Sushmita Sen returns to silverscreen with Hotstar originals “Aarya”

A reinvigorated Sushmita Sen returns to acting with Hotstar Specials “Aarya” and therefore the actor says she wants to let all the filmmakers know that she is prepared to figure with them.

But her availability comes with a rider that she would say yes to only those projects which will help her grow as an artiste.

“I put out a word everywhere that i’m able to work and that i will give my everything. But i want something which will help me grow as an actor. If you give me that i will be able to leave my way. i would like to try to to good work,” Sushmita said in response to a question from PTI during a virtual news conference .

Before she became an actor, Sushmita made India proud by winning the 1994 Miss Universe pageant. She was just 18 years old when she became the primary Indian woman to win the sweetness competition.

Two years later, she made her Bollywood debut with Mahesh Bhatt’s “Dastak”, which she followed up with blockbusters like “Zor”,”Biwi No 1″, “Aankhen”, “Main Hoon Na” and “Maine Pyar Kyun Kiya”.

But after a lull period, Sushmita took a sabbatical from acting few years ago.

She was last seen within the 2015 Bengali film “Nirbaak”, while Anees Bazmee’s 2010 multi-starrer comedy “No Problem” was her last Hindi film.

With Disney+ Hotstar’s series “Aarya”, which also features Chandrachur Singh and Sikander Kher, the actor is making her digital debut.

“For me, it had been very simple, I had started getting the type of labor that i used to be just doing for the sake of it to remain within the business of creating movies. i feel that’s a criminal waste of your life, so I chose otherwise and that i did better things with my time. Now, I said I can plan to this (comeback),” Sushmita said.

“Aarya”, created by Ram Madhvani of “Neerja” fame”, may be a bout an upper-class family that owns a drug company which is a front for an illegal drug ring.

Susmita plays the name part of Aarya, a wife and a mother to 3 children, who after her husband (Chandrachur) is mysteriously attacked, embarks upon a search to guard her family but gets sucked deeper into the planet .

For the 44-year-old actor, it had been worth her while to “wait” as she got the right show to form her comeback.