Susmita Sen: gorgeous beauty !
The first woman from India to win the prestigious Miss Universe pageant was Sushmita Sen, also a popular actress of the Indian film industry. She was born on the 19th of November, 1975, in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. Sushmita Sen is the perfect example of beauty with brains. In the year 1994, after winning the Miss India contest which also had the gorgeous Aishwarya Rai Bachchan as one of its contestants. Sushmita went to represent India in the Miss Universe contest and was successful in winning the pageant, which was held in Manila, Philippines.
Susmita Sen was born to a Bengali family and her father Shubeer Sen is a former Indian Air Force Wing Commander, while her mother Subhra Sen has worked as a fashion and jewelry artist. Sushmita Sen is a single mother as she has adopted a girl child in the year 2000. Her debut movie was ‘Dastak’, where she played the role of a star who is a victim of stalker. The film did not fare well at the box office and her first hit is ‘Biwi No.1’ which was directed by David Dhawan and had Salman Khan, Karisma Kapoor, Anil Kapoor and Tabu. This film fetched her first award ‘Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award in 1999. By far, her biggest hit is ‘Main Hoon Na’ which came in the year 2004 is Farah Khan directorial debut. Susmita Sen was paired opposite Shah Rukh Khan. Her other films include ‘Main Aisa Hi Hoon’, ‘Maine Pyaar Kyun Hiya’, ‘Zindeggi Rocks’ ‘Ram Gopal Verma Ki Aag’.