Sushmita Sen is the epitome of a powerhouse. With her jaw-dropping acting mettle and divine beauty, the actress rules millions of hearts. The former Miss Universe entered Bollywood with her debut movie, Dastak, in 1996, and since then, there has been no looking back for her. For the unversed, Sushmita was recently seen in the web series, Taali. And with her incomparable acting chops, the diva has been bagging immense success. However, recently in an interview, the actress talked about the early days of her career. Sushmita also revealed that she was even called 'difficult' just because she used to follow her discipline while working, which she follows even today.
In a recent interview with Siddharth Kannan, Sushmita Sen revealed that during the early days of her career, when someone used to work with 'Khans', they had to bend backwards and just do their work. The actress further added that she always had a system to work 8-10 hours on the sets, which she follows even today. Sushmita mentioned that it is her rule to reach the set on time and leave on her time only. The actress shared that during the early days of her career, everyone started having problems with her work ethics and attitude. Sushmita shared:
"When I joined the industry, if you have a film with one of the Khans or one of the major A-list actors, you don’t talk about shift time and number of days and all. You just bend backward and do the film. But I started asking for eight hours, ten hours with makeup and hair specifically. I will come on time and will leave on time. It’s a system I follow even today. I will never be late, but then I will leave on time. So first, everyone had a problem with that attitude, they had so much to say, ‘Attitude de rahi hai, samajhti kya hai apne aap ko...Who works like this, blah blah blah.’”
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The former Miss Universe also shared that there were some filmmakers, who hired her on her terms and rules about maintaining time and later realised that it was because of her that the production saved money as everything was happening on time.
In the same interview, Sushmita Sen mentioned that she didn't change her rules even for Big B, Paresh Rawal, and Akshay Kumar. The actress shared that people used to say that she was difficult to work with for being like this, but she continued to follow her rules and discipline. The diva shared:
"I would fold my hands and say, ‘Sir, my day is done’. Not to offend anyone, but to follow a discipline."
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Sushmita stated that even if the actor was six hours late, she was ready to wait, but once she completed her fixed work hour, she was done for the day, this is what she followed and she does the same now. Talking more about the same, Sushmita Sen mentioned that it has taken her 30 years for people to respect that time. Sushmita stated:
"That might have backfired then, and a lot of people were like, ‘She’s difficult to work with’. But I was like even if the actor is late by six hours, I am ready to wait. I’ll put on full hair and makeup, sit down and wait. But when it’s six o’clock, it’s my pack-up time, I leave."
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Earlier, in an interview with Film Companion, Sushmita Sen shared that she was labelled as a bad influence back in the 1990s. The actress also mentioned that during that time, magazines wouldn't cover her just because she was loud and clear. The actress also shared that she never backed off from speaking her mind despite getting slammed for the same. The actress also added that the world is far more accepting of someone speaking their mind.
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