripts,” Sushmita told reporters.
“I do want to do an item number, to get back to dancing soon. Want to do a really raunchy item number,”
she said in an interview on ‘The Date Season 2, on Bloomberg UTV.
The Bollywood beauty also spoke about her initial success in 1994 when she was crowned Miss Universe, a time when people didn’t even know her name but loved the fact that an Indian had won the contest.
“Everything in my life has been a cosmic accident. I was found at a nightclub and somebody suggested I go for Miss India. The entire experience (Miss India) opened up my eyes. Around the world people celebrated. They didn’t even know my name, but they knew India had won. That’s when it hit me that I had put India on the map,” said the 35-year-old.
Sushmita Sen, who is now a budding entrepreneur selecting models from India to take part in the Miss Universe pageant through her own company ‘I Am She’ feels that beauty contests need more attention.
“Beauty contests are a structured business and India needs to start looking at it like that. That’s what will dictate our performance at pageants. Latin America starts grooming girls at a very young age … yes our win at that time helped to open up the market, but it’s not just about the cosmetics industry else china would be winning every year. It’s also about personalities. That’s where the public vote comes in,” she went on to say.
“We don’t like to objectify women … because we celebrate women. We stick to the age group 18-26 because that’s the mandate but other than that, we have removed language barriers, allowed a girl with one eye because we thought she was beautiful. Not restricted to what is conventionally acceptable,” she added.
Now a budding entrepreneur, who selects models from India to participate in the Miss Universe pageant through her company I Am She – Miss Universe India, Sushmita feels that beauty contests need attention.
“Beauty contests are a structured business and India needs to start looking at it like that. That’s what will dictate our performance at pageants. Latin America starts grooming girls at a very young age … yes our win at that time helped to open up the market, but it’s not just about the cosmetics industry else china would be winning every year. It’s also about personalities. That’s where the public vote comes in….
“We don’t like to objectify women … because we celebrate women. We stick to the age group 18-26 because that’s the mandate but other than that, we have removed language barriers, allowed a girl with one eye because we thought she was beautiful. Not restricted to what is conventionally acceptable,” Sushmita added.
The actress, who adopted two girls Renee and Alisah, finds no reason to get married.
"My parents didn't raise me to be someone's wife or for that to be my sole identity. They supported me in my adopting two little girls. They know I am responsible and can make my own decisions and am good at prioritizing things in my life. They helped me to balance my work and kids," she said.
