We would like to wish Sushmita Sen a very happy birthday

When Sushmita Sen entered films, she was Miss Universe, the first Indian woman to be crowned so. There were instant comparisons with previous beauty queens like Zeenat Aman, with who she shares her birthday. But while Sushmita did manage to carve a niche for herself in the industry, she has somehow never managed to live up to expectations.

A lot of it probably has to do with her tendency to get more caught up in her personal life than her professional one. Also, Sushmita has probably played it more from the heart and not from the mind. Her approach to her profession has been very emotional and thus her career has been littered with wrong choices.

Sushmita seems to have missed the bus to being one of the top actresses in the industry, something which her rival and colleague, Aishwariya Rai Bachchan has managed so wonderfully. For a while, everything seemed to be going really well with Sushmita and her career, specially after the release of ’Aankhen’ and then ’Main Hoon Na’, where she was paired opposite Shah Rukh Khan. Her career should have zoomed up, but unfortunately it never managed to peak.

Her last movie, ’Do Knot Disturb’, saw Lara Dutta taking away most of the credit. Next up for release for the actress is ’Dulha Mil Gaya’, which also has Shah Rukh Khan and Fardeen Khan, directed by debutant Muddasar Aziz. Of course, she has had movies like ’Biwi No.1’, ’Sirf Tum’, ’Main Aisa Hi Hoon’, ’Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya’ to her credit. Some of the movies in which she has performed really well, include ’Filhaal’, ’Chingari’ and ’Samay’.

An extremely well read, articulate and intelligent woman, Sushmita comes across as warm and approachable and that has been her USP. A quintessentially contemporary woman, she has had the courage to stand by her convictions and went ahead and adopted a girl child some years ago. She is definitely a woman who lives on her own terms. But where her career in Bollywood is concerned, Sushmita’s career seems to be on the wane. We would like to wish her a very happy birthday and really wish that one sees more of her in the years ahead.

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