I don’t fail my attempts do; Says ‘Aarya’ Star Sushmita Sen

'Aarya' Actor Sushmita Sen held an ‘ask me anything’ session on Twitter on Sunday, where she answered questions about her life and career choices, and her latest web series, Aarya. The fans asked her about her inspirations, fears and also her take on the currently raging conversation around nepotism in Bollywood.

One of them asked her, “How you survived Nepotism in Bollywood ??” Sushmita replied, “By focusing on my Audience...YOU GUYS!!! I will continue to work as an actor as long as YOU want to see me!! #simpleenough #AskAarya”

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Sushmita Sen:

Sen, who has made a comeback to mainstream acting after a decade with her critically-acclaimed turn in Disney+Hotstar series Aarya, says she accepts her successes and failures with grace in order to move forward in life.

In the show, Sushmita Sen plays Aarya Sareen, a happily married woman whose world turns upside down when her husband (Chandrachur Singh) is shot. She gets to know that he may have been involved in an illegal drug racket which now threatens her children.

“I always believe I am a satellite hit because whatever work I did when it came on satellite, it became a hit and people started applauding the performance. But back then, when it was in the theaters, it didn’t work,” the actor told in an interview.

Sushmita Sen, 44, believes what kept her strong during those years was a faith in her abilities.

Sushmita said, "I don’t fail,my attempts do"

“I define my success, I acknowledge my failures but I also acknowledge that I haven’t failed, my attempts have. There is a big difference. When people don’t know how to differentiate between the two, everybody piles on with the insecurity of being called a failure. That is a very big mistake that people allow others to make on their behalf.”

The actor says she is open to criticism and one can review her badly with some sugar and salt but she will continue to focus on her work and try to give her best.

“If you tell me, I fail, I suddenly can’t hear you because that is not acceptable to me. That gives me enough strength to continue. As human beings, we have so much potential that if you allow other people, even if there is a huge crowd of people, that you have failed and not your attempt, there will come a time when you will start to believe it.”

Debate of Nepotism:

Recently, the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput has sparked a huge debate about how outsiders find Bollywood a difficult place to survive whereas insiders and star children flourish.

Sushmita Sen says competition between insiders and outsiders isn’t new, but what’s important is that it should be a fair game for everyone.

“There has been a discussion about it all over the media and everywhere at this moment. (But) We all have been enduring it, it is not new. Is this something that we have just realised?

“That competitiveness – or now everybody says this word ‘nepotism’ – is a truth you have known for as long as the industry has existed. With awareness, social and digital space, it has increased thousands of folds,” she said.

But, the actor believes, every time a crisis hits, one shouldn’t point fingers at each other.

“People should not, in any profession, be destructive or envious of other people’s success. You may not always applaud it but to be envious generates this kind of vicious circle where people just (think) he thought bad of me now wait till his release, I will think bad of him’. It is a vicious circle that continues and nobody ends up gaining, everybody losses.”

Nepotism doesn't needs "Hashtag":

According to Sen, nepotism isn’t something that needs to be a “hashtag” today. “If it needs to change, then all of us need to take responsibility, not one person.”

In 2014, Sushmita Sen was diagnosed with Addison’s disease, a condition which affects the body’s adrenal gland. Meditating and training with Nunchaku, a traditional Okinawan martial art weapon, helped her overcome it.

Recounting her darkest phase, Sen said, “Anyone with a chronic condition… It doesn’t matter what kind of chronic illness you have, if it is chronic and not curable, then you have a lot of dark days.

“You have moments where you introspect and go back in time and come forward and think. Everyone has a lot of dreams and a lot of things they want to do but mostly they want to live.”

Sushmita Sen, who dreamt of becoming famous when she saw Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma become the only Indian to travel in the space in 1984, credits her belief in God and her determination to connect with people through her for overcoming the crisis.

She said, “From that moment I decided to be famous to where I am now, it has been an act of grace, the universe constantly conspiring in my favour. The only thing that can get in my way then is me and the way I think. So, God must have had a plan, otherwise why will he bring me this far? I rely on that faith and that has sailed me through some very difficult times. How much ever family and friends support or talk nice things, nothing works more than your connection with God and having faith in him.”

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The former Miss Universe made a career in Bollywood on her own in 2000s with movies such as Biwi No 1, Aankhen, Filhaal, Samay, Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya and Main Hoon Na, but decided to take a break from acting to focus on her health and raising her daughters, Renee and Alisah. Now, she is back with 'Aarya'.

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