{"id":668597,"date":"2026-05-27T19:00:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T19:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/668597\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T19:00:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T19:00:15","slug":"sushmita-sen-reveals-her-manager-left-after-she-adopted-daughter-renee-at-24-after-i-became-a-mother-i-gave-my-biggest-hits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/668597\/","title":{"rendered":"Sushmita Sen reveals her manager left after she adopted daughter Renee at 24: \u2018After I became a mother, I gave my biggest hits\u2019 |"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Sushmita Sushmita Sen<\/a> has opened up about the struggles she faced after adopting her daughter Renee at the age of 24, revealing that the decision invited severe criticism from the film industry at a time when single motherhood was still considered unconventional.In a recent conversation with NDTV, the actress reflected on the challenges of balancing motherhood and a film career during an era without social media or multiple entertainment platforms.\u201cIt was worse. You’re talking about a world without social media, without the digital boom, and there are far fewer platforms for an actor to work in today. And it’s still tough,\u201d Sushmita said.\u201cSo imagine if you are an actor who only does one platform. And there are rules attached to that platform, which is cinema, that a girl has to forget having a baby. You’re not getting married because that impacts your fan following and audience,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

\u2018My manager ran away,\u2019 reveals Sushmita Sen<\/p>\n

Recalling how people around her reacted to her decision, Sushmita revealed that even her manager chose to walk away from representing her professionally.\u201cMy manager ran away. He said, \u2018You’re not serious about your career, and I can’t represent someone who’s a mother at 24. Character roles bhi nahi milenge aapko,\u2019\u201d the actress shared.However, Sushmita said she never regretted her choice and remained firm in her belief that motherhood would not define or limit her career.\u201cHe ran away, and I was like, good riddance to bad rubbish. I was quite okay with it. And you won’t believe it \u2014 after I became a mother, I gave my biggest hits,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Sushmita says she refused to follow industry expectations<\/p>\n

The actress further explained that she consciously chose not to follow the unwritten \u201crules\u201d imposed on actresses in Bollywood.\u201cBut what it did take was to say, these are the rules \u2014 you take them, or you leave them. And my thing was, I’m a self-made woman. I don’t have godfathers. Nobody gave me a platform. I did everything on my own. So your rules don’t apply to me. My rules apply to me,\u201d Sushmita said.She added that her biggest priority at that point was to provide Renee with a stable and loving childhood.\u201cMy rule says, this is what I want to do. I want to be a young mother. And I do not want to be incapacitated in any way so as to be able to look after this child and give this child the best childhood possible,\u201d she explained. <\/p>\n

\u2018People questioned my acting and commitment\u2019<\/p>\n

Sushmita also recalled how the industry constantly questioned her abilities as an actress and her dedication to work.\u201cThere was a lot of pushback from the industry, an enormous amount. They were like, \u2018What is she doing? She’s not committed, as it is.\u2019 She was a difficult heroine to cast because she’s taller than most actors, and she doesn’t have all the acting chops,\u201d she said candidly.The actress admitted that she entered films without any formal acting background and had to learn while working on sets.\u201cI needed someone to help me learn, and I was thrown into doing the job, so I did the best I could. And then I learned on the job,\u201d she shared. <\/p>\n

\u2018If you hold on to rejection long enough, acceptance follows\u2019<\/p>\n

Despite the criticism and rejection, Sushmita said she chose resilience over bitterness.\u201cI have always said \u2014 my mum says this \u2014 that if you hold on to rejection long enough, acceptance follows. So I held on to that rejection long enough, and suddenly it became a wonderful thing,\u201d she said.After adopting Renee in 2000, Sushmita went on to star in several successful films, including Main Hoon Na with Shah Rukh Khan, Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya alongside Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif, as well as Aankhen, Filhaal and Samay: When Time Strikes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sushmita Sen has opened up about the struggles she faced after adopting her daughter Renee at the age…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":668598,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[88,206,129108,291912,291915,291913,291909,291916,291917,291914,291910,291911],"class_list":["post-668597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-sushmita-sen","tag-sushmita-sen-adopting-daughter-renee","tag-sushmita-sen-children","tag-sushmita-sen-criticism-for-acting","tag-sushmita-sen-daughter-renee-sen","tag-sushmita-sen-kids","tag-sushmita-sen-manager-left-after-adopting-daughter","tag-sushmita-sen-motherhood-and-career","tag-sushmita-sen-single-motherhood","tag-sushmita-sen-success-after-motherhood"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=668597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668597\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/668598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=668597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=668597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=668597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}