When Sushmita Sen revealed her relation with Aishwarya Rai and why they were not ‘friends’: ‘We never…’ – Watch video

It was the 90s when two Indian women made the entire nation proud at international platforms. One of them was crowned Miss Universe and the other won the title of Miss World in 1994 – Sushmita Sen and Aishwarya Rai, respectively. These two pageant winners eventually carved their own paths, in their own right, into the film industry. Today, both Sen and Rai prevail a sense of poise, elegance and wit that one gets inspired from and maybe some aspire for.

When there are two women, where is the world if not pitching them right against each other. No surprises about the fact that rumours did the round about Sushmita Sen and Aishwarya Rai having a rivalry. Recently, an old interview clip of the ‘Main Hoon Na’ actress surfaced the internet and is going viral. In the throwback interview, the actress is seen addressing her relationship with her colleague and peer Aishwarya Rai.

When Sushmita Sen Shared About Her Relation With Aishwarya Rai

In the old clip Sushmita Sen cleared the air about their rivalry, shared her purview of her dynamics with Rai back in the day. Graceful as always, Sen remarked,” We never had enough time to be enemies, rivals or friends. We were always people who knew each other from a distance. We minded our own business, did our thing. We were not the best of friends, who’d say, ‘No, you first.’ We always wanted to be the best in our own ways -which we have proven to be. I went ahead and won Miss Universe; she went ahead and won Miss World. Neither of us was second to anybody. We did our job, and we did it well.”

Emphasising about individualities, and how two people co exist without being friends or enemies, Sen further elaborated, ” People should keep one thing in mind – if we ever had any rivalry, it was in our own work. To ensure that I am good at what I do. You only compare people against one another when both are perfect. None of us is perfect. We both started a new career and have to work really hard to make a place for ourselves before any comparisons can be made. There is no such thing as rivalry.”

Throwback to Sushmita speaking about her rivalry with Aishwarya.
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Spitting facts, Sen also acknowledged how people might just go on to write about it, read about even when there is nothing to it, but that’s the harsh reality of the society. “The sad part is that people don’t understand that. There will come a day when, after all that’s been said and done, Aishwarya and I will have the last laugh,” Sen added.

This wasn’t the only time when this relationship was scrutinised. In an episode of ‘Koffee with Karan’ in 2005, the director asked Sen if she thinks she deserved to win the night when both were on stage, she most eloquently responded, “I don’t compare myself to Aishwarya’s performance. I think she was fabulous on stage. I do believe in two things: One, that night, I was the best and that’s why I deserved to win, not because I was better than someone else. It is only because I was at my best.”

Sushmita Sen and Aishwarya Rai, both went on to become one the highly regarded actresses in the industry. And, believing Sushmita Sen words, sometimes all that the society needs is a reset of mindset.

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