She is known to live life on her own terms and her joie de vivre is contagious. Actor Sushmita Sen likes to love, and has no place for harbouring hate. In her signature style, she dispels the reported rivalry with actor Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, with whom she may share screen space in Prahlad Kakkar’s upcoming film.
“I live my life loving people; not loving is a waste of time and life,” she says, apart from a lot more.
It has been long since we saw you on the big screen. Why have you been away?
Yes, it has been quite some time. I want these three years to come back. I want to do great cinema. 2014 is my year ... I used to say this to people earlier, and now it is turning out to be true. I am doing a few films and then I am starting my own studio.
Is marriage on your mind? Are you in love?
It has been on my father’s mind more than mine. I will have an incredible marriage when I know I have found the right person. Do I love? Yes. Am I in love? No.
Age does not seem to be catching up with you...
You have to love yourself and accept everything about yourself. People reject things like ageing. But every wrinkle, every line makes us who we are, those are what we have earned. Today, I am 38. Tomorrow I will be 40 and I will still celebrate myself ...
After I ended up with a bad back 10 years ago, a young boy introduced me to the acrobatic concept of aerial silk. It’s about training your mind before body. I took to it like a fish to water.
How do you stay so positive?
You become what inspires you. You should do what you like. If you want to be an actor, become one. I wanted to be famous, so that I could touch lives. I wanted to leave an impact that will stay long after I am gone and dusted.
You just got your seventh tattoo.
Earlier, I had my children’s name. My seventh tattoo is inspired by Kabbalah and it’s God’s name in Hebrew, Elohim. In English, it means “I am that I am”.
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