Miss Universe and Bollywood actress Sushmita Sen got candid in a recent interview about her long Bollywood career and recalled her father’s reaction after she entered the beauty pageant!
The Arya actress opened up about how her father reacted when she approached him about participating in the Miss India pageant. The former Miss India and Miss Universe opened up about her relationship with her father, Shuveer Sen, as she said there were ups and downs. She recalled how her father reacted to the news of her participation in the Miss India pageant.
The beauty queen said, “When the bomb was dropped on my father that she wanted to enter Miss India, my father didn’t speak to me for a bit. I remember having this very emotional moment with my father when I promised him, ‘Baba, I have to wear a swimsuit. I cannot not wear it. It’s part of the show.” While telling this to her father, Sen added that she promised her father to add “respect to it” and “not be crass.”
The actress added, “Because he always said, ‘Beta, do whatever, but have a degree.’ Wo mere mei bhi problem hai (I also have the same problem). I made Renee (daughter) also get her degree. That was my condition.”The actress first won Miss Universe in 1994; the rest is history.
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